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  1. #1
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    Anyone used tophostinguk.com?

    Hello!

    Has anyone used tophostinguk.com? I'm looking at their reseller packages?

    Thanks,
    Jamie

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    By their domain whois, Creation Date: 27-Jan-2009. So they have been in the field for 4 months only, provided there is no recent change in their domain name. So it is less likely to get some reviews here.

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    They can be also resellers. So make sure that you know about that. Even if they are not resellers that is not bad sign at all. As sometimes resellers provide better services then the main web hosting service provider
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  4. #4
    I can't access their website.

    Network Timeout

    The operation timed out when attempting to contact tophostinguk.com.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PremiumHost View Post
    I can't access their website.

    Network Timeout

    The operation timed out when attempting to contact tophostinguk.com.
    The same here. So the only chance to get contact information is whois.
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    I also can not access their website, a ping also does not return anything:
    http://www.just-ping.com/index.php?v...105&vhost=_&c=

    Does not look good at the moment.

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    Hi

    this also does not work for me either.
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    What made you even consider them? It seems that they are very new.
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  9. #9

    Stay Well Away from TophostingUK

    I started with TophostingUK some months back, and they were extremely helpful with configuring FFMPEG and were very helpful otherwise, as well. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. Apparently, ownership has changed hands and the new owner has next to no customer service skills.

    Have a look at the chat transscript below. This is mostly in reference to me chasing up a server outage the day prior, which I was told was caused by the server being hacked. All I was looking for was some reassurance that steps had been taken to prevent the same thing from happening again, as I was reluctant to migrate my clients over to their hosting if these outages were likely in the future (reasonable enough, I thought)... just have a look at the transcript below:

    Chat Transcript:
    | 01.10.11 16:22:59 | david: Hello Stephen, my name is david, how may I help you?
    | 01.10.11 16:23:37 | Stephen: Hi. I had some issues yesterday which were apparently caused by one of your servers being hacked...
    | 01.10.11 16:23:37 | david: hi mate have not forgotten you | 01.10.11 16:24:09 | david: go on | 01.10.11 16:24:17 | Stephen: Firstly, I want to know what happened, and what steps you have taken to prevent this from happening in the future.
    | 01.10.11 16:24:58 | Stephen: I cannot, in good faith, migrate my clients' sites over to Tophosting if this sort of thing can possibly happen again.
    | 01.10.11 16:25:02 | david: you were imformed what happened
    | 01.10.11 16:25:26 | Stephen: No, I was just told that the server had been hacked. That is the extent of what I know.
    | 01.10.11 16:25:29 | david: right you have a car
    | 01.10.11 16:25:43 | Stephen: Excuse me?
    | 01.10.11 16:26:01 | Stephen: why would my owning a car relate to your server being hacked?
    | 01.10.11 16:26:16 | david: will a kid come and tell you 1 st that his going to rob your car
    | 01.10.11 16:26:29 | Stephen: You don't follow
    | 01.10.11 16:26:36 | david: or will the kid just do it
    | 01.10.11 16:26:46 | Stephen: Can you attempt to understand this from a customer's perspective?
    | 01.10.11 16:26:58 | david: you dont follow
    | 01.10.11 16:27:14 | Stephen: I do not want to use your service if this means my client's sites will potentially be compromised
    | 01.10.11 16:27:43 | david: there not
    | 01.10.11 16:27:57 | Stephen: I have not been given any sort of explanation of what had happened, or what has been done to prevent this from happening again.
    | 01.10.11 16:28:32 | Stephen: How was the server hacked? What sercurity measures have been taken?
    | 01.10.11 16:28:38 | david: the server went in to lockout mode where it stops any hackers getting in by shuting down in safe mode
    | 01.10.11 16:28:49 | Stephen: No, I understand that
    | 01.10.11 16:29:01 | Stephen: but what assurance do I have that this won't happen again
    | 01.10.11 16:29:23 | Stephen: i have never had any such thing happen with any other host i have used
    | 01.10.11 16:29:53 | david: servers are hacked all the time everywhere
    | 01.10.11 16:30:16 | Stephen: So, why is this the first experience I have had of this?
    | 01.10.11 16:30:19 | david: we stop them getting in .
    | 01.10.11 16:30:43 | Stephen: In all the years I have worked as a web developer, this is the first time this sort of thing has happened with any host I have used.
    | 01.10.11 16:30:50 | david: which resulted in the server lockout
    | 01.10.11 16:31:16 | Stephen: and you can't seem to tell me that you know how it happened, or what you have done to help prevent such a thing from occuring in the future
    | 01.10.11 16:31:42 | Stephen: if your servers are not secure, I'm not going to migrate sensitive data to them
    | 01.10.11 16:31:54 | Stephen: so i would like to know how secure your servers are
    | 01.10.11 16:32:06 | Stephen: i need to make an informed decision for my clients
    | 01.10.11 16:32:12 | david: our server are secure very secure
    | 01.10.11 16:32:27 | Stephen: but immanently hackable?
    | 01.10.11 16:32:43 | Stephen: what have you done, persuant to this attack?
    | 01.10.11 16:32:55 | david: did they get in no no no no no | 01.10.11 16:33:22 | Stephen: but they disabled my accounts, or at the very least prevented access to them
    | 01.10.11 16:33:34 | Stephen: how can i be sure this won't happen again?
    | 01.10.11 16:34:43 | david: we are doubleing up to secure so there no shut down | 01.10.11 16:35:09 | david: are your sites fully working | 01.10.11 16:35:20 | Stephen: also, i still cannot access [redacted].com
    | 01.10.11 16:35:37 | david: is there a problem with them
    | 01.10.11 16:35:39 | Stephen: I was able in the past, to access cpanel at [redacted].com /cpanel
    | 01.10.11 16:35:49 | Stephen: that domain seems to be parked now
    | 01.10.11 16:36:24 | Stephen: and I had a domain I registered with you, to be associated with one of my accounts
    | 01.10.11 16:36:25 | david: dont now have to check with martyn
    | 01.10.11 16:36:53 | Stephen: Do you understand how all of this would make your customers uneasy?
    | 01.10.11 16:37:35 | david: i going to check your account and see what i think
    | 01.10.11 16:37:50 | david: your the only one moaning
    | 01.10.11 16:38:21 | Stephen: i believe that, because [redacted].com was taken over somehow, that it was assumed that I wanted to replace it with the domain I had transferred to you
    | 01.10.11 16:38:27 | david: you did it yesterday while we were trying to get things sorted out
    | 01.10.11 16:38:42 | Stephen: unless this is a matter of me ticking the wrong box somewhere along the way
    | 01.10.11 16:38:59 | Stephen: I transferred the domain before any problems started
    | 01.10.11 16:39:07 | Stephen: before yesterday
    | 01.10.11 16:39:32 | david: so whats the problem
    | 01.10.11 16:39:39 | Stephen: ok... again
    | 01.10.11 16:39:59 | Stephen: it used to happen that i would go to [redacted]/cpanel and have access to cpanel
    | 01.10.11 16:40:08 | Stephen: that no longer happens
    | 01.10.11 16:40:12 | david: thuksolutions.com belong to this company
    | 01.10.11 16:40:33 | Stephen: now, i can go to [redacted].com/cpanel to access this
    | 01.10.11 16:41:09 | david: you just transfered that i
    n | 01.10.11 16:41:32 | Stephen: Yes, I transferred the domain, but for one of my hosted websites
    | 01.10.11 16:41:37 | Stephen: not for my account
    | 01.10.11 16:42:07 | Stephen: i would like to restore [redacted].com , and use [redacted].com for one of my clients
    | 01.10.11 16:43:19 | david: i ll look into for you with martyn
    | 01.10.11 16:44:08 | Stephen: does what i am asking make sense to you?
    | 01.10.11 16:45:36 | david: let me speck to martyn see what he thinks about it and that
    | 01.10.11 16:45:49 | david: leave it with us
    | 01.10.11 16:50:13 | Stephen: and also remember that I would appreciate a full accounting of how the server got hacked, and what has been done to prevent this in the future.
    | 01.10.11 16:50:24 | david: you have bill unpaid
    | 01.10.11 16:50:39 | Stephen: yes. but that is beside the point
    | 01.10.11 16:51:34 | david: your really trying me aret you
    | 01.10.11 16:52:07 | Stephen: i find it troubling if that is your response to a reasonable query about a recent attack on your servers
    | 01.10.11 16:52:24 | Stephen: no, i'm not trying you... i am asking a reasonable question
    | 01.10.11 16:53:05 | david: have i not give you an expernation
    | 01.10.11 16:53:15 | Stephen: no, you haven't
    | 01.10.11 16:53:24 | Stephen: you've just told me that the server was hacked
    | 01.10.11 16:53:33 | Stephen: no elaboration or assurance
    | 01.10.11 16:53:46 | david: it was temped to be hacked
    | 01.10.11 16:53:57 | Stephen: nothing about any taken on behalf of your customers to prevent this in the future
    | 01.10.11 16:54:17 | david: hacker try to hack via mysql or http
    | 01.10.11 16:54:25 | Stephen: yes, but if this is an action which takes my sites offline, i have an interest in knowing how this will not happen again!
    | 01.10.11 16:54:38 | Stephen: sites go down, my clients lose money
    | 01.10.11 16:54:59 | Stephen: if you can't sort it properly, i'll have no choice but to find hosting elsewhere
    | 01.10.11 16:55:39 | Stephen: so via mysql OR http... is this to say that you don't know, precisely?
    | 01.10.11 16:55:41 | david: it has been sorted
    | 01.10.11 16:56:01 | Stephen: when you say sorted, what preventative measures have been taken?
    | 01.10.11 16:56:28 | david: you really treing to wind me up
    | 01.10.11 16:56:39 | Stephen: how can I be assured that the same individual won't do the same thing in the future, and as a result disable my sites again?
    | 01.10.11 16:56:43 | david: i dont have time for this
    | 01.10.11 16:56:47 | Stephen: no, seriously, I am not
    | 01.10.11 16:57:05 | Stephen: these are things I need to know to be responsible to my clients
    | 01.10.11 16:57:21 | Stephen: these are all entirely reasonable questions
    | 01.10.11 16:57:45 | Stephen: put yourself in the position of the person paying you to provide a service
    | 01.10.11 16:57:56 | david: get your sites moved from my company hosting
    | 01.10.11 16:58:12 | Stephen: I really can't believe you!
    | 01.10.11 16:58:13 | david: you paying 5.95
    | 01.10.11 16:58:37 | Stephen: yea, right now I am, because I am trialling your service
    | 01.10.11 16:58:47 | david: think that i should take the abuse your giveing me
    | 01.10.11 16:59:14 | Stephen: I am not giving you abuse, I am asking reasonable questions of you
    | 01.10.11 16:59:49 | Stephen: and I'm paying 5.95 right now, but if I was to migrate my current and future clients over to you, I would be paying substantially more
    | 01.10.11 17:00:26 | Stephen: how would i speak directly to Martyn about this?
    | 01.10.11 17:00:42 | david: if your board go find some thing else to do ,
    | 01.10.11 17:00:57 | david: why
    | 01.10.11 17:00:59 | david: i own the company now
    | 01.10.11 17:01:39 | david: i run it
    | 01.10.11 17:01:46 | Stephen: You are the one who is abusive in this situation
    | 01.10.11 17:01:46 | Stephen: I would like to speak with Martyn, because you haven't proven to be very helpful. You seem combatitive.
    | 01.10.11 17:01:57 | david: right your sites are up , the server is runing fine ....
    | 01.10.11 17:02:13 | Stephen: What about the issue I just raised with you?
    | 01.10.11 17:02:29 | david: which
    | 01.10.11 17:02:49 | Stephen: and why do you keep on talking about speaking with Martyn if he is no longer a part of the company?
    | 01.10.11 17:03:17 | Stephen: The issue about the url originally associated with my account, [redacted].com , pointing to a parked domain
    | 01.10.11 17:03:47 | david: who domain is it
    | 01.10.11 17:04:11 | Stephen: it was the domain set up when i started the account
    | 01.10.11 17:04:54 | david: right so it was setup for you while awiting your own domain yes
    | 01.10.11 17:05:17 | david: so you could get into your account
    | 01.10.11 17:05:23 | Stephen: yes, and I still have not specified a domain i would like in the place of that one
    | 01.10.11 17:06:22 | david: well i think you should asap
    | 01.10.11 17:06:59 | Stephen: thanks for that, but that does not resolve this issue
    | 01.10.11 17:09:31 | Stephen: is that all?
    | 01.10.11 17:10:08 | david: can i help you with anything else today
    | 01.10.11 17:10:52 | Stephen: so that is your solution...
    | 01.10.11 17:10:53 | david: no then have a good eveing
    | 01.10.11 17:11:02 | david: bye bye
    | 01.10.11 17:11:02 | Stephen: just register another domain?
    | 01.10.11 17:11:10 | Stephen: my god i can't believe this
    | 01.10.11 17:12:56 | david: what
    | 01.10.11 17:13:12 | david: i have customer waiting to chat

  10. #10
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    I've never heard of them - is there something specific about their service that you are interested in?
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  11. #11
    Sorry for the bad spelling

    been with them for the best part of the year we had some down times but they were great in getting problems sorted .


    well it started on the 22 december 2010 hard drive problem all websites i am run were down my package was resellers hosting .

    I was total in a email no ETA given on when they would sort it well the sites started to be reinstalled again so i was happy as i am running two video sites one which has 6gb of video
    and the other 2gb its a lot to upload well i ask when they would reinstall PHPshield and FFmpeg and the addons they are a bit busy at the moment well i did see that they had updated the website with new
    packages so i guess the server was not important to sort well i notice they drop my account down from Unmetered every thing
    29500MB this should be Unmetered Hard drive 70000MB this should be Unmetered but same as Economy so was not happy i ask if they would be sorting the phpshield problem they total me 2 so after 36 hours

    so i decided to cancle on 28 december 2010 no signs of server addons installed after some tickets and stuff sent the cancle form
    this was the message i gave when i cancled my account my Resellers control panel was down for like 18 hours told me they were too busy and i would have to help

    Client 28/12/2010 22:43
    Well i like to say you have given me great support over the last days but i would be Lying. so please start the cancle my hosting as i will be looking for new hosting.. but i like to give you the reason y



    this reply
    got me a
    Suspension Reason: abuse

    well i sent email saying i got Suspension for this had 2 weeks left well after few days they got the server addons installed 30 december 2011 so its not been great but was happy sites were working again
    well on the 8th January 2011 the sites were down most of the day i did sent support ticket
    early in the morning got a message a round 1600 saying read updates on site news

    P.S you cannot run a bussiness with TopHostingUK

    New managment are not great well i have moved now gone back to first hosting company i had and got me self a dedicated server i only left because i stop running websites
    Last edited by 01012k7; 01-13-2011 at 06:54 PM.

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    it may be worth looking at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1015692 more information on tophostinguk and their services or lack of services

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    i got a dedicated server from 1 and 1 so far great been very helpfull too

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