Comments on: Weekend Roundup-Web Host Nightmare Edition http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/ Personal Finance Blog | Money Management | Money Saving Tips Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:24:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JoLynn Braley http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-198 JoLynn Braley Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:30:43 +0000 http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/#comment-198 Hi, I was w/DH for a year, I stayed because I prepaid for that year. My site was down a lot until they moved me to a different server (because I was rather upset about the downtime), and then things were ok for the most part - not as much downtime. I transferred to Bluehost last month. Only thing I'd suggest is when you transfer, do it at least 2 weeks before your current plan w/DH is up to allow for complete DNS propagation....I wasn't thinking of that (but I learned! ;) ) and waited until the last week of my plan expiration at DH. It all worked out in the end but was a little stressful. Good luck! :) Hi, I was w/DH for a year, I stayed because I prepaid for that year.

My site was down a lot until they moved me to a different server (because I was rather upset about the downtime), and then things were ok for the most part – not as much downtime.

I transferred to Bluehost last month. Only thing I’d suggest is when you transfer, do it at least 2 weeks before your current plan w/DH is up to allow for complete DNS propagation….I wasn’t thinking of that (but I learned! ;) ) and waited until the last week of my plan expiration at DH. It all worked out in the end but was a little stressful.

Good luck! :)

]]> By: RC http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-152 RC Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:18:47 +0000 http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/#comment-152 Tim: Thanks for the heads up. I am definitely going to be looking into an alternative for hosting in the very near future. RC Tim:
Thanks for the heads up. I am definitely going to be looking into an alternative for hosting in the very near future.
RC

]]> By: Tim http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Tim Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:56:38 +0000 http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/#comment-133 I was on Dreamhost too up until about a week ago. I signed up with Dreamhost in december 2007, and the load on the server I was on was sky high and my site's performance was horrible. They assured me they would fix it, and even offered to transfer me to another server that performed better. I asked them to go ahead and move me to the new server, and they then pushed back and asked me to give it until the end of the week. Well, 2 months later the performance was still horrible and I bit the bullet and transferred to hostgator.com. So far hostgator has been great. They have a few differences from Dreamhost which took some getting used too (they have a different webpanel, and their ssh has more limited functionality), but my pages load faster and downtime has been zero. I'd recommend to get away from Dreamhost ASAP. Life has been so much better since I've decided to pull a late nighter and make the switch. Tim <a href="http://themoneykings.com" rel="nofollow">TheMoneyKings.com</a> I was on Dreamhost too up until about a week ago. I signed up with Dreamhost in december 2007, and the load on the server I was on was sky high and my site’s performance was horrible. They assured me they would fix it, and even offered to transfer me to another server that performed better. I asked them to go ahead and move me to the new server, and they then pushed back and asked me to give it until the end of the week. Well, 2 months later the performance was still horrible and I bit the bullet and transferred to hostgator.com.

So far hostgator has been great. They have a few differences from Dreamhost which took some getting used too (they have a different webpanel, and their ssh has more limited functionality), but my pages load faster and downtime has been zero.

I’d recommend to get away from Dreamhost ASAP. Life has been so much better since I’ve decided to pull a late nighter and make the switch.

Tim
TheMoneyKings.com

]]> By: squawkfox http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-132 squawkfox Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:41:32 +0000 http://www.thinkyourwaytowealth.com/2008/04/06/weekend-roundup-host-nightmare-edition/#comment-132 Hey RC! Thanks for the mention. Toastmasters has also helped my career. I can't wait until I stop dreading the meetings though... Hey RC! Thanks for the mention. Toastmasters has also helped my career. I can’t wait until I stop dreading the meetings though…

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