Comments on: Dreamhost destroys a ten year old blog

By: Imtiaz

Imtiaz — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:01:28 +0000

A client I work with recently lost all his domains on DH. Some were not even hosted there. Apparantly DH is not replying to his mails and the control panel access is not allowing him to transfer his domains out.

It sucks when a host tried to play God.
Oh and check this out http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2008/09/03/janky-debian-upgrades-and-you/
They apply updates without a by your leave and then act as if it was your mistake to not be prepared for a kick in the balls ever so often…..

Rascals

By: Andrea_R

Andrea_R — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:03:18 +0000

While I feel really bad and it;s too late for my advice, this is a good example fo why you shoudl make your own backups as well.

What if the data center blew up, for example (extreme I know)?

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:23:33 +0000

There’s got to be some legal recourse this person can take.

By: Abel

Abel — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:08:48 +0000

I hesitated to move from DreamHost. But now, after reading your post here, I am ready.

The main hurdle for me now is how to move a site with SQL databases like Worpdress the easiest way?

By: WordPress Modder

WordPress Modder — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:47:21 +0000

I have to second curtis…is there no legal recourse? Cornelius, I feel for you, I really do. Please let the community know if there’s anything we can do to help.

By: wangjel

wangjel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:40:02 +0000

i don’t know, mediatemple never goes wrong, so i guess if you think ten years of history is important for you then invest a little, and host with a “company”.

By: Jo Beaufoix

Jo Beaufoix — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:02:35 +0000

Oh my God. It was a nightmare when this happened to me. They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it.

By: Ashleigh James

Ashleigh James — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:47:24 +0000

It’d be nice if webhosts contacted you directly before taking your site offline or deleting your account, eh?

A girl can dream.

By: curtis

curtis — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:19:28 +0000

there has got to be some level of regulation. now that the blogosphere has become so profitable, there has to be some level of protection out there for intellectual property. Dreamhost has every right to decide what sits on their servers, but they don’t have the right to refuse to give you whats rightfully yours. fine, Dreamhost wants to refuse to give up what can be considered the ‘essence’ of a blog - they should be legally obligated to pay what that blog is worth. either that, or they need to ass-up a working backup. my wife showcases and sells handmade jewelry in local shops around town here in SC. she pays rent for a booth plus like 10%. these shops can decide refuse to display her goods. they can not, however, refuse to give her back our merchandise once its pulled from the shelf. it still belongs to us.

i don’t see why dreamhost should be any different. that blog belongs to someone.