frankvh Posted June 7, 2009 Report Posted June 7, 2009 Well, Tony has asked for "good" stories about hawkhost. So I posted on my blog my experiences with godaddy & my switching to HH. Read if you're in the mood for some foolishness. http://blog.frankvh.com/2009/06/06/hello-world/ Frank. Quote
Tony Posted June 7, 2009 Report Posted June 7, 2009 Sounds like an awful situation. I hope everything continues to be great with us. Switching hosts is a headache that's for sure. You were at least able to migrate we have customers who's provider locks out all reasonable facilities to even move by disabling backup systems Quote
speedturtle Posted June 8, 2009 Report Posted June 8, 2009 That's a frighteningly "good" story, Frank! Quite horrifying, I should say. Do you suppose GoDaddy would consider replacing their "highly skilled" technical staff with those intelligent flies of yours? It might be worth a try. Quote
frankvh Posted June 8, 2009 Author Report Posted June 8, 2009 It's pretty funny hey? It's totally 100% real, nothing made up or anything. I spoke or emailed with a total of 4 different "tech support" people at GoDaddy as they shuffled me around; they were all equally clueless. It amazes me that a company can continue to function with that level of skill-set of their employees. It also surprises me just how much they've slipped in the 4 or 5 years since I started using them. I'm quite happy to have moved. I'm even happier that it was a relatively easy move - no horror stories of lost data or anything like that. Quote
Fowler Posted June 8, 2009 Report Posted June 8, 2009 I have never been unfortunate enough to be hosted by Godaddy... I have been with my fair share of bad hosts. Cirtex and Lunarpages were the worst and i could write a book on why each of them are run by a group of goldfish with no braincells between them. Moving hosts is a pain in the backside but thankfully i have finally found a good host here and with the brilliant speed and uptime, who can complain? When i have needed support it has always been fast here and actually helpful which compared to the previous hosts i mentioned it is a world of difference. I have been with HH for about 3 or 4 months now and i think the worst thing to happen here all during that time was a problem with AWstats. That is a good sign in my opinion. Godaddy are only good at 1 thing... Domains. They should stick to what they are good at and leave hosting to people who have a clue what they are doing... Like Tony Quote
Tony Posted June 8, 2009 Report Posted June 8, 2009 Godaddy are only good at 1 thing... Domains. They should stick to what they are good at and leave hosting to people who have a clue what they are doing... Like Tony Cannot make much money these days offering strictly domains. The money is made with add-on services or hosting it self. We sell domains at $9.95/yr granted we're not a ICANN accredited registrar but we make something like $2.50 per domain if we're lucky. We do resell so our price is a bit higher but say we're paying $7/yr while if you're accredited you pay $4.50 or something (both numbers made up). Even with millions of domains you're not making a whole lot of money. As for me having a clue I like to believe so Quote
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