Which web hosting provider should I use?

mousepod · 08-22-2008, 07:20 PM

I use the behemoth iPower, which has gotten really good over the last year or so. For work, I use bluehost (as does Heather). The gui interface for bluehost is the best I've seen, and the tech support is fantastic.

lizziebith · 08-23-2008, 01:34 AM

iPower done me wrong, robbed me blind, and left me cryin'. I was with them for nearly 10 years and I HATE that company. Do a google on their nefarious billing practices. They cost me hundreds in double-and-triple billing that I know I'll never see back. Their tech support was abysmal (although now I know a lot more than they apparently do about MySQL...but still, that's not my freaking job!!). I really resent having to learn stuff because my provider can't do their JOB.

Now, I'll never use another irresponsible overseller (and lunarpages is one) and recommend medialayer. I did an intense amount of angry research before choosing and could not be happier. If you go with an irresponsible overseller you are renting unmanaged server space with others: if you rent with a crazy company who promises the moon...that is what your customers could end up looking at instead of your site. If you get good service from an overseller you are just lucky until someone who shares your server gets Digged, Farked or AICN'd. Then watch your site die. Seriously: why do you smart people believe you really get the storage and bandwidth quoted for seven bucks a month? Try using it! Try! Just try. Really try even approaching what you've been promised. I did.

If you are setting up for a business, DO NOT go with one of these cheap, too-good-to-be-true companies. You will get exactly $7.00 a month in service. You will spend far more in your personal labor on the phone with rank idiots. Then you will research and fix the problem(s) on your own and end up bitter.

Ca.Ve.At. Freaking. Emptor.

(am I the least popular LoTer yet?...I seem to be on my way!)

08-22-2008, 07:20 PM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I use the behemoth iPower, which has gotten really good over the last year or so. For work, I use bluehost (as does Heather). The gui interface for bluehost is the best I've seen, and the tech support is fantastic. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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08-23-2008, 01:34 AM	#2
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	iPower done me wrong, robbed me blind, and left me cryin'. I was with them for nearly 10 years and I HATE that company. Do a google on their nefarious billing practices. They cost me hundreds in double-and-triple billing that I know I'll never see back. Their tech support was abysmal (although now I know a lot more than they apparently do about MySQL...but still, that's not my freaking job!!). I really resent having to learn stuff because my provider can't do their JOB. Now, I'll never use another irresponsible overseller (and lunarpages is one) and recommend medialayer. I did an intense amount of angry research before choosing and could not be happier. If you go with an irresponsible overseller you are renting unmanaged server space with others: if you rent with a crazy company who promises the moon...that is what your customers could end up looking at instead of your site. If you get good service from an overseller you are just lucky until someone who shares your server gets Digged, Farked or AICN'd. Then watch your site die. Seriously: why do you smart people believe you really get the storage and bandwidth quoted for seven bucks a month? Try using it! Try! Just try. Really try even approaching what you've been promised. I did. If you are setting up for a business, DO NOT go with one of these cheap, too-good-to-be-true companies. You will get exactly $7.00 a month in service. You will spend far more in your personal labor on the phone with rank idiots. Then you will research and fix the problem(s) on your own and end up bitter. Ca.Ve.At. Freaking. Emptor. (am I the least popular LoTer yet?...I seem to be on my way!) __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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