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First, let me say that in spite of whatever I say on the boards, I am extremely cordial and polite in person. If anything, I am too polite. I am never rude, particularly when I want to enter into a business relationship with someone. I want them to be happy. I want to be happy. I am understanding that shit happens (on their side), I hope they understand that shit happens (on my side) and look for long term relationships built on mutual respect and trust.
I've used most hosting companies that have come and gone in this biz since 1998. When managing large SEO networks years back and having sites and networks spread across hosts, i had servers everywhere at one point.
in about 2008, Choopa really stood out to me as being a bunch of cocksuckers. I hit them up for a couple servers once - not thinking to get quotes but thinking they'd be in the ballpark and we'd set them up asap - I was in a hurry. (keep in mind, i had similar boxes and similar specs at over a dozen hosting companies, so i had more than a general idea of a fair cost). They quoted me a retarded price and the response to me questioning the price and saying what i've been paying for my other servers was basically "if you don't like it, too bad, we're the best,... other people are cheaper because they suck". It was really bizarre. i was passing the conversation around to all my friends and we were all floored.
All i could think of was "wow". I've tolerated a lot of shit in the biz. Webair spending weeks to get done what they said they'd do in a day (migrating sites) and only kinda sorta doing it with me begging and calling daily - forcing me to ultimately cancel the servers.. or hostgator having what has to be some of the planets dumbest people responding to support tickets with simple requests like "can you please allow 10 or more concurrent FTP connections" and getting responses like "hello, the problem might be with your FTP client" and spending days going back and forth doing lap after lap around Park Retard over the dumbest shit.... but Choopa, I will forever remember them for the retarded high price and for the insane arrogance and general "who fucking cares" vibe of the sales person I spoke to. No, i don't remember who it was. No it doesn't make experience or my feelings about dealing with them, any less valid. and yeah yeah yeah.. i'm sure that "bad egg" was fired years ago. Uh huh.
That said... Mojo Host and NatNet are the only two hosts that i've used for years, where I could literally say nothing bad about how they run their business or their support. Always fast. Always friendly. Always kind. Always forgiving. Always willing to work with any crazy want or need that you have and jump on it like their life depends on it.
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Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.
Rochard
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