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11-25-2006, 11:18 AM #1New Member
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Hostgator - Any experiences?!
Hi,
Any positive/negative experiences with hostgator virtual/dedicated hosting?!
Thanks,
Garps
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11-25-2006, 11:22 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Hi Garps, welcome to the Forums! If you do a search here you'll find tons of reviews on HostGator. For the most part they get pretty good reviews, and people from the company (including the owner) are active here.
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11-25-2006, 11:28 AM #3Disabled
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Originally Posted by Garps
Below are some post I found on hostgator:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...ight=hostgator
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...ight=hostgator
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...ight=hostgator
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...ight=hostgator
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...ight=hostgator
there should be more Hope it helps
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11-25-2006, 11:32 AM #4WHT Addict
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dedicated hosting services.
Hello, The company is well reputed and the reviews are also very good, but at the same time there are some bad reviews also, i think that doesnt matter much to a big hosting company. However, if you need check more hosting companies that provide good dedicated hosting packages, i can name a few. Let me know, cheers
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11-25-2006, 12:04 PM #5Web Hosting Guru
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If the companies is big then one or two bad reviews (compared to hundreds good reviews) are okay depending the nature of the review. It's hard to please everybody.
But if you see only one review about a company, and it's negative. Alert
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11-25-2006, 12:08 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by edu4visionJim - 2Macs H-Sphere Web Hosting
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11-25-2006, 04:16 PM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by Jim2Macs
Anyway, good luck.I've been using HostGator for 38 months.. and it's been awesome.
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11-25-2006, 04:26 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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I used the HostGator Baby plan for about two years up until recently to host my personal resume site. Of course, a resume hardly puts a hosting account through its paces, but I was pleased with the uptime and the support. I could fully recommend HostGator to you.
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11-25-2006, 05:24 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Jim2MacsGonzalo
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11-25-2006, 05:56 PM #10Retired Moderator
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I never used their Dedicated services however I was on their Shared and at one point, their Reseller packages and was pleasantly pleased with the support and service when needed.
I hosted with HG for a good solid 8 or so months and have nothing but warm happy feelings about them
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How is server load and MySQL connectivity at HG?
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11-25-2006, 07:19 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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I was with them for some time. I had several MySQL database connections running on my webspace with a lot of PHP and never had any trouble. It is a good service and the Support is always there, however the only bad thing I can say is that when I did need to use the Support, they were patronizing and condescending.
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11-25-2006, 07:47 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by ufopsi
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11-26-2006, 06:01 AM #14WHT Addict
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I have been chatting with them, asking many questions. They answered them all, very kindly. Plus my site is not an intensive one. The reason I wrote my previous post is that with Fasthosts anything MySQL driven becomes often unusable at certain times. Next week I'll be moving.
Last edited by ufopsi; 11-26-2006 at 06:04 AM.
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11-26-2006, 10:30 AM #15WHT Addict
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i can tell, not bad
for $9.95/mo
you can give them a try with the free couponI Love WHT
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11-26-2006, 10:56 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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When I used host gator, I was extremely pleased with their service and support.
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11-26-2006, 11:05 AM #17Newbie
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Originally Posted by sober
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11-26-2006, 11:07 AM #18Newbie
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Originally Posted by FR-Alex
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11-26-2006, 06:24 PM #19WHT Addict
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I have been with HostGator for a couple of years. The service has been very good. I have the small reseller account for $25 per month. It is fast and reliable. Support via email has been very good. All in all, an excellent company.
Jeff
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11-26-2006, 11:04 PM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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I loved hostgator until I upgraded my account from a baby to an aluminum reseller and they then charged me for both! I pointed this out to the support guy and he said it was my fault for not cancelling the original account. I then pointed out to him (he was kinda snotty) that there was nothing in the "upgrade email" that said I had to, and had never had this problem upgrading with other hosts, so he pointed me to the fine print in the TOS. This kind of creative bookkeeping tends to leave a really bad taste in my mouth. All my domains were moved within an hour of this incident. It's a shame, I'd sent them a lot of business up until then.
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11-26-2006, 11:10 PM #21-=*/E=-
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@KickassWebDesign Well some companies do that, but most usually just close your previous account or send you email asking for which option you want, just a plain upgrade to new and terminating old one or something similar.
I suppose it wouldnt be of any using asking your domain cause you said you already moved away from them.12+ years -same website , new server [SSD Inside] providing shared/reseller hosting only !
These things we do not provide/offer : Unlimited Storage ! Unlimited Bandwidth ! But Why? Cause, we were unable to put such a large number on our pages, it just would not fit.
So check out the numbers that actually fit >> << the page as well as your budget too !
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11-26-2006, 11:21 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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LOL! Yeah, I moved to the gridserver at MediaTemple! I wish I had found this forum first! *sigh*
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11-26-2006, 11:27 PM #23New Member
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Garps,
We are a customer of Hostgator (have been customer of other hosts) and we find them to be very good.
In short, they :
- provide excellent support – whether phone, email, ticket, forum or live chat
- do not oversell
- stable and reliable – high uptime and performance.
- allow hosting of unlimited domains/websites in 1 account.
- reasonable/affordable pricing.
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11-27-2006, 12:20 AM #24Retired Moderator
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This kind of creative bookkeeping tends to leave a really bad taste in my mouth.
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11-27-2006, 03:56 PM #25Temporarily Out of Service
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What's your ticket number on that? We always refund when it comes to an upgrade and something like this happening.