Any GOOD Experiences With Sharktech
Nov 18, 2008Sharktech's plans are relevant to my current needs. I read a lot of "Sharktech has a reputation of being down more than up"; can anyone confirm or deny that from personal experiences?
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I'm in the market for a colo host now because our current hardware is getting old and the CPU is really loaded down, but in my search I realized how many bad comments there are and how few good comments there are about hosts. Therefore, I just wanted to try and make the reviews more equitable before I leave this host (and possible get ripped off at my next one
Good Experiences Hosting Gallery2 Photo Sites
Apr 15, 2008If you have current experience with hosting Gallery2 photo sites, please give us your opinion on hosts.
Gallery2 is PHP and MySQL based.
I am looking at a few customers (schools, sports groups) who would eventually have 2 to 5 GB of photos, but fairly light hits (Students, Parents, Friends). This would not be a NFL site! But responsiveness is relatively important.
Medium-cost (Say up to $15/M) shared hosting probably? Looking at maybe Hostgator, HostMonster, A1WebHosting. Your experiences/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
My current site on (!PowWeb) is passable, but I want these sites ElseWhere...
Sharktech.net Review
Jan 13, 2009I would like to write a review about Sharktech.net. Well first of all I am on there hot deal plan 3. I have been with them for a few days. The server took about 50 hours to be set up, and then another hour to deliver my server login information. However, today when I got back from school I was suspended. The message is as follows;
We have temporarily suspended your service due to AUP violation of unauthorized IP usage. Your server has been using 208.98.1.66 & 208.98.1.67 IPs that do not belong to you. Once you confirm this incident, we'll unsuspend your service and you'll have to immediately unassign these 2 IPs.
Additionally, your mainIP is 208.98.1.12 and according to activation e-mail, your extra IPs were 208.98.31.64/26 (208.98.31.66-126). However, due to some problem that occurred with your IP range, we're forced to replace these IPs.
This is your new IP allocation:
(IP Address removed)
Please make sure you will never use again any unauthorized IPs, other than 208.98.1.12 and 64.32.31.66-126. If you have any further questions feel free to ask.
Thank you.
I was so angry after reading this. There welcome email clearly stated that I could use those IP's, so why should I suffer because of a mistake made by sharktech? This effects me in many ways. First of all my cPanel licence is licenced to the IP which I was suspended for using. Second, now I will have to reinstall cPanel giving me a large amount of downtime. Third, I have already lost a client during the 50 hours wait for the server (I have to cancel my old one so I don't get billed for it again). And lastly, I have to do my school work already since I am waiting for my server to be reactivated, during in which time I could have been importing accounts.
Speed-wise the server is OK. I ran a few tests on the server and the quality is good. You can certainly trust this company, but be sure to verify everything with them. Sharktech, if you are reading this please do not think that this is a negative review, I am just really unhappy about this.
Does SharkTech Still Work
Mar 15, 2009I have taken a order from them for 5 Days,but no response from them except a auto comfirmation email,what is wrong with SharkTech?
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Budget : around $50.
Switching My Server To Sharktech
Jan 10, 2009I was thinking of switching my server to sharktech. I am going on there Hot deal plan 3. Is there anything negative I should know about this company?
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Oct 27, 2009I have server from many providers, hetzner, sharktech & burst.
But the worse i found is of burst.net.
I have been with them since 2+ month now, but the quality of service am getting since i order has been not nice.
from the beginging server used to get crash after every 5-6 days then i need ask what happened, and they were never able to provide the reason.
i ignored it as reboot were within 15-30 minutes which is acceptable.
But since last 15 days. server has been crashing every 12-15 hours.
one of the technician said that its hard drive, (oh comeon hard drive has nothing to do with it. i will let you know later why.)
then i asked him to change the hard drive.
First they offered me data recovery package which costs some $$$.
I said ok just put os in new hard drive and attach my old hard drive so that i can take backup.
I asked them why. then they changed the whole machine with everything brand new. and attached my old hard drive
I took backup and after 2 hours its dead again(crashed ).
They never replied me within hour or so after that.
They blamed that old hard drive is causing crash.
alright i asked them to remove old hard drive and what happened? Still crashed and dead for 3 + days now.
you can have a look at whole conversation.
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Just make sure whenever you do business with anyone , they should be responsive and they should know what they doing.
My contract will expire on 9th of nov, but i guess my money is already wasted.
SharkTech - A Final Thought
Aug 11, 2008Sharktech is hit and miss. They are not professional or courteous at all. Everything is done THEIR way or the highway. You either love them or you hate them. It's just the way it is.
Anyone who is truly business-minded and has a grasp on how the real world works will not like them. Dealing with them will NOT be like dealing with a "real" company like the cable company or phone company, even IF you're paying Sharktech MORE per month than you pay for your utility bill.
If you're just looking for the cheapest option for your side-business that you don't really care about too much, and you can tolerate the occasional email from Sharktech that makes you go "WHOA!", then use them.
Sharktech.net - Rackvibe.com And Illegal Identity Theft Hosting
Jul 1, 2008i'v sent to sharktech.net - rackvibe.com / an emails since a week about an illegal hosting on thier ircd services, but can i know why the identity theft irc servers is still running?
i have sent to both abuse emails to:
abuse@rackvibe.com
abuse@sharktech.net,
from a differnt email addresses with a hope to see a responce, but they never did.
i wounder how the both companies feel when people credit cards and thier bank accounts are being sold and traded under thier service.
Sharktech.net - Rackvibe.com And Illegal Identity Theft Hosting!
Jul 1, 2008i'v sent to sharktech.net - rackvibe.com / an emails since a week about an illegal hosting on thier ircd services, but can i know why the identity theft irc servers is still running?
i have sent to both abuse emails to:
abuse@rackvibe.com
abuse@sharktech.net,
from a differnt email addresses with a hope to see a responce, but they never did.
i wounder how the both companies feel when people credit cards and thier bank accounts are being sold and traded under thier service.
List Of Good Hosters With Good TELEPHONE Tech Support
May 6, 2008I'd like to start an ongoing thread here listing the 'Good Hosters with Good TELEPHONE tech support'. In other words, out of the 1,000s of host companies, this may cut it down to less than a dozen.
( And for all you Hosters out there who really want your company to grow, and want to know how, - it's easy: just read here.)
Good telephone support is the #1 ultimate requirement, because:
-It's a lot faster and easier for both the user and the host company, because you can state and answer all questions and clarifications on the spot, you don't need to continually pass new emails with new questions and clarifications, back and forth for days on end, until the issue is solved. It saves tech time and user's time. And saves a lot of nerves.
- It's the best way to sort the good guys from the bad. A bad company isn't going to bother to answer the phone, - or will make you wait way too long, - because they are likely getting endless complaints. The good guys are always ready to answer the phones, with a friendly voice, - because they really WANT to please the customer.
- If a company can't be bothered to pick up the phone, we can't be bothered to even consider them. They're a joke, and so won't be listed here on this thread. (So, before adding or listing any Hosters here, please verfify that they do have Good, quick, friendly, telephone support,; ideally 24/7, but 9am to 10pm might be acceptable, if it was supplemented by some emergency contact.
AND:
- Hoster ALSO needs good EMAIL support (and preferably, Chat online, extended hour availability). (I spend a lot of time overseas). It sems all emails should get a non-automated response within about an hour, - and then support should jump on fixing any problem.
I only need support a few times a year. To answer some questions, or fix a problem, or do an install. That's lesss than 1 hour total, so any company paying maybe $18/hour tech support should be able to handle this. It IS reasonable to charge a custm for extended calls, beyond say, 90minutes a year, IF you don't count the 80%? Of times an issue is the Hoster;s fault of stmg gone wrong, and don't count the 'hold' times.
ALSO IMPORTANT:
- Uptime
- site Speeds
- Monthly plans, no contract (Only a dishonest host will try to force you into a contract, where they can then ignore you.)
- Reasonable price. (? Maybe $12 to $18/month for a basic business site. We don't need massive bandwitdths, - we all know that's an overselling scam, and can't ever be delivered.)
- a good upgrade plan of bigger options. Maybe even VPS.
- Dedicated IP, and availbility of SSL
-PHP 5, mysql, phpMyAdmin, etc
- cPanel ( Some Hosts are using problematic panels, like Hsphere, which are slow to load, slow in operation, require many more clicks, have too many options, spread apart on many separate pages. Time is money, and this really slows down the ability of a small business to manage his own site in effective time. For example, one WHT user wrote somewhere: "I don't feel that HSphere's interface is nice at all, although I have worked with cPanel and DA all my life... I just found it to include un-necessary features or split features up in to different hard to find pages, such as backups - mysql backups you had to find on a completely different page than file backups, and then there were options to have it in the home directory or server-end backup, in which then you had to wait a good 10 minutes before it was ready. cPanel, just hit backup and hit download and instantly it does everything you need...".
I have used several hosters. Currently on Aplus.net and Godad, which have phone support, and mediocre service.
My LIST So Far:
- Liquidweb: a very impressive company with good, 24 hour support. But to get dedicated IP, you need to go with their $25/month plan. Yikes!
- NewIdeaHosting.com. A very small company. My call was returned, and the owner chatted with me for an hour on the phone! Plans have small bandwidth, but promises No overselling, and personalized attention. Extra $5 for dedi IP. He specializes in Small business sites, and small eCommerce sites. He has only 250 accounts, on 3 servers. He rents servers from the Equinox data center of Chicago. Seems exceptionaly honest.
- MegaHosters. Excellent phone support and WHT reviews. But company was taken over by another company, and so may well go downhill in future. Another problem: uses Hsphere.
- Steadfast. Has a good rep on WHT, and seems impressive. Tech answered the phone immediately, but they say they prefer emails. Sales phone has limited hours. Good price on $20 SSL. But, uses Hshhere.
- JodoHost 24 hour phone. But, uses Hsphere. An Indian company with office in Florida, and good rep. I like the idea of outsourcing phone support, if it makes it more available and affordable. But, the accent on the phone was very hard for me to understand, so maybe this might not work.....
- Hostgator. Yes, it's a big overseller, but seems to get good reviews/results anyway, and good phone support.
- ? ThePrimeHost ?? Mostly good WHT reviews; some dissenters. Site says 24hour phone, but when I called on several nights, no one ever answered...
- Can anyone add to this list? Please list only hosts that meet the above minimum requirements of phone support, etc. Especially useful is hosters you've tried.
TO AVOID:
- Avoid Arvixe. I had a horrid experience with them, here: [WHT forum]:/showthread.php?p=5097822#post5097822
- Avoid WebHostingBuzz. This company never returned my phone msessage inquiries.
Any Experiences With M6.net
Jul 12, 2009[url]
Their offering looks interesting, at least in the paper/web.
They seem to suupport SQL Server 2005 Reporting services
and allow the installation of custom dll components
VT6 VPS Experiences
Jun 9, 2007considering buying a UK VPS with VT6 as there service looks impressive and support is top notch and they seem knowledgeable
Has anyone else got any experiences with VT6
C4L - Any Experiences
Sep 18, 2007experience with connexions4london as an IP transit provider. We are looking for dual 100Mbit (commit) connectivity in Telehouse East and their pricing and response time on the quote was very good.
Any feedback on their tech support and network will be greatly appreciated. Any other options (good network/price)
Dedicatednow Experiences?
Apr 10, 2009They are sure running some great specials right now but sometimes things aren't as good as they seem. Any experiences from people especially on their management services & such from users who have had them (or used to have them) for some period of time (not brand new or short-time users--- unless the short time was due to very bad experiences from the start).
And please-no "secret reps" telling me how great you are, would like some actual user experiences. Have been very happy with the same provider for over 6 years but their pricing is not reflecting the current trends in server technology & I'm growing tired of "negotiating" (old tech at new tech prices) so I've been looking for some options for the first time in years.
High-end users preferred (quads-dual quads etc.) but mainly want to know if they live up to their management & security promises (response times SLA, tech knowledge, etc. for "fully managed".
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Is a reliable company?
Does it has a full time staff with "real" engineers and a good support?
And about the network and datacenter?
VPSLand Experiences
Jul 16, 2008A few month ago I needed some Windows VPS server and checked out WHT.
Apparently some folks recommended VPSLand and I thought it would be a good choice. Well after a few weeks with them I decided to move to another firm, because their Support is worse then I have ever seen with any hosting company.
It takes days to get an answer and in one occasion i even had to cancel the server since they couldn't get it to work again
Then yesterday one server went offline and after waiting a half day on support I received an email telling me that the server was online since months.
Then the hit today was that they just shut down one of the server cause he would use to much CPU
The thing which puzzles me is that they shut it down without notice and have me, the client, figuring out why i can't login
Long story short. I will move all my server to another company and can only recommend you to stay away from those guys.
Mosso Experiences ....
Nov 18, 2008I'm a longtime lurker and finally decided to register today. This place has been great for hosting info., etc.
I've been piggybacking on a friend's Mosso hosting account for about six months. That is, I pay a % of the $100 full-account price, as I haven't needed the full allotment of space, bandwidth, etc.
While I like Mosso and especially the simple control panel, etc., it seems like they've had a tough run of stability problems lately. Other than a couple instances of my site taking a few seconds to load, I haven't been impacted myself (that I can tell).
HOWEVER, I've noticed Mosso very recently has changed the format of their Status blog by eliminating the archives and only showing the latest post or two. This tells me Mosso is concerned with the number and length of outages they've had lately, as it's no longer possible to review recent downtime issues as it was for most of the past few years. (I was watching Mosso long before switching to their hosting.)
Further, maybe I'm just paranoid, and it seems like others would be complaining if it's true, but lately I've suspected some email is going AWOL. There have been several instances lately when I've checked my email after a day or two and noticed 10- and 12-hour gaps with no emails (not even spam). I've also had weird stretches where I've sent emails to a dozen people but only received replies from half of them. (These are friends and business associates; people from whom I'd expect a 95% reply rate.)
After a lot of comments, and especially complaints, on this board over the past couple years, it seems like Mosso rarely comes up here anymore, which seems like it should be a good thing. I'm curious if others here have had recent experience with Mosso and, if so, if they've had any problems.
My Reliablesite.net Experiences
Apr 22, 2008This thread is mostly for me to keep track of how things go with this host and hopefully to benefit any others that might be thinking of hosting with them in the future.
I'm going to try and keep my interactions with this host updated here over time.
04/22/08
Posted a pre-sales question in their forum, answer received 58 minutes later. (Good sign, but presales/sales generally have fast response times)
3:30pm
Decided to give them a shot, ordered the following package (some upgrades from the default package).
Hosted Domains: Unlimited $0.00
Disk Space (Upgradable): 3,000 MB $0.00
Bandwidth (Upgradable): 30,000 MB $0.00
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases (Upgradable): 3 Databases $1.75
MySQL 5 Databases (Upgradable): 5 Databases $2.00
ASP.NET: ASP.NET v1.1, v2.0, v3.0, v3.5 + ASP.NET AJAX $0.00
ASP Classic: ASP Classic Version 3.0 $0.00
PHP: PHP Version 5.2.X $0.00
Sub-Domains (Upgradable): 10 Sub Domains $0.90
Domain Aliases / Pointers (Upgradable): 1 Domain Alias $0.00
E-mail Inboxes/Addresses with POP3 + IMAP4 Support (Upgradable): 5 E-mail Addresses + 5 Free E-mail Aliases $0.00
Mailing Lists (Upgradable): 1 Mailing List $0.00
Mailing List Size (Upgradable): 10 Contacts $0.00
FTP Accounts : Unlimited FTP Accounts $0.00
Statistics: Unlimited Domains Site Statistics using SmarterStats $0.00
Virtual/Application Directories: Unlimited Virtual Directories $0.00
Secure/Password Protected Folders: Unlimited Secure Folders $0.00
Dedicated Application Pool/Process: Yes, For Each Hosted Domain $0.00
Web Data Manager for MS SQL Server 2005: Yes, Includes Backup and Restore Tools $0.00
Remote Connections Enabled for SQL Server: Yes, Using SQL Server Management Studio 2005 $0.00
PhpMyAdmin for MySQL 5: Yes, Includes Backup and Restore Tools $0.00
Additional Components: ASPUpload, ASPJPEG, and ASPE-mail $0.00
Webmail System: Latest Version of SmarterMail $0.00
Automatic Customer Billing: Yes, With Multiple Payment Gateways $0.00
Confirmation page says my site will be setup within 24 hours. Not promising as far as auto provisioning goes.
3:35pm
Checked my email for order confirmation. I'm happy to see my site has already been provisioned! The email states that it might take longer (up to the previously mentioned 24 hours) for some of the upgraded items to take affect, I'm ok with this.
The email also contains all of the information I need to get things going, IPs, URLs, etc.
I'll update again later with any new information.
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I am specifically interested in hearing from people who have direct experience with them, not just "I've heard they're really good". Have you experienced many outages and how is support for you?
Please also mention whether you have used / are using their managed or unmanaged option.
I have used the search but it's rarely clear whether people are using the managed or unmanaged service when they give their opinions.
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Aug 10, 2008Does anyone have experiences with justhost.com?
I searched for them here but couldnt find anything...
I just visited their livechat but there only seems to be a bot running...?
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Nov 10, 2008Does anyone have any experience with these guys?
They have some good deals here: [url]
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Who can tell me the good and bad about this hoster?
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VPSLand Experiences
Aug 5, 2008i'm thinking to pass to VPSLand. My website has 52'000 views/day and 11'000 visitors/day. I need windows, .net2 and MySQL.
What do you think of them? Their prices are very good and the service looks good too.
In particulare i was interested in the Value plan (29 $/month):
vpsland.com/ezwin.html
Any negative/positive experiences? What about support?
Somebody has a link to a website hosted with them?
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