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09-22-2009, 12:49 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Fed up with AsmallOrange.com
I have been using them as a host for years, and have left them 3 or 4 times, but am dumb enough to keep going back.
Their servers will have outages of entire days, and at least one outage (sometimes not longer then 10 minutes or so) every 1-2 weeks.
Then, when I post on the forum asking about it, the staff has the nerve to tell me that its my responsibility to notify them when I notice its down...
I need a new stable shared web host!
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09-22-2009, 12:54 AM #2Web Hosting Industry Expert
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09-22-2009, 12:55 AM #3Disabled
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Sorry to hear about your experiences. I'm just surprised you've been going back to them after several negative experiences. You've come to the right place to find a new host though.
How much disk space and bandwidth do you need? Also, do you have a budget in mind?
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09-22-2009, 12:56 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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As far as I'm aware they're quite a reputable provider, so what you're describing sounds out of place. Sorry for your issues with them though.
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09-22-2009, 01:25 AM #5Aspiring Evangelist
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Actually ASO used to be very reputable in the past, especially years ago. Lately I have been seeing reviews such as this, since they've become so large and likely have a stable incoming client base, they've slipped a bit in quality. This unfortunately is not uncommon.
I would agree the ASO is starting to go down a slippery slope.
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09-22-2009, 03:06 AM #6Disabled
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Put your web site on the monitoring...
But I suppose that better have new one. This time have a one with monitoring system. So pay attention on that while you chose new host
Good luck
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09-22-2009, 09:40 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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I have also heard so many good reviews about ASO. Sorry to hear your troubles and the down slope in the service quality. If some one from ASO can come here to give their part it will be better I think.
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09-22-2009, 10:34 AM #8Retired Moderator
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I have been using them as a host for years, and have left them 3 or 4 times, but am dumb enough to keep going back.
the staff has the nerve to tell me that its my responsibility to notify them when I notice its down...
since they've become so large and likely have a stable incoming client base, they've slipped a bit in quality. This unfortunately is not uncommon.
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09-22-2009, 10:49 AM #9Temporarily Suspended
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Cant believe you keep going back, what are your requirments? and your budget. You certainly came to the right forum.
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09-22-2009, 11:44 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Sorry to hear this
I used them a couple of years ago and they were quite good, but even then one or two of their servers kept crashing (luckily I was on a good shared server, then moved up to their VPS packages, before moving to KnownHost's VPSes)
It does seem like some of their servers are quite tempramental whilst others are fine - meaning most people are having fine experiences, but a minority such as yourself are then having bad experiences.
Good luck with finding a new host
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09-22-2009, 11:47 AM #11Aspiring Evangelist
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Try downtownhost, I been with them for 2 years now and they are really good. They have very affordable share plans and I run a few forums on off these plans.
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09-22-2009, 06:38 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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I can't believe they don't monitor their servers, their site (I just looked) says 99.5% uptime is guaranteed and that covers 24 hours in a month. I'd look for better uptime or something if it's been "several" days. I have watched a lot of hosts forums though because we don't do VPS and I don't know if that's what you have. But I have noticed EVERY VPS host seems to have some boxes that cause more complaints on their forums because of downtime than others-of course I have no idea why, but it does seem to be something that's universal.
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09-22-2009, 11:12 PM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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The following specs are the MAX that I need
1gb storage
10 domains
10 mysql databases
and runs php5
Its not like im even using my host at all... my only high expectation on a host is uptime, and with the hell ive gone through with aso, its time to move on... hopefully you guys can help
My sheevaplug is in the mail, and when I get that, i'll take a wack at running sites from my house again (yes, battery backuped)
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09-23-2009, 12:36 AM #14Retired Moderator
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I can't believe they don't monitor their servers, their site (I just looked) says 99.5% uptime is guaranteed and that covers 24 hours in a month.
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09-23-2009, 12:39 AM #15Junior Guru Wannabe
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