April 5, 2006
View Comments | Post CommentThe web host is dead! God save the web host!
Sorry, ADDR.COM. This relationship was fun while it lasted--we got along well, and made each other laugh, but face it; there was no passion. Our romps were always slow and boring, though yes, they always eventually did the trick. Given our lack of connection, and the fact that you always make me pay, it just isn't worth it. I've found someone else.
I switched web hosts last night. Previously I was with ADDR.COM, and while they were nice and had 24-hr. English-speaking tech support, their servers and connection were very slow, especially at peak hours.
So I started looking around and found that HostExcellence.com was on pretty much every legitimate top web hosts list, and was PCWorld's #1 web host. So I checked it out. If I was willing to sign up for a full year, HostExcellence had a plan for about half the price I was paying with ADDR.COM, and it gave me immensely more control over my server, and a much faster server and connection. In addition, I now have five times the storage space and four times the monthly transfer max (which is good since I was coming dangerously close to going over my previous allotment of 80GB). And let me repeat that my new web host is HALF THE PRICE of the old one.
So, the site should be loading faster now. Comments shouldn't take as long to be inserted into the database, and images will load faster, too. I think I've gotten pretty much everything working, but it may take a few days to iron out all the kinks. Let me know if anything about the site acts screwy.
Posted at April 5, 2006 4:42 AM | Comments (20)
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While we're trashing crappy hosters, allow me to add Globat@. This company should be avoided at all costs. Why? Charging for stuff you did'nt order (the agreement says they can!?), frequent downtime, no response support, non-technical support staff, downloads slower than dialup, daily spam (from them!), popups when logging in to their site etc. etc. Okay, they were cheap but emotionally expensive.
Posted by: Dave at April 5, 2006 5:30 PM
loads much faster...nice switch.
Posted by: Mark at April 5, 2006 5:31 PM
Which plan are you signed up for?
Posted by: Mark at April 5, 2006 5:32 PM
Business Plan on a Linux server. The better plans don't really give me anything extra that I need, and the lower plan sucks. The best thing about HostExcellence is how much control I have over the server. Check out this screenshot of most of my control panel. It's basically the full control panel of a Linux box set up for serving. You get to add YOUR OWN FTP accounts, email accounts, database accounts, etc. This level of control allowed me to complete the web host transfer in about two hours instead of about four days last time.
Posted by: David Barzelay at April 5, 2006 5:46 PM
When can I get a barzelay.net email account?
Posted by: Chris Santoro at April 5, 2006 7:31 PM
You've got it. chris.santoro@barzelay.net now forwards to the email address you provided for that comment.
Posted by: David Barzelay at April 5, 2006 7:38 PM
Amazing looking control panel no doubt(didn't see what your other host's panel looked like).
Going to recommend to my brother to see if he wants to switch his band label's host.
Do you know if the host supports RubyonRails?
Posted by: Mark at April 5, 2006 11:37 PM
Their Live Chat Tech Support says no.
Posted by: David Barzelay at April 5, 2006 11:49 PM
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