Cologroup Virtual Hosting : Announcement

[pimpshost]

OK, so obviously the virtual hosting has been shitty. No doubt. All the virtual hosting servers where put up by our tech Myles and they where fucked as you have seen them go down repeatedly for months. The virtual hosting has been more of a hassle than anything. The servers where so fucked that we could not possibly fix them, and both crashed hard in the past 2 days. BSD60 was basically fixed and has been stable, and BSD80 is toast. Good thing is the user files are still ok. We are moving the files onto a new system tonight, so it will be back online.

I have already spoken with a few customers about our plans, and we will be discontuing our current virtual hosting service at the end of the year. It is simply more of a burden on our company than anything, and I definately dont like the bad PR. It has been obvious to me that virtual hosting has also effected our service to the dedicated customers which represent 5 % of support requests and more than 95% of our companies revenue.

If you are a customer, I would suggest moving off the virtual hosting. You will receive a 30 day notice on the first. I have worked out a plan to keep some of our higher bandwidth customers and move them to a semi-dedicated, but unfortunately, many of you doing under 100 gigs will have to find another vhost.

for the customers that have been using our vhosting, sorry about this, but it has to happen. Thank you for your support and consider us for dedicated hosting in the future.

[Fletch XXX]

Thanks for the notice.

Take care.

[[The Leader]]

Originally posted by pimpshost
It has been obvious to me that virtual hosting has also effected our service to the dedicated customers which represent 5 % of support requests and more than 95% of our companies revenue.

shitty

[pimpshost]

Honestly, I heard www.itmom.com has great virtual hosting. I would suggest looking at them. They only do virtual hosting, and that is why they are good. I have seen a lot of companies try virtual hosting and dedicated and it does not seem to work out.

[X37375787]

Let's have all virtual customers more over to Whoa.

[Pipecrew]

Originally posted by Equinox
Let's have all virtual customers more over to Whoa.

I second this motion..... LikeWhoaaaaa

[TDF]

Originally posted by Pipecrew



I second this motion..... LikeWhoaaaaa

if the 'Like Whoa is down' threads start popping up ye shall be banned saith the Lawd

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by toodamnfli



if the 'Like Whoa is down' threads start popping up ye shall be banned saith the Lawd

like whoa is a solid host.

[Theo]

[TDF]

Originally posted by FlyingIguana


like whoa is a solid host.

thats not the point..the point is... _________ *insert comment here*

[Fletch XXX]

I think its rather lame the LikeWhoa folks swarm during threads like this. Competition is competition, but geez, how shallow does one sink.

Lame.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by toodamnfli



thats not the point..the point is... _________ *insert comment here*

you won't see those posts

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by Fletch XXX
I think its rather lame the LikeWhoa folks swarm during threads like this. Competition is competition, but geez, how shallow does one sink.

Lame.

I totally agree.... besides, we all know XFR Networks is tha fuggin' bomb....

[X37375787]

[Fletch XXX]

[Sysyphus]

Honestly, I heard www.itmom.com has great virtual hosting. I would suggest looking at them. They only do virtual hosting, and that is why they are good. I have seen a lot of companies try virtual hosting and dedicated and it does not seem to work out.

hon·est·ly
adv.
In an honest manner.
Used as an intensive: I honestly don't care.

interj.
Used to express mild disapproval or dismay: Honestly! Look at the mess you've made.

hon·est
adj.
Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer.
Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight.
Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work.

Characterized by truth; not false: honest reporting.
Sincere; frank: an honest critique.

Of good repute; respectable.
Without affectation; plain: honest folk.
Virtuous; chaste.

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I think announcing you're getting rid of your virtual hosting is the first thing you've posted on this board that will actually come to fruition.

[hyper]

so much for $5 mil in venture capital

[BJ]

my hosting never goes down.... no matter what

[pr0]

Glad you guys made a move to support your VIP customers

[pimpshost]

I think announcing you're getting rid of your virtual hosting is the first thing you've posted on this board that will actually come to fruition.

That is for sure. Virtual hosting is actually a loss for me right now, when you consider the support side of things. It is better to provide great service for less people. It's the whole 2% rule, which applies here. 2% of the people make 98% of the money. For us, 2% of our customers bring in 98% of our revenue. It sucks this did not work out, but things are changing at Cologroup. Our CTO who caused many problems has now been replaced and we are switching our focus to Dedicated and Colo'd Hosting. Thats it.

As far as the bad PR, sucks but, we've had dedicated servers running for months with out ever going offline. You don't hear that in a thread.

Also, www.onestop.net is offering the same $50/Mo deal for those who are interested. Control Panel included. Email [email protected] for info.

[pimpshost]

Glad you guys made a move to support your VIP customers

It wasn't a difficult choice.

[pimpshost]

FYI, customers on BSD80, it is back up now, just transferring the files onto the new system. So you can access your sites in the next hour if things go well.

[domaingirls]

hey guys... nice to post in here but a lot of your users never come in here... so some e-mails would be good;-)

[DarkJedi]

Good thing is the user files are still ok.

yeah, no shit.

[darksoul]

support: hi, how can we help you today ?
virtual_customer: my domain is down, what gives ?
support: whats your domain name?
virtual_customer: what does it matter ?, its down
support: I can't tell you whats the problem with it, if I don't know what we're talking about.
virtual_customer: you know what we're talking about. my domain is down
virtual_customer: xyz.com
support: the domain is loadeing fine for me. what error do you get ?
virtual_customer: its down
support: can you tell me what error you get ?
virtual_customer: well, I can't ftp to it
support: oh, do you get any error ?
virtual_customer: Invalid username/password


You get my point.

[TheFLY]

If you want to hear some cool shit -- Five Elements will be offering virtual hosting soon that will work for ANY sized site... In other words no need to get a dedicated server with this new technology. I probably can't reveal the specifics of this hosting plan yet but there will be no more wasted bandwidth or overage charges and you should hear about it by Internext.

[TheFLY]

Originally posted by hyper
so much for $5 mil in venture capital

Yeah that was a hilarious thread... Do you still have all your fingers man?

[pimpshost]

If you want to virtual host, good for you.

You get my point.

Dark Host, I am not trying to start a company. I have been in business since 1999 and I have customers that pay $17k/Mo. I really do not need the $50/Mo customers. It really sucks, but it is reality. I don't think I am doing the webmasters right. They don't get the right support and the service was unreliable. It has to end and if you want to host small accounts, go ahead.

One thing I must say, some of the small accounts did end up going dedicated....but, in the end, I need to pick one thing and do it right. And for now, that is dedicated hosting. We do that good and that is going to be all we do as of January 1, 2003.

As for the virtual customers, I am sorry and no disrespect from me. It is just not smart to continue the virtual hosting. I need to focus on my larger customers. This is the right decision for Cologroup.

[pimpshost]

Yeah that was a hilarious thread... Do you still have all your fingers man?

Cool shit, I had it offered to me, but did not take it because I do not need it. Laugh al you want, but I bring in over $50k/Mo. I am just making adjustments to my company that are positive in every way.

[49thParallel]

A note to all the spammers that popped into the thread promoting Like Whoa...well I finally checked out their site this morning. After looking at their listed pricing, shouldn't they be called...Like the most expensive adult host on the board...as low as $80 a mb...great prices...for a year or 2 ago....

[ControlThy]

Originally posted by pimpshost

I have been in business since 1999 and I have customers that pay $17k/Mo. I really do not need the $50/Mo customers.

$17K!!? Wow aren't you a big boy.

Haha.
btw: don't you have your own "company announcement board"?

[patmccrotch]

Originally posted by pimpshost


Our CTO who caused many problems has now been replaced

Hmmm, all i see in your post is a shit ton of blame. The OS is bad, the CTO is bad, cologroup good.... not our fault. Bad person make bad system go boom boom. I would have rather heard "We are in over our heads and need to take a breather. All the nickel and dime peons are pissing away my valuable time, so fuck em"

Anyway, it's good to see that you've got so much business that you just don't have room for anymore. Enjoy the recession, round 2.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by patmccrotch


Hmmm, all i see in your post is a shit ton of blame. The OS is bad, the CTO is bad, cologroup good.... not our fault. Bad person make bad system go boom boom. I would have rather heard "We are in over our heads and need to take a breather. All the nickel and dime peons are pissing away my valuable time, so fuck em"

Anyway, it's good to see that you've got so much business that you just don't have room for anymore. Enjoy the recession, round 2.

if they're making more on dedicated and they can handle that no problem, then it would make sense to concentrate on what your company does best.

[brocklanders]

Originally posted by patmccrotch


Hmmm, all i see in your post is a shit ton of blame. The OS is bad, the CTO is bad, cologroup good.... not our fault. Bad person make bad system go boom boom. I would have rather heard "We are in over our heads and need to take a breather. All the nickel and dime peons are pissing away my valuable time, so fuck em"

Anyway, it's good to see that you've got so much business that you just don't have room for anymore. Enjoy the recession, round 2.

Agreed. Complete bullshit Slowlow Group. You bombed on your virtuals because you loaded them up too much. Plus, I didn't know a one-man company could have a CTO.

[CaroMark]

Hello pimpshost,

First of all let me offer my condolences on the circumstances behind this thread. As a former business owner I know how hard you work to put forth a product only to have a disgruntled employee destroy your efforts. Far to many employees believe that you owe them something, beyond their agreed upon compensation, just for accomplishing they're assigned tasks.

Thank you for opening the door to your competition in an attempt to resolve this issue. Candid Hosting can offer Virtual Hosting solutions to meet a wide range of requirements. New pricing was posted just last week for our virtual hosting solutions.

Compare our infrastructure to the competition:[List=1.][*] Redundant clean power[*] Burstable BW to 100 mbps[*] FM200 Fire Suppression System[*] Environmentally controlled server suites[*] Multihomed BW through fibre commitments with Level 3, EPik, UUNet. (IP = 64.159.80.1) [*] Currently our pipes are averaging 3.5Gbps![*] Tech Support is LIVE Remote-Hands 24/7/365 and available via an established Ticketing System, ICQ, AIM, & Toll Free Telephone support.[/LIST=1.]

I am confident you will be impressed with the value you receive for hosting with [COLOR=sky blue] Candid Hosting. [/COLOR]

Pimpshost, good luck with Colo Group's restructuring.

[brocklanders]

Originally posted by MMemmer
Hello pimpshost,

First of all let me offer my condolences on the circumstances behind this thread. As a former business owner I know how hard you work to put forth a product only to have a disgruntled employee destroy your efforts. Far to many employees believe that you owe them something, beyond their agreed upon compensation, just for accomplishing they're assigned tasks.

Thank you for opening the door to your competition in an attempt to resolve this issue. Candid Hosting can offer Virtual Hosting solutions to meet a wide range of requirements. New pricing was posted just last week for our virtual hosting solutions.

Compare our infrastructure to the competition:[List=1.][*] Redundant clean power[*] Burstable BW to 100 mbps[*] FM200 Fire Suppression System[*] Environmentally controlled server suites[*] Multihomed BW through fibre commitments with Level 3, EPik, UUNet. (IP = 64.159.80.1) [*] Currently our pipes are averaging 3.5Gbps![*] Tech Support is LIVE Remote-Hands 24/7/365 and available via an established Ticketing System, ICQ, AIM, & Toll Free Telephone support.[/LIST=1.]

I am confident you will be impressed with the value you receive for hosting with [COLOR=sky blue] Candid Hosting. [/COLOR]

Pimpshost, good luck with Colo Group's restructuring.

Translation: "Ha ha, fucker...now I have a chance at getting your old virtual business. Super-stoked you are having problems, you bitch! Hopefully, I can convince some of your old customers to come over to Candid, where we charge $3/GB like it was the year 2000.

Much love,
Candid Hosting "

[strictlyhosting]

Hello,

For those who might be affected by this, I am willing to help with a special offer. Drop me a line at [email protected] and I will fill you in on the details. It doesn't matter if you are a virtual or not, you just have to want to make it and have a little head on your shoulders. Our cluster of virtual servers have an average uptime of 403 days. So we have no stability problems on virtual hosting customers.

Anyway if you are looking for help, please email me your current advertising tatics, your site name, and if you have an affilate program. If you are a tgp owner, we have more to offer then you could ever imagine.

John

[NoCarrier]

Originally posted by strictlyhosting
Hello,

For those who might be affected by this, I am willing to help with a special offer. Drop me a line at [email protected] and I will fill you in on the details. It doesn't matter if you are a virtual or not, you just have to want to make it and have a little head on your shoulders. Our cluster of virtual servers have an average uptime of 403 days. So we have no stability problems on virtual hosting customers.

Anyway if you are looking for help, please email me your current advertising tatics, your site name, and if you have an affilate program. If you are a tgp owner, we have more to offer then you could ever imagine.

John

strictlyhosting
I am probably spamming

Registered: Nov 2002
Location:
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[SextrafficPete]

jason made a smart move, even though i told him to do this 6 months ago

Cologroup Co-located & Dedicated hosting is the best hosting i have ever come across. I believe my box has been down 1 time in almost a year, and that was an upstream providers fault.

Virtual hosting is a big project to take on as you are cramming tons of customers on boxes, and who knows what kind of scripts they are running etc. etc.

I was one of the first to join Cologroup, and i have been loving it ever since, and many friends i have reffered and are really happy.

Virtual hosting is for the weak

If you can't afford a $200 / mo expense in this business for a colocated server / dedicated server then you shouldn't be in this business, it costs money to make good money.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by SextrafficPete

Virtual hosting is for the weak

If you can't afford a $200 / mo expense in this business for a colocated server / dedicated server then you shouldn't be in this business, it costs money to make good money.

why not just flush your money down the toilet? controlling costs is smart.

[cherrylula]

Um Jason?

"You will receive a 30 day notice on the first."

What the fuck? Did you pull the plug sooner?

Your customer service # gives a message as if its disconnected???

WTF???

[NoCarrier]

Originally posted by cherrylula
Um Jason?

"You will receive a 30 day notice on the first."

What the fuck? Did you pull the plug sooner?

Your customer service # gives a message as if its disconnected???

WTF???

[cherrylula]

Maybe all their gerbils finally died.

Maybe they ran out of magic pixie dust?

(has anyone seen that commercial?)

[sherbert]

Originally posted by cherrylula
Um Jason?

"You will receive a 30 day notice on the first."

What the fuck? Did you pull the plug sooner?

Your customer service # gives a message as if its disconnected???

WTF???

Like........ whoa!

Cologroup Episode 2: Myles Strikes Again!

[jammyjenkins]

Originally posted by Equinox
Let's have all virtual customers more over to Whoa.

whore

[jammyjenkins]

Originally posted by Sysyphus

hon·est·ly
adv.
In an honest manner.
Used as an intensive: I honestly don't care.

interj.
Used to express mild disapproval or dismay: Honestly! Look at the mess you've made.

hon·est
adj.
Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer.
Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight.
Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work.

Characterized by truth; not false: honest reporting.
Sincere; frank: an honest critique.

Of good repute; respectable.
Without affectation; plain: honest folk.
Virtuous; chaste.

completely pointless

I think announcing you're getting rid of your virtual hosting is the first thing you've posted on this board that will actually come to fruition.

[SpeakEasy]

Originally posted by Equinox
Let's have all virtual customers more over to Whoa.

OH thats a great Idea, ...LMAO... Like Whohaha down 2 hrs min per day...

[Vendot]

Hate to take advantage guys but while Cologroup is in the news, can you all please drop a vote on my poll:

http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...threadid=93249

[Sly_RJ]

There's no Myles anymore. Now who will get blamed?

[HunkyLuke]

< quasi-spam >
For those who are losing their virtual hosting, we can help! Our packages start from $0.75/G, click on the link in my sig.
< /quasi-spam >


Cheers!

Luke