Comments on: Hosting Problems

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:55:07 +0000

Thanks for the sharing. I’ll try top up some by add my experience.

I’m currently with Bluehost, Hostgator, Lunarpages, and Hostmonster (the most recent) and I don’t have any problem with all four of them. I don’t quite understand why people’re telling me Hostmonster sucks but they seems alright to me (so far).

Host that sucks: Network Eleven and Gate.com.

Back when I first started, Network Eleven was doing great but then they went overselling and the server uptime turned terribly wrong.

Gate.com, overpriced and screwed up control panel. They don’t allow any addon domain until now; they have the worst control panel which do not offer any features! Want a WordPress blog, go install yourself manually; want to check Awstats, go install your own script; want a ecommerce cart system - “well, what’s a cart system?”

That’s the sharing from my side. Hopefully it helps.

By: Upstart Blogger

Upstart Blogger — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:44:05 +0000

@Millenium: My policy is not to allow affiliate links or self-promoting links to commercial sites, or anything that might be construed as spam. But you’re free to link to your own blog where you have a post containing links. Unless, of course, your “obvious reasons” are because you have a porn site (not that I’m a prude, but I try to keep this site PG out of courtesy to what I expect is a diverse group of visitors) or a warez site.

In any case, glad you found a host that works for you!

By: Millenium

Millenium — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:35:46 +0000

Well, I’ve moved my site to a new server, and things are going great. Fast loading times, great support, quality (and reliable) server machines, affordable price packages, AND there are 3 different server’s to choose from. I used the Chinese server , for obvious reasons which i will not be declaring in this post, and its great. Except for the Chinese server, theres another one in USA, and a final one in the UK.

I’m not sure whether or not I’m allowed to post a link to the host’s main page, since its a private server, and this message could then be regarded as spam. So admin, let me know if you want the links ;)

By: Upstart Blogger

Upstart Blogger — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:00:14 +0000

@Raymond: Thanks for the comment. I have taken Hostmonster off my short list and no longer recommend them.

I wouldn’t recommend GoDaddy, though. The back end is proprietary and awkward; cPanel is much easier to use. Their phone support, while prompt and friendly, is useless in my experience. They aren’t very knowledgeable about WordPress. I recently helped someone with a couple of blogs on GD and everything took longer to set up than it should have.

By: MONEY BLUE BOOK

MONEY BLUE BOOK — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:48:58 +0000

Hostmonster’s service is terrible! I just signed up not too long ago and almost immediately I was dismayed at the frequent slow down and server problems. My e-mails have not been responded to and my phone calls aren’t resolved. Their response is that there are many people using the same server so that might be the problem. I am seriously contemplating moving to GoDaddy…they are pretty reliable I hear..agreed?

Raymond

By: Millenium

Millenium — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:03:22 +0000

Excelent thanks. I Will definitly consider those. To elaborate more on the HostMonster situation, the main problem is that their server machines struggle to uphold and maintain Sql databases, which is pretty bad considering that most sites run of Sql databases these days. For scripts that run without Sql databases, Host Monster is fine for. Then you would get terrific speed. Also, they host allot of accounts on single servers, which just pretty much worsens everything.

By: Upstart Blogger

Upstart Blogger — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:38:23 +0000

Millenium, thanks for the report. I've removed HostMonster from my short list of recommended hosts until I hear more reports. In the meantime, consider AN Hosting, Media Temple, or Hostgator.com.

By: Millenium

Millenium — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:40:49 +0000

I am having some major problems with HostMonster. Sure their services looks promesing, but its just plain crap when it comes down to speed. So would someone please suggest me a good host (Yes, im willing to pay) for my site? I just hate this and i’d hate to have my last resort be switching to a dedicated server.

By: Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:42:55 +0000

Stephane, sorry to hear about your experience with MT. So far, my experience is a mixed bag. I’ve had problems using Coda with MT for some inexplicable reason that no one can help me with. I’m not convinced it’s worth the money.

I still have some domains at AN Hosting, and my server hasn’t had any problems lately. I’ve yet to find the ideal host. So far, I think I prefer AN Hosting to MT, but we’ll see.

You might consider my hosting short list. I always have a list of alternatives that I’ve read reasonably good things about.

BTW, I looked at your site. Beautiful photos!

By: Stephane

Stephane — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:35:31 +0000

I just cancel my MT account earlier today. I was with them for the last couple of years on a regular shared server and the downtime was too much. This year (after being tease for a year about the new stuff), I was told I couldn’t get any new feature and the old dedicated server was no longer supported and even if I had been with them for a couple of years, I couldn’t get even a deal to move to the new Grid Server. Hope your experience is better than mine.

p.s. I’m still looking for a good host, that’s how I found your post about hosting, I had hope about AN Hosting, guess I’ll go with the cheapest that has what I want and go from there… again!

By: Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:23:11 +0000

Will, I was with 1&1 a long time ago. I don’t remember them ever going down, but I remember being dissatisfied with them from the beginning. I think they were slow, I had problems with my domains, their back end was clunky, and I had problems getting things to work (I may have been using Textpattern then).

Actually, I am testing Media Temple. I paid for one month and am moving a domain that gets almost no traffic over there. I’ve also set up Montastic to monitor my uptime (it’s a great, free service, BTW, which monitors your site every ten minutes). MT is probably more than I need, too. They’ve had problems with their grid hosting, but the idea makes great sense. I’ll see if they’ve worked the kinks out.

In the meantime, I’m also hoping for some good news from AN Hosting. A shame to see them brought down by their data center like this. My experiences with them were mostly very positive.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:13:22 +0000

I currently use 1&1. Mainly because of the amount of storage and the price. My sites seem to run incredibly slow at times. So, I am not hugely impressed with it. However, I haven’t had any issues with stability. The other downfall to 1&1 is no support for Rails with the package I am using, but that hasn’t been a big deal.

I know a lot of people pimp Media Temple. I just can’t justify $20.00 or more per month. I will be interested to see what you end up deciding on.

By: Why DreamHost Sucks

Why DreamHost Sucks — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:45:59 +0000

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