The Worst And Best Web Hosting Companies

[layoutsmachine]

To really sum it up, Who is the best and the worst host? I use Host Gator and I am pretty happy with them so far. I was put on hold for a long time a couple of times while calling the customer service center. but that's okay because I rarely have to call them as there are no problems. What about you? Share your good/bad experiences...

[mawt]

http://electedhosting.com - Anyone even heard of them? lmfao. They only host adult sites now... but they suck. They had the worst customer service, and well- the were just crappy

[layoutsmachine]

http://electedhosting.com - Anyone even heard of them? lmfao. They only host adult sites now... but they suck. They had the worst customer service, and well- the were just crappy

Thank you for sharing your experience. Nope, I haven't heard of that host. but that means you are pretty successful running non-myspace sites as well. :D LOL

[grace]

http://dreamhost.com

I haven't actually used them yet but I am going to because they seem great! Lots of space for a good price and a free domain. I know a few people that use them and are happy with them, hope this helps

[mawt]

but that means you are pretty successful running non-myspace sites as well. :D LOL

You mean adult sites? haha no i don't run those sites- i'm only 16.

[barcodeunit]

hostgator and dreamhost, and also 1and1 are all great shared hosting companies... but once you start getting way too much traffic to handle, watch them screw you over..... they'll pull the plug without even notifying you...

once you start getting a ton of traffic, start looking for a dedicated server immediately.

Wiredtree.com = the BEST dedicated servers. :)

[layoutsmachine]

hostgator and dreamhost, and also 1and1 are all great shared hosting companies... but once you start getting way too much traffic to handle, watch them screw you over..... they'll pull the plug without even notifying you...

once you start getting a ton of traffic, start looking for a dedicated server immediately.

Wiredtree.com = the BEST dedicated servers.

Thanks barcodeunit, that's a million dollar worth info that everybody needs to know beforehand.

Suppose I reach that level and If I don't take action in time, Would I also lose all my files? or would there be a backup copy with my host, say hostgator???

It seems like we have to start backing up our databases and files daily from now on?

[Connections]

hostgator is ok for small sites but now way good for resource sites,

dream host is just dodgey when u get some ok traffic.

go daddy is ok for small sites and **** for big sites

[rize]

so is there any good shared hosting for resource sites? :)

[NYCBORN]

Mediatemple is pretty good.
Dreamhost isn't that great at all. Downtime is not acceptable.
Verio hosting is horrible from experience.

[miller2348]

bluehost worked great for me until i got to around 12K daily, then moved myself just incase.

[mcfox]

hostxxx and dreaxxx, and also 1and1 are all great
Dude! I almost banned you on the spot in shock at reading that.

1&1 suck (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=60380) (long thread on DP but well worth the read). Simple as that.

one and one sucks (http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/159651-1and1-com-hater-aaaaccckk.html) thread at Namepros

And of course, our very own thread here at MySpacePros about how badly 1and1 totally SUCK (http://www.myspacepros.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502).

My advice, for anyone that's interested in my opinion, is to AVOID 1&1.

[Kasami2k4]

*sigh*

http://hosting-review.com/top-10-lists/top-10-dedicated-hosts.shtml?gclid=CKe53t7GkosCFRTCYAodMGYDRA
http://www.prchecker.info/top-10-web-hosting.php

[Connections]

*sigh*

http://hosting-review.com/top-10-lists/top-10-dedicated-hosts.shtml?gclid=CKe53t7GkosCFRTCYAodMGYDRA
http://www.prchecker.info/top-10-web-hosting.php


lmao at their top 10's...:whistling: :?

[Kasami2k4]

lunarpages hosts hot-lyts =)

[layoutsmachine]

Anyone used Midphase before? They claim unlimited bandwidth? Is that true? :-?

[Kasami2k4]

UNMETERED bandwidth, not unlimited. Unlimited doesn't exist. And they give you about 1TB a month. And NORMALLY its not the BW you gotta worry bout. its server usage.midphase is OKAY for sites with under 10K a day

[bosshogg01]

Anyone used Midphase before? They claim unlimited bandwidth? Is that true? :-?

Thats who i use. Im a peon traffic wise, but there support is really fast and i usually get a answer within 30 mins.

[Ad disengaged]

yahoooooooooooo suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

too much downtime

pages take too long to load

too expensive

dont; use

[Dean]

Good experiences:
Liquidweb: Good VPS/VDS hosting for a while, helped me with the complete basics with quick response to technical problems.

Bad Experiences:
Siteground: Started well, ended with my worst web hosting experience to date. In fact overall cost me to drop 1000 UV a day due to downtime/errors on their behalf. For a site starting out dont go near, you'll work hard and get ruined once your even slightly larger.

Then to cap it off theyre ticket/support system is TERRIBLE. Live help - but only for pre-sales. And a ticket system that doesnt work, literally spent 3 days with NO way to contact them. Was being re-directed everywhere when talking to the easy to get to Sales team.

Siteground - Worst hosting I have had.

Hope this helps :)

Dean

[Stkeys]

Siteground - Worst hosting I have had.

I have to agree with this, I paid for 12 month service with them and had them transfer one of my resource sites from a Hostgator reseller account as it had exceeded the BW there.

They moved the site but couldn't get it working right so I had to get somebody else to sort things out for me.

Then over the next few weeks the site suffered more down time than I've ever had with any other service.

SiteGround not recommended :no:

[supportomatic]

Back in the day, I tried GoDaddy. Um, major suck-fest... They're fine for sites with no traffic I suppose. I also tried HostGator for less than a month. They shut me down with no warning for bandwidth utilization. I tried colocating my own server at a provider near where I live and that worked for about 2 months until my traffic was impacting every other customer of theirs and they capped my bandwidth. Ouch.

I've been with OrangeFiber.com for a while now with zero complaints. Great customer service thus far. I've got a dedicated server with 10mbps unmetered bw for $109/month. It's unmanaged, though, so you've got to know your way around linux to some degree. The trick with them is to email sales for a custom quote and you'll end up with a better-than-advertised deal. Working on getting a second server for another project...

[Assailant]

never ever host with godaddy...aweful aweful aweful

[layoutsmachine]

That really stinks.. downtimes really ruin a successful website

[thplooy]

I do like:
Hostgator (reseller account) for my smaller sites,
Layered Tech (dedicated) for my Myspace website.

I had a reseller account with FatNetwork.
They were the worst of the worst.

[darkimus]

i've always used startlogic.com, they usually run deals on the weekend and since i've had a site on there in 2 years, i think it's been down once. check em out.

[minnseoelite]

I have used hostdepartment and they are great for most sites, very seldom downtime and when there is its never been more than 1 hour, unlimited domains, space, bandwidth (good if not using alot of CPU cycles) I have always hosted 5 domains at a time with them and had got traffic up to 12k a day between the 5 domains all msrs sites with no problems. Have had an average of 5gigs of bandwidth used per day again no problems

I think the best thing about them though is you can pay month to month, no contracts, and they accept PayPal as a payment method....oh and when you sign up your account is created instantly no waiting and no setup fees

[PalmOS]

for anyone who uses or thought of using 1and1, check this out

http://www.bigjabby.com/?p=11 article about them screwing ppl on ****

[PGZ]

DreamHost is the WORST by far.......They promise you the world and if ya try to use some of what they promise they will SHUT YOU DOWN...............

Its a big gimmick they use to suck people in and MANY fall for it.

BEWARE PEOPLE BEWARE............

[JCs]

Ive been with bluehost for almost 2 years and never had any problems as yet *fingers crossed* LOL

[Spacer]

1and1 is by far the worst on many levels

[Greg-J]

1and1 is absolutely the worst hosting business. Period.


mediatemple's grid servers gets my vote as the best - and I've never even used one.

[YabbaDoo]

mediatemple's grid servers gets my vote as the best - and I've never even used one.

I was looking at that GridServer technology the other day, looks really cool.
May treat myself to it as an early birthday present ;) lol

[YabbaDoo]

Oh for me....

The best one for shared hosting of smaller sites is defo BLUEHOST.COM
BLUEHOST ALLLL THE WAY!!!

I dunno about bad as I've only been on 2....and have never experienced any of the nightmares of some of the webmasters here have..but apparently Dreamhost sucks with the dowtime issues they seem to have a LOT of!

[kidd]

I read about some people having problem with godaddy. I am getting worried now. If my site gets a lot of traffic, will they shut down with out letting me know?
If that is true, then its not company you want to trust. My site is new and doesnt get a lot of hits, but its growing, so i am getting to worry. Any member who had bad luck with them and want to share your experience with me? I just want to prepair my self ya know ;):).

[minnseoelite]

from what i have heard from other users Godaddy usually shuts people down when their sites start getting around 6,000 - 8,000 visitors a day

[kidd]

Hi to all.

Does any one know if this script:

http://www.7flashdesign.com/glitterfactory/loader.html

works on godaddy? I want to purchase so if some one experienced it or know from others, please let me know.

[sky2k4]

I use lunar pages had them for three years and now I'm teaming up with ResellersPanels got some ggod prices and i can make my own...but thier band width prices are to high,cant compare to lunarpages.

[clippitch]

I've had a dual xeon with serverwizards.com for over a year now, they got some great service and management, although I spend $350usd a month to have this box

[lyzyrdgyzyrd]

I've been through more hosts over the years than I can even remember. A few that have been reliable enough to stick with for 5+ years:

For individual sites:
Lunarpages, Inmotionhosting

VPS for multiple sites:
Kualo, Httpme

[spotlight-shure]

Is there really such a thing as unlimited space AND bandwith from shared hosting companies? I found this http://proserv-hq.com/, not sure if it is shared or dedicated. Call me a noob lol. But that seems really cheap, too cheap to be real. I was going to try it but wanted to see if anybody tried it yet and had a good/bad experience. Thanks.

[Carrielynne]

The worst I have EVER seen is Godaddy. They have absolutely NO customer service skills and their uptime is THE WORST. One of my smaller sites had been hosted on there getting about 14k hits a day and it was down all the time even though I hadn't used even a fraction of what they promised and when I did get close to it they shut me down completely and offered no explanation.

So far I havent had any troubles with dreamhost and yahoo is the best for uptime and support as long as you host your images elsewhere because bandwitch can get extremely high because they don't have big packages.

[minnseoelite]

Is there really such a thing as unlimited space AND bandwith from shared hosting companies? I found this http://proserv-hq.com/, not sure if it is shared or dedicated. Call me a noob lol. But that seems really cheap, too cheap to be real. I was going to try it but wanted to see if anybody tried it yet and had a good/bad experience. Thanks.

Yes and no, I use a shared hosting company for my smaller sites that offers unlimited bandwidth and space but even though those sites use TB's a month of bandwidth they are not extremely busy so I am not using to many CPU resources which is what those companies do not explain to it buyers is that if your site uses to much CPU and resource time they will cut you off

[urheart]

I can't stand Dotster! Never sign up with them. I was having a lot of problems from them since day 1, not returning my phone calls when they said they would and it took forever (like a month) for them to send me my refund.

[vespucci]

Dathorn hosting is good. However, the owner can be a bit of a jerk at times. If you can get past that, it's a good deal.

[mincioni]

I suggest not using Bluehost for an MS resources site. They pulled the plug on Satisfaction.com without notice because they said it was using up too many resources. They then gave me 48 hours of FTP access to get my files off of their server.

IMHO, if one is really serious about getting into the MS resource biz they should start off in the beginning with a dedicated server.

[Ad disengaged]

Yahoo hosting is somewhat slow and expensive but very easy setup and all PHP functions included. Go-crappy limits your PHP and has slow set up

[niktesla]

My needs may be beyond most of the people who have posted here, but for me:

I have 100Mbps connection, of which it averages 60mbps throughout the day.

I use 17TB data throughput per month.

Average RAM usage 6GB. Average Load 10.

Now, very few hosting companies can accommodate these requirements.

The company that has done the best for me is ThePlanet. This is really only usefull information for process intensive sites that generate 50k - 100k visitors per day.

[Jen]

[QUOTE=Greg-J]1and1 is absolutely the worst hosting business. Period.

QUOTE]

I totally agree with this. I signed up with them, the same day actuially 5 mins later I cancelled them. HORRIBLE!!!!!

MediaTemple loosk REALLY good

Features Include:
100 GBs of premium storage
1 TB of short-path bandwidth
Host up to 100 individual sites
1000 email accounts
64 MB Ruby/Mongrel container
Money Back Guarantee
All of the features below, and more...

$20 /month



NOt bad at all...Might have to go with them

[dumb-diddy-doo]

I could list tons of "worst" but I think then that these lists over shadow those who should get big KUDOS for great services and great prices.

Steadfast is a great host.

I have a dedicated server. I have used them now for well over a year and I really can't imagine going anywhere else. Customer service is above average, uptime is above average, and cost is about average and maybe even a little under.

my 2cents

[Ajay]

do you host more than one site on that line? or is it just for xoospace.com

My needs may be beyond most of the people who have posted here, but for me:

I have 100Mbps connection, of which it averages 60mbps throughout the day.

I use 17TB data throughput per month.

Average RAM usage 6GB. Average Load 10.

Now, very few hosting companies can accommodate these requirements.

The company that has done the best for me is ThePlanet. This is really only usefull information for process intensive sites that generate 50k - 100k visitors per day.

[minnseoelite]

MediaTemple loosk REALLY good

Features Include:
100 GBs of premium storage
1 TB of short-path bandwidth
Host up to 100 individual sites
1000 email accounts
64 MB Ruby/Mongrel container
Money Back Guarantee
All of the features below, and more...

$20 /month

I have been using them for a little over a month so far running the MSLS script with no complaints

[candysplash]

Erm...my host, http://awardspace.com is great. Its not 'unlimited' but it has a lot of good aspects, plus it's free. However, if you did pay for your hosting it just gets better.

[Jen]

I have been using them for a little over a month so far running the MSLS script with no complaints

Thanks Jason, I think when I return from moving and getting my internet back I will sign up with them. I have some awesome domain names I'm going to purchase...

Off topic, I know not to purchase the domain through the same hosting company but does anyone recommend a good cheaper place to purchase domains? I always bought mine with the same company that did my hosting, and although never had issues, I want to test out this new theory.

[pimpyourdino]

yahoo is probably the worst i think their mysql is very difficult to figure out :(

[niktesla]

I host a few sites on there including xoospace.com. The traffic is actually balanced between two servers. The bandwidth I stated above is between both. But the load and RAM is the average on each server. My sites are database intensive. Every page load has 20 - 50 queries to the db.

do you host more than one site on that line? or is it just for xoospace.com

[zooped]

I had a real bad experience with 1and1 ... I wouldn't suggest them

[minnseoelite]

Off topic, I know not to purchase the domain through the same hosting company but does anyone recommend a good cheaper place to purchase domains? I always bought mine with the same company that did my hosting, and although never had issues, I want to test out this new theory.

I have a free DNR account through hostdepartment.com that I use to register and manage all my domains. Their prices are about average then I just point the name servers to whoever I am hosting with.

[myspaceprodesigns]

i use midphase dedicated servers for several sites which i own and they are a bit expensive compared to their competitors, but their customer service is the best i've ever experienced.

[digitalxguilt]

my boyfriend has a managed vps with Fortressitx. From what he's told me, its got good customer service. I have no idea know how much he pays for it. we have around 50 sites hosted on the server.

[netstorm]

Try out liquidweb, they are expensive but the support is awesome. Even though in the middle of the night I have to talk to some guy in india. Punjabi is fun to talk to though.