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  • CunningStunt
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2006
    • 5594

    #1

    Hosting Companies to AVOID? Name and shame if you dare.

    I'm setting up a 150 domain project and need 10 new hosting companies (virtual hosting).

    Haven't bought new hosting in 3 years, so what's been happening, who suck?

    I've just fooked out adulthost.com for being a total pile of shite with no support whatsoever.

    Ran through some threads on here about hosting, and have a few in place, but need to know which are lemons.
  • moeloubani
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2007
    • 4235

    #2
    from my experience so far, http://phatservers.com/ rocks

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    • D Ghost
      null
      • May 2006
      • 9820

      #3
      Avoid Dreamhost

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      • Lycanthrope
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2004
        • 4517

        #4
        H ello,
        I now work for a hosting company so commenting on another would be un-ethical, but a
        V ery long time ago I was forced to move to this other host as my host sold out.
        E verything was fucked.
        L iterally everything.
        O h man was it fucked, so take
        C are
        I s all I can say.
        T hank
        Y ou and good luck.

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        • CunningStunt
          Confirmed User
          • Aug 2006
          • 5594

          #5
          ^LOL Lycanthrope.

          Yes, I had a horrible time with dreamhost as well back in 2004. Was only with them a few weeks before pulling the pin.

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          • Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE
            North Coast Pimp
            • Dec 2005
            • 9395

            #6
            Get a server and a bunch class c ip's, Getting a bunch of virtual accounts is a waste and a half...

            You got your choice between Jim over at Techie Media, Lloyd with Got Web Host...

            This is coming from a guy who has had a box in every data center in the US at one point or another...

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            • Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE
              North Coast Pimp
              • Dec 2005
              • 9395

              #7
              Originally posted by Lycanthrope
              H ello,
              I now work for a hosting company so commenting on another would be un-ethical, but a
              V ery long time ago I was forced to move to this other host as my host sold out.
              E verything was fucked.
              L iterally everything.
              O h man was it fucked, so take
              C are
              I s all I can say.
              T hank
              Y ou and good luck.
              Creative....

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              • mrkris
                Confirmed User
                • May 2005
                • 2737

                #8
                I shall take after Lycanthrope

                O h, lets see, I
                C an easily name
                3 hosts I would not host with.

                One sounds like ReamHost and the other like WebHair.

                ** Hosting companies interpreted by my listing, if correct, are listed as a result of my experience with their support and/or stability and in no means is 100% factual **

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                • mrkris
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2005
                  • 2737

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Jon Clark
                  Get a server and a bunch class c ip's, Getting a bunch of virtual accounts is a waste and a half...

                  You got your choice between Jim over at Techie Media, Lloyd with Got Web Host...

                  This is coming from a guy who has had a box in every data center in the US at one point or another...
                  Same here. I've had so many dedicated servers in various places around the U.S. I have officially been stable at TechieMedia for several months now and don't plan on moving.

                  PHP-MySQL-Rails | ICQ: 342500546

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                  • x-rate
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jun 2008
                    • 725

                    #10
                    Tried 3ix dot org about a month ago... After a week according Alertra my site was up 83% of the time... asked a refund and got it... support there really suck. Posted a support ticket for an inquiry about their firewall and got a reply that they are fixing their dns and situation should be back to normal in next hours. Actually im with hostgator and really happy.
                    Have quality traffic? Make money with Crakrevenue
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                    • Iron Fist
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 23400

                      #11
                      No one mentioned that other host that sounds like "nervage" yet? Hmm... slipping people.. slipping...

                      I've got the e-mails to prove it.
                      i like waffles

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                      • CunningStunt
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 5594

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Jon Clark
                        Get a server and a bunch class c ip's, Getting a bunch of virtual accounts is a waste and a half...

                        You got your choice between Jim over at Techie Media, Lloyd with Got Web Host...

                        This is coming from a guy who has had a box in every data center in the US at one point or another...
                        I thought doing that wouldn't split the IP's up enough :-s I plan on interlinking some of them, so need different IPs.

                        If I can do it all on the one host, that would be superb.

                        Scratches head and goes off investigating.

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                        • pimp3611
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 357

                          #13
                          Good Hosts: ATCI, Phatservers, Cyberwurx, A1

                          Stay away from Gotwebhost - Loyd is a piece of shit.
                          :: ICQ: 272 198 634 ::

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                          • Varius
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 6890

                            #14
                            I'd personally recommend OC3, I never had any issues with them with my personal servers. Is signed up when Caz was there and didn't follow him only because I saw no need, but I'm sure his new thing Right Hosting is probably a solid recommendation as well

                            Another I haven't tried myself but I have heard good things from people for SEO using baddog's GotWeb Host.
                            Skype variuscr - Email varius AT gmail

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                            • IhostSEO
                              Registered User
                              • Nov 2007
                              • 86

                              #15
                              Originally posted by CunningStunt
                              I thought doing that wouldn't split the IP's up enough :-s I plan on interlinking some of them, so need different IPs.

                              If I can do it all on the one host, that would be superb.

                              Scratches head and goes off investigating.
                              Take a look at our IP range... 19 different class C on same account !
                              Multiple Dedicated Class C Ip's
                              Multiple Name Servers in different Data Centers
                              IhostSEO.com ICQ: 365-215-184

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                              • Steve Awesome
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 1575

                                #16
                                InternetConnection.net = garbage. They went so far as to bill me for excessive bandwidth six months after the fact with the lame ass excuse that their software that measured bandwidth hadn't been working for several months. Mother fuckers. I call them Intershit Connection whenever I think of them.

                                Prohosters / Carpathia's rates were fair at first but as years went by the rates from new hosts for a dedicated box could get me 4X the server and 10X bandwidth at 33% of the cost. They told me to leave if I found a better deal (and I did). Fuck 'em.
                                Last edited by Steve Awesome; 08-06-2008, 05:07 PM.

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                                • AnniKN
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Feb 2008
                                  • 1682

                                  #17
                                  I love www.surpasshosting.com, been with them since 2004 and they've taken good care of me.

                                  I had a terrible experience with www.zenex5ive.com when I needed an additional server and tried them, but it might've been bad luck.

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                                  • pornask
                                    So Fucking Banned
                                    • Aug 2006
                                    • 6518

                                    #18
                                    I'd been royally screwed in the ass by Servage. Their policy is to promise you heaven and if your site grows, they'll suspend it and POST THEIR LINK ON IT. This is how they grow their business. They attract webmasters with promising websites, webmaster works hard to make the site a success and when the turning point comes, they take what you have worked so hard for for themselves. leaving you with a blank star and need to start all over again.

                                    Second worst is HostICan - fuck I don't even want to start on this piece of shit host. I mean... fuck!

                                    I've been safely with Mojo for almost a year. I'm good now, but I got lured to host with world's worst hosts in the past

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                                    • Iron Fist
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Dec 2006
                                      • 23400

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by pornask
                                      I'd been royally screwed in the ass by Servage. Their policy is to promise you heaven and if your site grows, they'll suspend it and POST THEIR LINK ON IT. This is how they grow their business. They attract webmasters with promising websites, webmaster works hard to make the site a success and when the turning point comes, they take what you have worked so hard for for themselves. leaving you with a blank star and need to start all over again.
                                      Yup.. same here.. I moved one my sites from Dreamhost to Servage... hey I didn't know any better back then... and on the second day after the DNS updated, I get an e-mail saying my site is shut down from using too much server resources. Clustered hosting my ass... clusterfuck is more like it.

                                      Needless to say I had to lose almost a week of traffic, because I had to update DNS again to point back to my original provider... but then I looked at some of the major sites that have never been down and did some IP to name lookups to see where and who they were hosting with and http://www.colo-cation.com was one of them.

                                      After speaking to Chris on the phone, he had my virtual set up same day and i've never been happier over the last year and a half... solid uptime, no issues, and fast.
                                      i like waffles

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                                      • Randomonium
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Aug 2004
                                        • 152

                                        #20
                                        DWHS - worst host ever

                                        DHWS - worst host ever

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                                        • Net Money
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2007
                                          • 539

                                          #21
                                          Like a few others already mentioned I have been with several other hosts and they all had negative issues. Stay clear from webair, oc3, pacific rack, dreamhost, alphared. All are up and down like a cheap hooker and useless support eventhough they have lots of paid off board spammers...LOL I am currently at Techie Media and couldn't be any happier also mojo is good, nat net is good but to expensive, for virtuals I would say baddog is decent and also phatservers.

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                                          • qxm
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jul 2006
                                            • 5970

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by pornask
                                            I'd been royally screwed in the ass by Servage. Their policy is to promise you heaven and if your site grows, they'll suspend it and POST THEIR LINK ON IT. This is how they grow their business. They attract webmasters with promising websites, webmaster works hard to make the site a success and when the turning point comes, they take what you have worked so hard for for themselves. leaving you with a blank star and need to start all over again.

                                            Second worst is HostICan - fuck I don't even want to start on this piece of shit host. I mean... fuck!

                                            I've been safely with Mojo for almost a year. I'm good now, but I got lured to host with world's worst hosts in the past

                                            Originally posted by sharphead
                                            Yup.. same here.. I moved one my sites from Dreamhost to Servage... hey I didn't know any better back then... and on the second day after the DNS updated, I get an e-mail saying my site is shut down from using too much server resources. Clustered hosting my ass... clusterfuck is more like it.

                                            Needless to say I had to lose almost a week of traffic, because I had to update DNS again to point back to my original provider... but then I looked at some of the major sites that have never been down and did some IP to name lookups to see where and who they were hosting with and http://www.colo-cation.com was one of them.

                                            After speaking to Chris on the phone, he had my virtual set up same day and i've never been happier over the last year and a half... solid uptime, no issues, and fast.
                                            Yeap... back in the days when I believed all the claims about "virtual servers" I was absolutely amazed by Servage ... but the fuckers neglected to mention that after hitting 400k hits your site gets disabled for consuming too much resources... 400k hits is easily achievable when every single image you have in your site counts as a freaking hit ... ... they kept updating their fucking virtuals and my scripts went to shit... lost a lot of data that way..

                                            ICQ: 266990876

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                                            • Barefootsies
                                              Choice is an Illusion
                                              • Feb 2005
                                              • 42635

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Net Money
                                              Like a few others already mentioned I have been with several other hosts and they all had negative issues. Stay clear from webair, oc3, pacific rack, dreamhost, alphared. All are up and down like a cheap hooker and useless support eventhough they have lots of paid off board spammers...LOL I am currently at Techie Media and couldn't be any happier also mojo is good, nat net is good but to expensive, for virtuals I would say baddog is decent and also phatservers.
                                              Amen bro..
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                                              • Barefootsies
                                                Choice is an Illusion
                                                • Feb 2005
                                                • 42635

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by moeloubani
                                                from my experience so far, http://phatservers.com/ rocks
                                                Agreed. I've been with them years. Top notch service.

                                                Only other I would consider at this time would be Brad, the baldie, Mitchell at Toejo hosting.

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                                                • mikesouth
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                  • 6334

                                                  #25
                                                  I wont say anything bad but I will say Jason at carolinanet has more than done right by me.

                                                  highly recommend them from my experience with them
                                                  Mike South

                                                  It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.

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                                                  • yahoo-xxx-girls.com
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Jul 2006
                                                    • 3143

                                                    #26
                                                    Avoid Misk.com !
                                                    sig too big

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                                                    • budz
                                                      Disruptive Innovator
                                                      • Sep 2003
                                                      • 4230

                                                      #27
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                                                      • tabasco
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jul 2006
                                                        • 2624

                                                        #28
                                                        I had bad experience with Webair virtual account and I had a good damn awful time with a dedicated server at OC3.

                                                        Now I'm more than happy at Phat Servers - phenomenal uptime and great support.
                                                        "There is no other way to see a thing except to look at it" - fatfoo

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                                                        • Dave_Lethal
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Mar 2008
                                                          • 337

                                                          #29
                                                          DWHS.net sucked, the never answered the phone and barely returned emails

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                                                          • qxm
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Jul 2006
                                                            • 5970

                                                            #30
                                                            How is Phat Servers for Virtuals? Do they provide IPs in different Cs or are all of them in one C?

                                                            ICQ: 266990876

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                                                            • BT
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Apr 2002
                                                              • 6481

                                                              #31
                                                              I hope you squashed out all the lemons cuz there are allot out there. Don't over look the best in the business give www.isprime a go and make no mistake about it you will be satisfied and then some. Great from support to service.

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                                                              • Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                                                North Coast Pimp
                                                                • Dec 2005
                                                                • 9395

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by CunningStunt
                                                                I thought doing that wouldn't split the IP's up enough :-s I plan on interlinking some of them, so need different IPs.

                                                                If I can do it all on the one host, that would be superb.

                                                                Scratches head and goes off investigating.
                                                                Hit me up after you investigate...

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                                                                • maalox
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                                  • 596

                                                                  #33
                                                                  APT Host sucks they are fucking rude no matter how much you are spending with them.
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                                                                  • baddog
                                                                    So Fucking Banned
                                                                    • Apr 2001
                                                                    • 107089

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by CunningStunt
                                                                    I thought doing that wouldn't split the IP's up enough :-s I plan on interlinking some of them, so need different IPs.

                                                                    If I can do it all on the one host, that would be superb.

                                                                    Scratches head and goes off investigating.
                                                                    We specialize in multiple IP's spread over multiple C's. We provide dedicated IP's as well (on our virtual accounts) so you don't have to worry about who you are sharing them with.

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                                                                    • Klen
                                                                      • Aug 2006
                                                                      • 32235

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Btw CunningStunt do you have icq i working on similar project so maybe we could unite resources

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                                                                      • baddog
                                                                        So Fucking Banned
                                                                        • Apr 2001
                                                                        • 107089

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by Jon Clark

                                                                        You got your choice between Jim over at Techie Media, Lloyd with Got Web Host...
                                                                        Thank you

                                                                        Originally posted by Varius

                                                                        Another I haven't tried myself but I have heard good things from people for SEO using baddog's GotWeb Host.
                                                                        Thank you

                                                                        Originally posted by pimp3611

                                                                        Stay away from Gotwebhost - Loyd is a piece of shit.
                                                                        Who are you?

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                                                                        • minddust
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                                          • 2438

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by yahoo-xxx-girls.com
                                                                          Avoid Misk.com !

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                                                                          • Tanker
                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                            • Nov 2000
                                                                            • 9287

                                                                            #38
                                                                            I have been with Techie Media since they started I originally had a small virtual host back then now I have many servers with them. I have used many hosting companies for various things in the end I have found no better then techiemedia


                                                                            Jim and Wayne are top notch and they have so many techs on staff I never wait more then a few minutes for support tickets to be completed unless the actual task takes longer. Someone always jumps right on a ticket when I put one in.

                                                                            Tanker
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                                                                            • webair
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                              • 8531

                                                                              #39
                                                                              CunningStunt - I'll host you for free for 2 months to show you how great we really are. If you are not 100% satisfied with our services we will move you to your host of choice.


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                                                                              • Jens Van Assterdam
                                                                                The Dupre Pimp
                                                                                • Feb 2008
                                                                                • 6677

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Hit up baddog, he provides a great service and support!
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                                                                                • woj
                                                                                  <&(©¿©)&>
                                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                                  • 47882

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by moeloubani
                                                                                  from my experience so far, http://phatservers.com/ rocks
                                                                                  yup, phatservers are great
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                                                                                  • The Duck
                                                                                    Adult Content Provider
                                                                                    • May 2005
                                                                                    • 18243

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    As for virtual, no clue. I like webair for dedicated servers. Stay away from servage and dreamhost!
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                                                                                    • tony299
                                                                                      lurker
                                                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                                                      • 57021

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Been with webair for over 6 yrs. They have been good never had down time issues and if there was a problem they are on it quick. I like I can pick up a phone and call.

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                                                                                      • Libertine
                                                                                        sex dwarf
                                                                                        • May 2002
                                                                                        • 17860

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by webair
                                                                                        CunningStunt - I'll host you for free for 2 months to show you how great we really are. If you are not 100% satisfied with our services we will move you to your host of choice.
                                                                                        I have to say, I got a virtual account with you guys a short while back, and so far, I'm not particularly impressed.

                                                                                        Support is nice and quick, but documentation is lacking, and having to send photocopies of your id for ssh access is just, well, laughable.
                                                                                        /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                                                                        • digifan
                                                                                          The Profiler
                                                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                                                          • 14618

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by webair
                                                                                          CunningStunt - I'll host you for free for 2 months to show you how great we really are. If you are not 100% satisfied with our services we will move you to your host of choice.
                                                                                          All I can say is that Gerard is a top notch guy and representative of the company.. I was a bit afraid of you but he's been treating me like a queen.
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                                                                                          • Iron Fist
                                                                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                            • Dec 2006
                                                                                            • 23400

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by webair
                                                                                            CunningStunt - I'll host you for free for 2 months to show you how great we really are. If you are not 100% satisfied with our services we will move you to your host of choice.
                                                                                            Good thing this thread is in August and not February of this year, or you'd be eating your shorts right about now on that offer..

                                                                                            i like waffles

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                                                                                            • CyberHustler
                                                                                              Masterbaiter
                                                                                              • Feb 2006
                                                                                              • 28741

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              I'm a very happy phatservers customer. Hosthead is awesome too.
                                                                                              “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

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                                                                                              • Klen
                                                                                                • Aug 2006
                                                                                                • 32235

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by digifan
                                                                                                All I can say is that Gerard is a top notch guy and representative of the company.. I was a bit afraid of you but he's been treating me like a queen.
                                                                                                Btw your site is down

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                                                                                                • cotsios
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • Oct 2001
                                                                                                  • 1371

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  www.addora.com Good and cheap
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