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7/20/2007 12:58 AM
 

I'll certainly check those hosts.

My online business is picking up momentum. My customers are, well, not the easy type: lawyers. So, I have to keep them happy all the time, and their information available all the time.

My host at one point made an accusation, then retracted. At one time they were pushing us from current plan  and asking us to move us to a more expensive one.

Legally speaking those are two faults: one is a false accusation, the other is bullying. Both are subject to prosecution.The problem is the way they communicate things, they do not ask or say "check this or that", they say "We will close your account without further notification" and they never provide sound explanations or reasons as to why. Arguments must be backed up with proof. It is a digital world, but even here there are Rights.

A host that closes an online business shall be carefull. And businesses should be carefull with hosts they pick.

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BOLD SUGGESTION: Have Perpetual Motion negotiate a super deal with MaximumASP and lets everyone move there OR create a DNN only host, if none exists already.

 
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7/20/2007 4:37 AM
 

6 months ago I lost almost all of my domains due to the problem at Registerfly.Com and til today, I haven't got any of them back. So I do not have any live example to show how good my hosting is. Also remind you, the site where I'm hosting my free skin is not mine and its hosting provider is not very good, so please do not take it as an example.

In the past, when I used to have my sites running, I had very good experiences with HostingSpot.Com . Must say I was really surprised of their professional support, ALTHOUGH their site is not very well-designed and their brand is not very famous. Of course all of you know DNN is not a easy thing to handle for hosters, especially shared-hosting and those who are inexperienced will face lots of trouble (memory usage...). Same for me. During the first 2 weeks, it was horrible. Site ran very slow, application restarted frequently, bunch of errors. I then complained to the host owner (who is an IT teacher, if I'm not mistaken). I really don't know what he did but after that, my sites ran like a charm. Everything was perfect, except for the fact that the server must be restarted once a day at midnight, which takes about 2 minutes. During my contract, there was some more troubles caused by my curiorsity in testing DNN but every problem was responsed very quickly and intelligently.

In short, if you are finding an affordable hosting, please consider HostingSpot.Com . They are fast, reliable although not very well-known. But after all, don't rely too much in what I write because the last time I worked with them is 6 months ago.

Hope this helps.
Duc

 
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7/20/2007 9:43 AM
 

Take Mitchel's advice.  I'm actually the one who turned him on to 3Essentials, and can vouch for every word he says.  I host ALL my DNN sites there, and have had great success with trouble tickets, response times, and more.

After having tried multiple other places (ihost,godaddy, etc.), 3Essentials smashes the competition, and I mean smashes.

- vollerworld


Chad Voller -- MCP, DNN Aficionado
Leapwise Media
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