any hosts to avoid [Archive] - FreeWebspace.net

Lil_Rob

March 25th, 2002, 12:46

hi
are there any particular paid hosts out there to avoid?
thanks

cheatpark

March 25th, 2002, 13:44

http://www.donhost.com - They delete accounts for no reason.
http://www.--------.com - The name says it all.

All this information is from what I have heard in these forums and I accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the information.

Bruce

March 25th, 2002, 14:53

Avoid Fasthosts, Donhost, and all of their resellers.

It is also advised to stay away from any host who offers unlimited space/bandwdith.

Giancarlo

March 25th, 2002, 14:59

CIHost (They are worse than any of the ones previously said)
Alexkelm Hosting (Always a Scam)

Bruce

March 25th, 2002, 15:04

CI Host, ahh yes. Who could forget about them?

ducktape

March 25th, 2002, 18:57

CI advertises everywhere and they are one of the worst hosts ever.

Giancarlo

March 25th, 2002, 18:58

Originally posted by michael p bennett
CI advertises everywhere and they are one of the worst hosts ever.

And they aren't what you would call a budget host... they charge a lot, and you would expect them to be good... but anybody who expects that is dead wrong.

Archbob

March 25th, 2002, 20:38

Not a fan of Donhost.
Not a fan of datapacket

roly

March 25th, 2002, 23:18

http://www.cihost.com

They advert everywhere and give away free plane tickets and stuff.
But they really suck. Really bad downtime, slow. Once someone paid for bandwidth with C I Host over the phone and the woman forgot to add the bandwidth to thier account

:rolleyes:

ducktape

March 25th, 2002, 23:20

they give away plane tickets to ppl who can use unix to come fix their servers :D

Webdude

March 26th, 2002, 00:23

Well Bedford Tx is about halfway between Dallas and FtWorth. That's only about 4 hours from me....well two hours for me to drive....anyway, I should drop by and visit them as a potential client....with a mini tape recorder :D

I'm sure I could put them in some embarrasing situations with my questions...that more than likely would be above their heads..

ducktape

March 26th, 2002, 19:24

http://freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22322

gearhost...lol

lol @ webdude...:D

max_payne

March 26th, 2002, 20:24

-------- is a great hosting company... It's pretty good and fast.

-------- Homepage (http://www.--------.com/)

niv

March 26th, 2002, 20:28

I hope you're being sarcastic.

-------- is a donhost reseller -- a.k.a doomed to fail in the end, and uses their ----ty unlimited plan.

medalian1

March 26th, 2002, 20:37

Not a fan of Donhost. Not a fan of datapacket.

http://www.datapacket.net

Wow what a horrible host! They had my site down for over a month, noone answers the tech support email or sales phone #. Sent a registered letter saying that my service was canceled and that I could not reach them, was stopping payment via CC, etc. Came back with no such address! Wow what a scam!

I can't believe their website is still up.

Archbob

March 27th, 2002, 00:17

Originally posted by medalian1

http://www.datapacket.net

Wow what a horrible host! They had my site down for over a month, noone answers the tech support email or sales phone #. Sent a registered letter saying that my service was canceled and that I could not reach them, was stopping payment via CC, etc. Came back with no such address! Wow what a scam!

I can't believe their website is still up.

Yep, thats why I'm not a fan.

conkermaniac

March 27th, 2002, 08:37

Portland.co.uk's pay hosting ;)
CIHost (yes, I agree; they're too expensive and aren't reliable)
Cyberwings (wouldn't trust their overly cheap prices)
Donhost and its resellers

cheatpark

March 27th, 2002, 11:08

http://www.hostzone.co.uk were a bad host however they are improving. I'm going to be nice to them until they get their linux servers installed. If they are good then I shall declare them a good host. Otherwise they will be just as bad as they have been with their windows servers.

debris

March 27th, 2002, 20:12

Originally posted by conkermaniac

Cyberwings (wouldn't trust their overly cheap prices)

You say "wouldn't"... But have you actually tried their hosting, or are you just basing this on the fact that they have prices that border on insane? If it is the latter, then I doubt you should be passing on 'advice' to people who are more likely than not expecting some past personal experience to go with it. Unless we're talking about CI Host and -------- and such, who have had countless complaints from customers and seem to be synonymous with the term "bad hosts"..

That's just IMHO.

Archbob

March 27th, 2002, 23:05

Have you guys ever wondering why places like yahoo(geocities pro) and paid hosting at community architect do not offer any scripting languages with their hosting. If doesn't make any sense.

Toefur

March 28th, 2002, 00:45

A lot less server load without a heap of scripts and stuff running, isn't it?

PyschoPath

March 28th, 2002, 02:50

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
I hope you're being sarcastic.

-------- is a donhost reseller -- a.k.a doomed to fail in the end, and uses their ----ty unlimited plan.

Fasthosts..not DonHost..

no-one

March 28th, 2002, 03:29

GNXOnline is the worst on earth.
never will find a single comment in favour of them on the internet.

MN-Carl

March 28th, 2002, 08:28

Originally posted by PyschoPath

Fasthosts..not DonHost..

both actually .... they also have there own servers :biggrin2: