What Has Been Your Worst Web Hosting Experience?
For web hosting there are so many providers to choose from, ranging from registered companies to resellers and for them to try to get you as a customer some will be willing to make crazy claims and promises in the hope that you will choose them for your web hosting needs.
Not everyone has a bad time with web hosts that they use, some of you will get lucky and probably stay with a host for quite some time if they can provide what you need and keep you happy, but unfortunately many people have bad experiences before they find a provider who they are eventually happy to stay with.
For you personally, what has been your worst web hosting experience?
You dont have to name the web host if you would prefer not to, also what type of website(s) did you have hosted?
It might have been that everything started off fine at first and went down hill rather quickly, or maybe it was bad right from the start as soon as they had got hold of your money.
Share your web hosting horror stories and any advice that has helped you to avoid these types of web hosting providers since you had that bad experience.
APLUS.NET Kings of Crap – Puts All the Rest Down for the Count!
I simply registered a domain using their domain plus service because of the free URL and e-mail forwarding (Big mistake). After I registered I waited for my registration confirmation e-mail and yes I did receive it 1 hour later. After that I went in and tried to figure out how to setup my URL forwarding and their website was so poorly laid out it took me about 30 minutes to find the form. I filled it in and it said it would take up to 3 hours to process so I waited a day just to be safe. Well a day later,nothing. 2 days later, nothing. Then I decided to e-mail them, no response after a week. I e-mailed them again, no response after a week. This continued for another 13 e-mails with no response. Suddenly one day I get a reply from them, BUT it was to inform me that I couldn’t take advantage of the free URL or E-mail forwarding because I did not register for it within 20 minutes of registering the domain! At that point I said forget it, I had already wasted $20 and decided to accept my losses and move on. I found a totally free URL and E-mail forwarding service called MyDomain.com and I recommend them to everyone now, no banners or ads. YOu know whats really sad after all this? MyDomain.com, the company that wasn’t making any money from me responded to my e-mails within 2 hours and were more helpful than the horrible support of Aplus.net. Avoid! Beware!