Recently i signed up with secured-net.net and they have been down two days in a row and i don't know what to do. Does anybody use this host? I am not sure whether to find a new host or just wait.

2 days is unacceptable IMO. I would have been gone after the first day.

ask for refund (if necessary, do chargeback) and go find a new host ... what is your requirements and how much are you willing to spend? I am pretty sure many people here will be able to help you...

good luck and cheers,
:beer:

hmm, yeah thats what I thought, my main email address I use is on that domain and well I guess I can email them with my secondary address. Well if anybody knows or can help me out with somewhere that can do this for me please reply, thanks


at least 10mb
at least 1 (or 2 not so sure) GB bandwidth
unix server not windows
telnet/shell access (if possible)
able to execute .cgi files, on my old secured-net host they only allowed .pl files, i dont know if this is normal on alot of servers or not
$5/mo or less

Can anybody help me out here or heard of a site like this?

Anyone too cheap to pay more than 5 bucks per month deserves ****ty support. Dont be such a tightwad and maybe you wont be so dissappointed next time.

Try http://www.worldzonepro.com/

DOOD: He's looking for someone to help him find a new host, not chastise him.

Im AM trying to help, is this not correct? you get what you pay for heh, most of the time

dgessler,

telaserv.net (http://www.telaserv.net) have exactly what you're looking for on their micro plan. Their support is also outstanding and servers very reliable. You couldn't go wrong with trying them out! :)

Originally posted by DOOD
Anyone too cheap to pay more than 5 bucks per month deserves ****ty support. Dont be such a tightwad and maybe you wont be so dissappointed next time. Owww!:nuts:

Sorry, I get migraines when I read posts like that. Carry on, I'll be okay...

sorry for sounding dumb but uh...what does IMO mean?

IMO=In My Opinion ;-)

So what does IMHO mean?

Originally posted by creepcolony
sorry for sounding dumb but uh...what does IMO mean?

IMO = In My Opinion

IMHO = In my humble opinion

'In my opinion'

Originally posted by Planet Z


IMO = In My Opinion

IMHO = In my humble opinion

And of course,

IMVHO = In My Very Humble Opinion :D

cheers,
:beer:

Originally posted by dektong
IMVHO = In My Very Humble Opinion :D


And don't forget

IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion

Thank you for our daily lesson on Internet acronyms, ladies and gentlemen... And could we now kindly return to the original topic please? ;)


(and yes, IMO, the thread was heading off-topic ;))

wanst that host urgenthost.com?
or another bad host?
I remember that from somewere!

I talked to him last night, he told me that his host got his act together, you are right they used to be that....

Chris

LOL, it was a question for creepcolony. Not for you for me...

Oh well, ROTFL !

2 Days is DEFINETLY unacceptable, i would find a new host, only if secured-net.net don't have an reasonable explanation.
Originally posted by dgessler
Recently i signed up with secured-net.net and they have been down two days in a row and i don't know what to do. Does anybody use this host? I am not sure whether to find a new host or just wait.

Originally posted by dgessler
Recently i signed up with secured-net.net and they have been down two days in a row and i don't know what to do. Does anybody use this host? I am not sure whether to find a new host or just wait.

You can try http://www.royalwebhosting.com or http://www.wizardshosting.com/ before going to any host, try to ask his clients how good this host is.

you can get more for your money at dim8.net

Originally posted by DOOD
Anyone too cheap to pay more than 5 bucks per month deserves ****ty support. Dont be such a tightwad and maybe you wont be so dissappointed next time.


I must say that I feel a bit offended by that remark.One, mainly because alot of us dont have the money to afford a good host.We go with what we can afford..And second that does not mean were trying to be tightwads.Sounds like he must be a host to me if making that kind of remark.
So what he saying, that if I want to make an uncommercial or personal site or a star wars fan site that I will make no money at all on, I should pay $69.00 a year for it?That makes sense.
And besides I am sure everyone would love to go to tera-byte or below10$host,or another good host,but heres a newsflash,some of us cant afford it,so that means were cheap?I think that kind of remark is ignorant and unappropriate for this board.

Although I don't think it was said in the *most* appropriate manner, I agree with the statement. Whether you can afford it or not, $5/mo isn't all that much money. I've also heard that $5 is a lot to a person who lives in a 3rd world country, and while that may be true, in the United States, $5/mo isn't a lot of money. It also might be a lot to a 12 year old, or a 30 year old (age doesn't really matter though I understand that 12 year olds have a more limited earning potential at this stage).

Basically what I'm trying to say is, if you *do* think $5 is a lot of money, and you can barely afford it, then there is a strong possibility that you should be saving that money for something else, and find yourself some nice free banner supported web hosting.

I can agree that yeah, $5.00 isn't alot of money nowadays, but were talking about $5.00 x12.And that yeah maybe the money should be saved for something else,but alot of us would like to have our own little place on the web to do what we want with and not have to pay alot for it.. Believe me, I would be the first to go with a free host if possible..Heres the problem.I for instance need to be able to hotlink.None that I know of allows hotlinking,and I doubt any free host will, because of the bandwith stealing factor.so therefore I have no choice but to pay for webspace for one little feature.And also please keep in mind too, that many people are not using web sites for buisness purposes,but for personal non-commercial use.I just want to make a fan related site,that I will make no revenue on whatsoever.So why should anyone pay more than$5.00?Also many of us are still in college or a trade school and unfortunately our taco bell pay checks get wiped out paying for text books and food and clothing..etc..aww hell lets just spend it all on a webpage.who needs an education.... :)

I understand the 'own little home on the web thing' too. I had a personal site, still have it, didn't know what it was for then, still don't. But it is mine, heh.

At first it was on anglefire, had banners, then I decided to make it banner free, not because it *needed* to be, but because I *wanted* it to be. There is a difference.

Really the site could have be hosted on geocities, and the domain redirected using http://www.mydomain.com 's free services. But ahhh, ya' only live once so I sported the cost of a meal at McDonalds for it. I paid $2.99/mo and got at least $2.99 worth of hosting.

Really, hosting for $20/mo or less is a bargin. Think of all you get for such a small amount!

Yeah I am planning on trying out hosturbo.com and then register my own domain through registerfly.com which will bring me up to a total of around $30.00 a year roughly.I did try Geocities,Fortunecity,angelcities,and spaceports though.I didn't get a chance to try Virtualave,or F2S,or Yupapa because they either are not accepting members or some other reason.But the thing is, I had accounts deleted by Geocities and angelcities for hotlinking,which I think is just dumb.But really all of them just have these crazy TOS rules.Like for instance Spaceports.com.If one wants to upload a single mp3,wav,maybe a picture or whatever,they require that you go and fax them proof of copyright,or proof that you have permission to be able to have that on your spaceports web page.Yeah like I am going to do that.lol..I didnt really mind the banners though on fortunecity but I dumped em because I could never log into my account,and when I was able to, the file manager was down..
Aside from that,I don't think I've ever seen you post on freewebspace.net forums Chicken.Are you still moderating over there too?

I just signed up with them. I'll report back and tell you how it goes. :-)

I signed up with hosturbo yesterday (sunday) and they still have not set up my account, I just e-mailed them earlier today and havn't got a responce either, they say it would take 12 hours to set up, its been more than that. I'm not sure what's going on.

I am kind of new to all this and I have never paid for a host but how long does it normally take to set up an account?I know of another host that stated it only takes minutes to get started,and that there were no techs that needed to come online to activate acounts but I thought I would try hostturbo.Haven't actually signed up with them yet though..

Well because he maunally calls in the orders. I think sense it was a sunday he has to wait intell monday. I hope that helps. His email is support@hosturbo.com.

Originally posted by IndustrialWerld
.And also please keep in mind too, that many people are not using web sites for buisness purposes,but for personal non-commercial use.I just want to make a fan related site,that I will make no revenue on whatsoever.So why should anyone pay more than$5.00?

It doesn't cost a host less to host a personal site than a commercial site. The fact of life is, everything costs money. The services a host provides you costs them money. There's a point where it would no longer make economic sense for a host to get new accounts if they kept lowering the price.

$5 a month for hosting is CHEAP. Anyone who can provide you quality hosting at $5 a month is certainly NOT ripping you off.

<insert Duster's favorite acronym: TANSTAAFL>

Does anyone know of a site where hosting companies can be compared?

www.comparewebhosts.com

Originally posted by Chicken
Although I don't think it was said in the *most* appropriate manner, I agree with the statement. Whether you can afford it or not, $5/mo isn't all that much money. I've also heard that $5 is a lot to a person who lives in a 3rd world country, and while that may be true, in the United States, $5/mo isn't a lot of money.
$5 is not a lot of money in any place.
Maybe with $5 in somalia (just an example) you can buy some descent food, but that don't mean that is a lot f money.
I can tell you that.. since I live in a 3rd. world country.

Hosturbo is working well for me!

Good job koolguru
:cool:

Sabre how long did it take for your account to get set up

Just Clarifying : The Account was Setup After 4 Hours Of Signup The Problem was with Our Signup System (Which Has Been Fixed Now). It was Not Sending Out Welcome Messages So We Had To Send Out All Messages Manully & That Is Whay It To Longer. I think You Hav Recieved The Info By Now dgessler ? If Not Please Let Me Know.





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Yeah, I was able to access my account by guessing the stuff for FTP and I set a request for a welcome letter which was answered in a timely fashion.

It was part of a mistake on my part because I used an email address on the signup form that was on the domain name I was getting hosted by hosturbo

Originally posted by Sabre
Hosturbo is working well for me!

Good job koolguru
:cool:

Thanks Sabre


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Koolguru,do you work for hosturbo?

Originally posted by IndustrialWerld
Koolguru,do you work for hosturbo?

Yes I Do.




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Hi Koolguru.
I ask because someone brought up a question in another thread I believe.It is as follows:


<quote>
They're new (like within the last month, according to a WHOIS), which is probably why
you're not getting a response. If they have what you want, and have responded to inquiries you've sent in a timely manner, that's generally a good sign. I'm a little currious
why the site hosturbo.com says they've been around since December 2000 but the
domain WHOIS shows registration as May 2001. Perhaps they started as a different
company? In any case, that's something you might want to check.
<end quote>

Can we just get some clarification on that?Thanks.

Since December We Had This Domain hosturbo.co.in & were serving only indian clients but no we have decided to alsi server international clients. Also because the hpsturbo.co.in domain was going to expire we decided to register a new domain & start serving new clients. Thats Why You See That Our Domain Was Registered on May 2001. Hope TYhat Clarified . . . .







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Originally posted by dgessler
Recently i signed up with secured-net.net and they have been down two days in a row and i don't know what to do. Does anybody use this host? I am not sure whether to find a new host or just wait.

I'm using Secured-Net also, for my adult site http://www.hentaineko.com

They were really good at first but now my qwkmon pager has de-activated monitoring on it because it has gone beyond the reasonable downtime rate.

Can worldzonepro support a high bandwidth site (and an adult one) just like my personal site?

Thanks!

P.S.
If people are dissing dgessler for paying $5, what more when it comes to me? I only paid $2.95 (for the 10MB account). :D

Thanks for the info Koolguru.Also I was wondering how many clients do you guys have so far?

Okay...for the record...I'm an idiot!!
Can anyone give me an idea on how to get refunded from a host not living up to "as advertised".

But, then again, they don't even like to answer email.
I have tried to get along with Duploweb for over three months now. When their site is working, it works fine.
But it doesn't work enough.

I am kinda new to the web and all, but I own a few domain names and am ready to start doing something with them. Right now I just use them for email. Which hasn't been very reliable for several days now.

I'd gladly move, but I don't think Duploweb should be able to keep my money.

Thanks for listening,

Over 200 Since We Became International
& About 130 Indian Clients.

I Do Not Have The Exact Figures.




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Sounds like it's growing huh?Hopefully the company will prosper well..
As for mrdennisj, I wouldn't be so hard on yourself.It's not your fault that your host isn't giving you the service that you should be getting.But this is definatley the place where some one will be able to answer that.It does though, sound to me like there pulling a TacidBlue. I am sure your are aware of them and that whole mess.If not check out the threads about them..

Well, after following this thread, I looked at Hosturbo.
If I can get my money back from duploweb; I'm moving!
Or is that too fast?? Should I investigate other hosts first?? I have set up a couple for my son at Dellz and 9kd that he is quite happy with.
But, he's a webmaster and I'm an idiot.
I really enjoyed the Plesk Control Panel at duploweb.
But their support leaves a lot to be desired.
I'd move to Dellz, but I know they are difficult to work with if you don't know what you're doing. Although their support is the best. And I mean the BEST.

So; is their a chance I can get a refund from duploweb, or do you think I should just caulk it up to experience??

Thanks for listening....

You must be a lucky guy.
I hear a lot of bad things about dellz.
Just make a search on this forum.

Ask the duploweb people for a refund. If they do not issue a refund call your bank & ask them to do a chargeback.

But As You Tols Earlier Its been 3 months I do not think that you are going to gett anything back. But If You Think It Is Worth A Try , Go For It. GOOD LUCK !




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I am new myself, to paying for a web host and I would definatley recommend taking the time and do the homework.I myself decided to go with a paid host after using many lame free hosts that just didn't cut it.So I will need to pick a paid host as well.But for me, my 2 choices that I narrowed it down to are hosturbo.com and 34SP.com..Mainly because they are what I can afford,and I have heard good reports about them.I would say to start a new thread but your post, is..about horrible service, so..hehe..Then again what I would do Is post another thread stating what it is you need,require and expect.And then other members will list a few recommendations for you.But everyone has different needs so.I, for instance do not require any fancy features.My main need is just to be able to hotlink to certain files,and free hosts do not allow it.I would be satisfied with what the free hosts provide and the ads and all,but theres than that little dilema of antihotlinking...

Thanks Koolguru....I wrote and asked for a refund. I made them an offer prorated for the three months (I must have not added right before) I was there. Don't expect anything though. But, just on principal; I asked.

I took IndustrialWerlds' (Thank You!) advice and started a new thread "Horrible Host". Didn't start it out very good; but if anyone reads it and are a tenth as helpful as you guys are, I should be able to figure out what to do.

Or were you just tryin' ta get rid of me;-) he-he

Anyways....

Thanks for listening!!

Just to let you guys know, we were not down for 2 days. Maybe total for the past week which was a bad one. But we have our issues worked out, the server had many things fixed on it and we are running smooth again. Please do not reply to this, because I should not be even posting in this forum, because every time I do I get yelled at by you guys about Secured Networks. Well, I guess thats all, I just wanted to tell you what the status was.

Cheers,

Secured Networks

Yep, thats an more then reasonable explanation!
Originally posted by SECUREDNETWORKS
Just to let you guys know, we were not down for 2 days. Maybe total for the past week which was a bad one. But we have our issues worked out, the server had many things fixed on it and we are running smooth again. Please do not reply to this, because I should not be even posting in this forum, because every time I do I get yelled at by you guys about Secured Networks. Well, I guess thats all, I just wanted to tell you what the status was.

Cheers,

Secured Networks

sounds like an honest answer.even though, I dont have them.. :)