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04-27-2005, 01:26 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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ThePlanet sucks.. STILL!
I know everyone is tired of hearing horrors storries about ThePlanet/ServerMatrix or whatever you want to call them, but I have to add my two cents in attempt to steer future clients away from the same problems..
I purchased a Super Celeron from SM on 3-22. The service was setup (slowly) sometime that week, my credit card was billed and everything was fine... for awhile..
I originally requested cPanel to be installed on my server (which was not), and then after installing it myself and setting up a temporary key, I was told that in order to "upgrade" to a server w/ cpanel that a full re-image would be necessary. I didn't see how this was necessary as I had a working cPanel installation already up and running, and only need a simlpe key.. After a few tickets back and forth I gave in and paid the $25 to have the server re-imaged with cPanel installed. Even though I originally requested this when I purchased the server!!!
Anyhow, moving on while giving them the benefit of the doubt because of their reputation, I continued to use the server and then.. 8 hour downtime with no SLA credit mentioned ANYWHERE on their site.. They continued to operate as if nothing was wrong, which is what really upset me, but nevertheless I didn't care because I found a faster, cheaper server in Dallas anyways..
So.. Today I go and check my credit card bill.. There is a $109 charge from TP after I requested to cancel the server almost a week before my billing date! Their lame billing department continously sent me e-mails asking me to call them so we could "discuss this." I clearly and consistently told them I was no longer interested in the server and that they could go ahead and cancel it..
To this day, the server is still online, and there is a charge(back) on my credit card.
What is up with these people? They seemed as if they used to have it all together when they first started, but now have gone to total dismay.
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04-27-2005, 01:54 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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I'm sorry to hear that. It seems like TP/SM management is going down the drains.
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04-27-2005, 02:46 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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With the amount of customers they have, you can expect them not to give a crap about some of their customers. They need to change their big ego. The dude that works for TP have yet to explain on the recent threads..... something's not right.
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04-27-2005, 03:19 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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If you ordered Cpanel with your order initially, you should not be made to pay for the OS Reload. You should alert to them the fact that it was included in the initial order. In my experience, they would make good that. If it is not listed in the initial order then it is a different thing altogether.
As for the SLA downtime, you need to explicitly submit a SLA Credit Ticket which would include details like the hostname and IP of the server affected and if possible the timeframe in which you suffer the downtime. Once they have that information, they will investigate and provide the credits. This is something which you need to explicitly request for.
As for the cancellation, you need to do that in Orbit using the cancellation form. On the form, it will indicate the effective date of the cancellation. This will need to be approved. I am not sure what the effective cancellation time frame for those on the new billing cycle so I cannot comment on that. As for reclaiming the server, it would not be done instantly but as and when the reclaim team gets to do it. Typically that is the 1st week of the month.
If there is a mistake in charging your account, a simple ticket to accounting should resolve it. I've been in that shoes before and they gladly refunded my money when I provided evidences of the charge.
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04-27-2005, 04:27 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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I did request it through Orbit, and you shouldn't have to submit a f*cking ticket for an SLA credit. Is it stated as such in the contract or implied that it will be given if the services fail? Either way I don't care. A multi-million dollar company shouldn't go down for eight hours! I still don't believe a pair of redudant pdu's failing was the issue.
Not to mention, n with the estranged accounting/billing problems that happened TWICE after I properly communicated my intentions to 1. install cpanel and 2. cancel the server.
I'm still not even crying over the SLA credit. I don't care about it. It's embarassing to land a few new accounts, then have interrupted service for long periods of time.
I honestly believe TP is a good company. They should maybe just stop accepting orders for awhile and work with what they have and go back to the more personal company they once used to be.Last edited by DD-SNC; 04-27-2005 at 04:32 AM.
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04-27-2005, 04:55 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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It was just unfortunate that you came at the wrong time. We have been enjoying 100% uptime for a very long time before that.
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04-27-2005, 04:57 AM #7Web Hosting Evangelist
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It seems that you had a real bad time DD-SNC. We are sorry to hear the experience that you had.
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04-27-2005, 09:48 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by DD-SNC
I know everyone is tired of hearing horrors storries about ThePlanet/ServerMatrix or whatever you want to call them
I wonder at what point the WHT folks will consider moving all the complaints to their own forum and giving the rest of us a break? Enough is enough already.
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04-27-2005, 10:18 AM #9Eternal Member
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They continued to operate as if nothing was wrong, which is what really upset me, but nevertheless I didn't care because I found a faster, cheaper server in Dallas anyways..
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04-27-2005, 10:39 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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I can't really say I'm surprised, you're getting what you payed for here nothing less. I hope you're not building a serious hosting business off the low cost dedicateds at EV1, ThePlanet, etc.. no physical access, no substantial guarantees (won't go beyond the monthly fee you're paying) just to name a few of the problems you'll encounter.
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04-27-2005, 11:51 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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do you know what? theplanet/servermatrix does suck now than before. it seem like their DC5 bring good sales but at the same time f'ckup a lot of people, from misconfig server, billing problem,...etc.
even on their own forum people are complaing about server setup time and getting double billed. just look at pre-sale section.
i don't know if they sell too fast and some new customers got caught up in this crazy DC5 sales or whatnot. TP/SM does seem to have problem now more than before.
do any of you feel the same way that since DC5 open there is nothing but problem with TP/SM?
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04-27-2005, 11:53 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by J-P
I can't really say I'm surprised, you're getting what you payed for here nothing less. I hope you're not building a serious hosting business off the low cost dedicateds at EV1, ThePlanet, etc.. no physical access, no substantial guarantees (won't go beyond the monthly fee you're paying) just to name a few of the problems you'll encounter.
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04-27-2005, 11:58 AM #13Eternal Member
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Originally posted by jt2377
do you know what? theplanet/servermatrix does suck now than before. it seem like their DC5 bring good sales but at the same time f'ckup a lot of people, from misconfig server, billing problem,...etc.
even on their own forum people are complaing about server setup time and getting double billed. just look at pre-sale section.
i don't know if they sell too fast and some new customers got caught up in this crazy DC5 sales or whatnot. TP/SM does seem to have problem now more than before.
do any of you feel the same way that since DC5 open there is nothing but problem with TP/SM?
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04-27-2005, 12:02 PM #14Managed Hosting Expert
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Originally posted by TMX
Yes, as a matter of fact, I am. Not just about the planet, but about everyone, particularly when they start out with "<insert company name here> SUCKS!", and other overly dramatic, overly emotional rant-like topic headings..
I wonder at what point the WHT folks will consider moving all the complaints to their own forum and giving the rest of us a break? Enough is enough already.
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04-27-2005, 03:40 PM #15Business Consultant Manager
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Originally posted by J-P
I can't really say I'm surprised, you're getting what you payed for here nothing less. I hope you're not building a serious hosting business off the low cost dedicateds at EV1, ThePlanet, etc.. no physical access, no substantial guarantees (won't go beyond the monthly fee you're paying) just to name a few of the problems you'll encounter.
Seems like last month or so TP Support/Billing is a major "hit or miss". Sometimes I have a problem and TP will go way out of their way to help me, other times its the usual "$75/hr admin fee". I've been extremly lucky to have the same tech keep replying to my support tickets recently, who is awesome! So I guess... its who you get.Last edited by JGRoboMarketing; 04-27-2005 at 03:44 PM.
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Originally posted by RealtorHost
Although I agree with some points form DD-SNC, c-mon J-P that is way out of line. There are thousands of very successful web hosting providers that directly use EV1 and ThePlanet. Just because you don't, I don't see that gives you the right to flame another company. Seems like quite an ignorant statement to me... mind you.. "statement" ignorant... not you
I understand not everyone has the money to colocate their own servers but this is exactly why kiddie hosts are around, they get a cheap $99 box and they start selling hosting and then the moment a data centre monkey makes a mistake (installs bad ram, reboots wrong server, disconnects wrong server) they head to the dedicated servers forum and whine about it.
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04-27-2005, 04:45 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by DD-SNC
I did request it through Orbit, and you shouldn't have to submit a f*cking ticket for an SLA credit. Is it stated as such in the contract or implied that it will be given if the services fail? Either way I don't care. A multi-million dollar company shouldn't go down for eight hours! I still don't believe a pair of redudant pdu's failing was the issue.
Not to mention, n with the estranged accounting/billing problems that happened TWICE after I properly communicated my intentions to 1. install cpanel and 2. cancel the server.
I'm still not even crying over the SLA credit. I don't care about it. It's embarassing to land a few new accounts, then have interrupted service for long periods of time.
I honestly believe TP is a good company. They should maybe just stop accepting orders for awhile and work with what they have and go back to the more personal company they once used to be.
First, as with almost all providers, you do have to submit a ticket for a SLA credit to be considered. Second, the company never went down for eight hours. If you had an outage that does not mean that everyone else was down like you. Lastly, you need to submit an official cancellation request at least seven days prior to the end of the month IIRC.
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04-27-2005, 06:11 PM #18Web Hosting Evangelist
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The Planet has been sucking for the past year at least...it's unfortunate. Sorry for your grief.
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04-27-2005, 06:16 PM #19WHT Addict
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Two things.
1) "Cancellation. You may cancel your account at any time by sending an e-mail to Support@ theplanet.com. Once The Planet has finished processing the cancellation, The Planet will delete all your Registration Data from its database." - http://www.theplanet.com/legal/privacy.html Did you e-mail that e-mail address? If not, shut the hell up!
2) J-P: While I hate kiddie-hosts (who buy WHM, WHM Auto-Pilot, and cPanel and put up a for sale sign), your allegations are absolutely abserd. You're bashing ev1 and TP/SM for the simple fact that kiddie-hosts are attracted to them. This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Sometimes, just sometimes...someone gets a $99/month server w/ a celeron because it makes sense for them. Some people who know what they're doing when they sell hosting may (if money dictates so) get a $99/month server w/ a celeron and start selling only to later upgrade or purchase another server before it becomes overloaded. FYI, there is nothing wrong with this..
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04-27-2005, 06:34 PM #20Business Consultant Manager
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Originally posted by J-P
I'm not flaming, just stating facts. Indeed a lot of successful web hosting provider use EV1 and ThePlanet only that's more because of the financial advantages for example ($0.15/GB price for bandwidth), not having to invest in a server and while it may be working fine for some, the moment something doesn't how much control do they have over their servers to fix any issues that may arise ?
I understand not everyone has the money to colocate their own servers but this is exactly why kiddie hosts are around, they get a cheap $99 box and they start selling hosting and then the moment a data centre monkey makes a mistake (installs bad ram, reboots wrong server, disconnects wrong server) they head to the dedicated servers forum and whine about it.
Just my $0.02.
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04-27-2005, 08:06 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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Servers are pretty cheap now and I believe if we want to, we could always own the server and colo but I chose dedicated servers over colo for practical reasons.
I am not from the US and if I colo in a datacenter in the US, I would need to be physically near the datacenter to go in and do hardware replacement and all that. Also there is the issue of hardware commitment. I cannot find a good datacenter in my country to Colo in.
When I get dedicated servers, I know that I do not need to worry about hardware replacement because it becomes their responsibility. It frees me from having to worry about ailing hardware. I could replace servers every few years and even move datacenter without worrying about the hardware.
No colo is not better than dedicated server hosting. Each has its advantage and you just need to weigh out the cost benefits and pick the one which suits your needs.
By the way, I like Celeron and they suit what I need. I don't offer web hosting services and I host my own sites and the Celeron is more than powerful for my needs. With it, I hardly see CPU resources going close to 10%.
I would think that if The Planet like any big organization would have their ups and downs. I know it is unfortunate that some people faced issues with them, some started on the wrong foot and probably misinterpreted what they provide.
I think like religion, it all boils down to one's personal experience which counts. I have been treated kindly in the last 2 years that I've been with them and still treated that same way and I don't see any reasons to move.
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04-27-2005, 08:42 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by RazorBlue - Dan
Uhmm unless i'm mistaken this is a web hosting forum, where people discuss web hosting
That's what it's all about.
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04-27-2005, 10:23 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by mp3LM
2) J-P: While I hate kiddie-hosts (who buy WHM, WHM Auto-Pilot, and cPanel and put up a for sale sign), your allegations are absolutely abserd. You're bashing ev1 and TP/SM for the simple fact that kiddie-hosts are attracted to them. This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Sometimes, just sometimes...someone gets a $99/month server w/ a celeron because it makes sense for them. Some people who know what they're doing when they sell hosting may (if money dictates so) get a $99/month server w/ a celeron and start selling only to later upgrade or purchase another server before it becomes overloaded. FYI, there is nothing wrong with this.
everyone started from somewhere. not all of us can colo or build a DC. if it mean for a kiddies to use cheap server to screw other, that's just the side effect. a lot more legit companies/people started with cheap server and work their way up to colo, build a DC...etc.
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04-27-2005, 10:34 PM #24Web Hosting Master
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Its not like all dedicated servers are cheap.
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04-27-2005, 11:50 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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Peoples ignorance never seizes to amaze me? What part of what I explained do you not understand? I submitted my cancellation request well in advanced before my bill was due. ThePlanet responded, trying to salvage me as a client, which I refused, not once, but twice and then still got billed for services I did not use.
I am positive the cancellation was noted and received by their billing/accounting department because they responded!