What made you leave your previous host? - Page 2

**Skipdawg** · November 14th, 2006, 12:35 PM

Oh this one is easy

I was dumb enough to use a free host that was not worth used toilet paper

So I started watching the Webhosting forum at DSLReports.com to see who folks were using in the pay for arena.

Free host may not cost you money, just your sanity

**twirp** · November 14th, 2006, 5:12 PM

My previous host was pretty bad with support. I'd send in a ticket, and the response (4 hours later) was "We are currently having issues with the server" Really? I wonder why I sent in the ticket.

They also were out of date on everything. They didn't upgrade PHP or cPanel or anything until I told them there was a newer version out there. (but I did convince them to install PHP 5 and a bunch of other things).

Also, FTP was constantly down.

The price was good for all the drawbacks. But I couldn't stand staying there, so once I got more money I moved back to Surpass... Yes, I'm poor... Somewhat...

The server was blacklisted as well, so I couldn't send e-mails to certain people.

I also felt I was the only one on the server, because it would go down for 3 days, and I'd send in an e-mail and they said "Thank you for informing us." And there were also a bunch of sites that looked like they were scams/spam sites on the server. And one time there was no memory left on the server.

**benjamin** · November 14th, 2006, 5:24 PM

As others have noted, lack of proper proactive server monitoring was a big issue in my decision to come to Surpass. I also exchanged emails with Kayla before making the switch and was (of course) extremely impressed!

So, here I am at Surpass... Couldn't be happier.

speedy47 · November 14th, 2006, 7:54 PM

Bad support. Bad prices. Too much downtime.

wgm · November 14th, 2006, 8:14 PM

Should add, that since they had no control panel as mentioned above, they did in fact have a console on their website that controlled somethings, like adding complimentry database(was easier to call them and setup), email, file manager, some other things.

Host was local, and the calls were local as well, they didn't have a ticket system like Surpass.

Enough of my rambling, last post in this one.

Prig · November 15th, 2006, 4:38 PM

My last host was down more than it was up.

meephead · November 15th, 2006, 6:51 PM

I ran my own server at home while I was at school. It blew up after about half a year. I was going to fix it, but I would still be limited to 45kb/s upload speed which was not cool.

**bodypainter** · November 15th, 2006, 7:12 PM

Don't remember. Too long ago.

**benjamin** · November 15th, 2006, 8:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bodypainter

Don't remember. Too long ago.

That was really helpful.

Actually, it says a lot for Surpass if it's really been THAT long...

November 14th, 2006, 12:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Skipdawg Insanely Super #1 Joined in Jul 2005 Lives in Northwest USA 4,154 posts Gave thanks: 39 Thanked 78 times	Oh this one is easy I was dumb enough to use a free host that was not worth used toilet paper So I started watching the Webhosting forum at DSLReports.com to see who folks were using in the pay for arena. Free host may not cost you money, just your sanity __________________

November 14th, 2006, 5:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
twirp DemonicAngel Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in Wherever The World Takes Me Hosted on Pass76 1,769 posts Gave thanks: 24 Thanked 32 times	My previous host was pretty bad with support. I'd send in a ticket, and the response (4 hours later) was "We are currently having issues with the server" Really? I wonder why I sent in the ticket. They also were out of date on everything. They didn't upgrade PHP or cPanel or anything until I told them there was a newer version out there. (but I did convince them to install PHP 5 and a bunch of other things). Also, FTP was constantly down. The price was good for all the drawbacks. But I couldn't stand staying there, so once I got more money I moved back to Surpass... Yes, I'm poor... Somewhat... The server was blacklisted as well, so I couldn't send e-mails to certain people. I also felt I was the only one on the server, because it would go down for 3 days, and I'd send in an e-mail and they said "Thank you for informing us." And there were also a bunch of sites that looked like they were scams/spam sites on the server. And one time there was no memory left on the server. __________________ You wear Vans so high school kids will think that you can skate. He wears Vans because he can skate. TwiRp wears Vans because they were on sale. Pass76 wants Vans.

November 14th, 2006, 5:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
benjamin Sur, pass the salt Excelling Contributor Joined in Sep 2005 Hosted on Pass44 744 posts Gave thanks: 36 Thanked 51 times	As others have noted, lack of proper proactive server monitoring was a big issue in my decision to come to Surpass. I also exchanged emails with Kayla before making the switch and was (of course) extremely impressed! So, here I am at Surpass... Couldn't be happier. __________________ Benjamin Server: Pass44

November 14th, 2006, 7:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
speedy47 Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in South Windsor, CT 157 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 4 times	Bad support. Bad prices. Too much downtime. __________________ Site: chubbychica.com

November 15th, 2006, 4:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
Prig Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in CT Hosted on Pass79 248 posts Gave thanks: 10 Thanked 8 times	My last host was down more than it was up. __________________

November 14th, 2006, 8:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
wgm Registered User Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Washougal, WA 1,284 posts Gave thanks: 23 Thanked 39 times	Should add, that since they had no control panel as mentioned above, they did in fact have a console on their website that controlled somethings, like adding complimentry database(was easier to call them and setup), email, file manager, some other things. Host was local, and the calls were local as well, they didn't have a ticket system like Surpass. Enough of my rambling, last post in this one.

November 15th, 2006, 6:51 PM	#16 (permalink)
meephead Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Aug 2006 Hosted on SH103 99 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 4 times	I ran my own server at home while I was at school. It blew up after about half a year. I was going to fix it, but I would still be limited to 45kb/s upload speed which was not cool. __________________ [SH103] http://nemesia.org/

November 15th, 2006, 7:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
bodypainter Prince of Heck Excelling Contributor Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in Sarasota 767 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	Don't remember. Too long ago. __________________ Co-Winner: 2004 Surpassies - Ultimate Surpasser Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.

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