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11-06-2006, 06:48 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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Hosts that offer one thing, but you actually get another
I'm not trying to bash any one company because I know this is common for the mass market hosters. As an example I'll use Lunarpages simply because they have a news release on WHT touting their increased space and bandwidth offerings.
I see the Lunarpage offer is now 35 gigs of storage / 800 gigs of transfer, and 50 gigs of storage / 1 terabyte of transfer respectively for the Basic and Business accounts. Obviously a ludicrous offer, and one that cannot possibly be fulfilled to any degree. There are plenty of hosts that do this though, so Lunarpages isn't the only offender.
I read their FAQ and find what they're really providing is 1 gig of storage for the basic plan and 1.5 gigs of storage for the business plan. In order to increase your disk space you must agree to many pre-conditions and they will only increase your space by 500 megs at a time at that. This smacks of serious false advertisement and fraud.
I'm no lawyer, but I consider these types of offers unethical and on the verge (if not) out and out fraud. I am surprised they (or those like them) have not yet been sued for this bait and switch. I imagine a class action could be created in this situation. Again, I'm no lawyer, and have no litigious intentions, but there are plenty of people out there that love to sue. People won't generally litigate over $10, but a class action suit could be devastating for a company like this. A company that makes an outrageous offer, but then puts in enough caveats that no one can really use what they "paid" for in the way they see fit.
It is my belief this type of behavior is hurting the hosting industry. It drags everything down, and gives the whole industry a used car lot feel. What do you think? Am I off base? Am I just an old man that doesn't "get" what the hosting industry is any more?
I can't emphasis enough that I'm not trying to pick on any one company. It just happens the Lunarpages news release piqued my interest so they were the company I used.
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11-06-2006, 07:19 PM #2Newbie
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Just stay away from companies that make these sort of claims.
Most respectable hosts don't do this any more. Even your average punters are getting smart and can tell they won't get what is being advertised.
The way to stop this sort of thing is just don't spend your money with them....
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11-06-2006, 07:32 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by 0utlier
I agree with you that this industry is becoming a big slimey used car lot with a guy in a shiny suit saying, "It was only driven on Sundays to church.".
You have to evaluate who you are dealing with, and just make your best buying decision, which seems you are smart enought to see the difference between the line and the fine line.██ Ray Womack @ atOmicVPS LTD
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11-10-2006, 11:22 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Where did you see that in their FAQ's? I know that used to be how they gave storage but now they just give it to you up front. My 2 accounts were upgraded to the full storage amount without any prompting from me. So I didn't have to "qualify" for anything, they just gave it to me.
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11-10-2006, 11:27 AM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally Posted by alan_torbay
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11-10-2006, 05:31 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Try to avoid hosts with "to good to be true" offers. If a host offers an offer like this they are either going to oversell a server very badly, or not be able to stay afloat in the long term. Best to avoid these all together.
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11-10-2006, 06:51 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by 12dollarhost██ Ray Womack @ atOmicVPS LTD
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11-10-2006, 07:28 PM #8Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by Kiri
Could you please post a screenshot of your control panel that shows you have access to at least 35 gigs of disk space to use?
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11-20-2006, 01:07 PM #9Newbie
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Hi,
I know this post is a little late, but I just seen it.. In any event, when you sign up for our Basic and/or Business account, you automatically receive the full storage and bandwidth amounts listed. Previously, you did have to request the storage increases, but that has now changed.
I do apologize for the late reply, but I wanted to clarify things.