Hosting Horror Stories

No this not meant to be spam, but fortunately I got advice from a friend 4 years ago right when entering the online market and had no host, didnt know what a host was and so forth. The one recommendation I actually followed through with.

for CRITICAL applications - rackspace.

for gallery pages - EV1

for tours & sites - HostCentric

Never had a problem with any of them.

alphared.com alphared hosting
datacenter located in dalas tx,
sitting on cogent bandwidth,
advertised 24/7 support on site,
2 on site techs, on site once every few days,
24/7 techs located in the philipines

I like story time

I asked for horror stories not spam. LOL if you want spm I can spam hosting companies.

hahaha

ev1servers = trash

fdcservers = garbage

i have my home now.

oh ya forgot to add likewhoa

Likewhoa wasn't bad for us but Candid on the other had was well ......we had to move.

That is fucking ridiculous.

you are going to have to hire another attorney if you keep spreading this bullshit around, would you please cite what domains, what registrar and other details regarding legal stuff? RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT you don't have any.

You wanna know about Mark Jervis, the truth, just ask techiemedia what they think of him.............


and yes, im still alive as are the cats.

Ted

I recently had a host delete my account when he suspected I was moving my server files. Then he denied doing it. My fucking account was gone, how else could it happen.

Then he told me I was an asshole and didn't know what the fuck I was doing.

Real professional.

Worst one by far was some guy running a reseller deal from his apartment (though I was unaware that it was such a small biz when I signed up). Overpriced, underserviced, and eventually my server kept going out for hours at a time; the guy running it claimed it was up, but I suspect he was turning the server off periodically to get me to find a new host lol. Most of his accounts were mainstream businesses paying $300+/month for small websites with little traffic, I don't think he realized what he was getting into with tgp traffic on the server.

Next bad one was mojohost, they've got a good rep but they really screwed the pooch on my account. They did try to make it right eventually but they were too expensive for my needs with tgp traffic and the service was kinda lame (I think at the time they only had one overworked tech working for them) and the server they set my account up on was some ancient PII or something. My sites kept crashing periodically, and this was at the same time I was just starting to get decent tgp traffic and was requesting partner accounts from tgps etc - it was a near constant worry. All of which I could have forgiven if not for the owner telling me they set my stuff up on something he called a 'legacy system' (i.e. outdated piece of shit that crashed all the time), tried charging me more per MBit of bandwidth the more I used (most businesses give volume discounts, not charge more per unit as the needs grow), and then after he told me it was going to cost more per unit of bandwidth from his company as my requirements grew he accused his competitors of "bait and switch" LOL.

After that I switched to servermatrix with accunet for additional server management and have been very pleased with their service. I don't think anyone else I've encountered can match their prices and support. At 20Mbit unmetered + redundant server management for $300/month, it's a bargain, but it's not for newbies. For someone looking for a more thorough management solution www.chilihost.com seems good also, I've chatted with the owner a few times and he was very helpful and knowledgeable.

Lol cats - blast from the past. I never thought that vid would stop showing up in sigs.

I actually had an account with you Ted, 5 years or so, and had zero complaints.

I had a host email me that I was past due that my creditcard didnt go thru. Which I can understand cause they scrub online transactions harder. Even though it worked earlier that day. Next day my server was offline.

Sorry but 24 hour notice that I'm late and no icq message and you turn off my server without notice. Good luck getting me to pay.