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    Netracom acquires InvisionHost.com

    Over at freewebspace.net, Invisionhost is considered one of the best new hosts. I was pretty close to signing up with them, but in the lost momeny I opted for Dixiesys.

    Now it is acquired by Netracom and their site seems pathetic. Any comments on Netracom?

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    netracom seems good.

    Netracom is pretty respected in these parts of the world.

    I would think its more a positive instead of a negative that Netracom bought over invisionhost.

    Anyway thats just my opinion.

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    They are??!!!!! Well, why do their support pages suck so bsdly then?

    http://www.netracom.com.au/support.html

    http://helpdesk.netracom.com.au/index.pl

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    Never heard of either.

    What part of the world you talkin' ?

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    Netracom are respected? Why would the give false information on whois?

    Registrant:
    NONE
    NONE
    NONE, New South Wales 000
    US

    Domain Name: MYWEBWORX.COM

    Administrative Contact:
    Server, Name none@mywebworx.com
    NONE
    NONE, New South Wales 000
    US
    000000000

    Technical Contact:
    Server, Name none@mywebworx.com
    NONE
    NONE, New South Wales 000
    US
    000000000



    Registration Service Provider:
    http://www.subhost.com


    Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
    Record last updated on 22-May-2002.
    Record expires on 04-Jul-2003.
    Record Created on 04-Jul-2001.

    Domain servers in listed order:
    NS1.MYWEBWORX.COM 209.51.139.235
    NS2.MYWEBWORX.COM 209.51.139.236
    Gee such a big company that gives false information.
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    Isn't that against any name registrars rules to use false info?
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    But Netracom.net have furnished full info:
    Registrant:
    Myles Agnew
    Netracom Australia
    Suite 43
    Locked Bag 7000
    Bathurst, Not Applicable 2795
    Australia

    Registered through: Go Daddy Software (http://www.godaddy.com)
    Domain Name: NETRACOM.NET
    Created on: 17-May-02
    Expires on: 17-May-03
    Last Updated on: 20-May-02

    Administrative Contact:
    Agnew, Myles myles@netracom.com.au
    Netracom Australia
    Suite 43
    Locked Bag 7000
    Bathurst, Not Applicable 2795
    Australia
    (041) 061-7358 Fax --
    Technical Contact:
    Agnew, Myles myles@netracom.com.au
    Netracom Australia
    Suite 43
    Locked Bag 7000
    Bathurst, Not Applicable 2795
    Australia
    (041) 061-7358 Fax --

    Domain servers in listed order:
    NS1.NETRACOM.NET
    NS2.NETRACOM.NET
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    But if it is existing for long, why the domain name has been registered only in May this year?
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    I just know of a few Aussie customers that use them and that are happy.

    Thats all keep bashing if you wish.

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    Phillip
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    Invision have been around about 3 months. Must have sold for about $500.
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    Never heard of them, otherwise I would have pointed out the typos on their website to them.

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    They mainly do support via email as too many people we not using the helpdesk!

    I find all my question anwsered with 12-24hrs with a solution in place!

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    Originally posted by NexDog
    Invision have been around about 3 months. Must have sold for about $500.
    Well, Invision had a cool thing going on with Invisionboard, so if they continued to operate pulling in customers from that, I'd pay $500 for them every day of the week and twice on Sunday!

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    "cool thing going on with Invisionboard: means what? That they used Invisionboard? Or what?
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    The invisionboard site and community forum heavily promoted invisiohost.com at one stage. They may still do, I'm not sure. I think that's what Andrew is saying.

    Cheers

    Gary

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    invisionhost

    invisionhost
    netracom
    iceservers


    all owned by Myles Agnew


    I had my site hosted on invisionhost.

    They had a major outage on the 3rd April.

    They assured me they did full daily backups.

    Needless to say they have lost my account, can't recover the account, so stay clear of them.

    They also had heaps of unexplained downtime.

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    Sorry to hear that. You should make regular backups yourself from time to time.
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    Andrew Lindner (Lottos) Replies..
    They assured me they did full daily backups.
    Yes to another HD attached to the server.

    Needless to say they have lost my account, can't recover the account, so stay clear of them.
    Have you ever read the Terms of Service?

    Here's part of Section 5

    Your use of the service is at your sole risk. Invisionhost is not responsible for files and data residing on your account. You agree to take full responsibility for files and data transferred and to maintain all appropriate backup of files and data stored on Invisionhost servers.

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    I tend to agree with neobyte, ultimately the site owner should have a site backup. Still, any data loss is unfortunate.

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    Originally posted by latebowl
    ...ultimately the site owner should have a site backup.(
    unless backups are offered as part of the services by the host (I find many flaunting it as "nightly backups")!
    S.K
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    unless backups are offered as part of the services by the host (I find many flaunting it as "nightly backups")!
    The key word you need to look for is OFFSITE NIGHTLY BACKUPS and not many webhost's have this facility.

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    Originally posted by NexDog
    "cool thing going on with Invisionboard: means what? That they used Invisionboard? Or what?
    They're the developers of Invisionboard, using it to promote their hosting company.

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    Originally posted by Apoc
    They're the developers of Invisionboard, using it to promote their hosting company.
    Wow, I wonder how well that exposure worked out for them?
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    Just for the record, invisionhost.com has nothing to do with Invision Power Services - specifically Invision Power Hosting (www.ipshosting.com) or Invision Power Board.

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    Just for the record, invisionhost.com has nothing to do with Invision Power Services - specifically Invision Power Hosting (www.ipshosting.com) or Invision Power Board.
    That's is Correct Invisionhost.com is no relation to invisionboard or ipshosting.

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