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[bobquasit]

My web host, Fuitadnet, has been acquired by a larger company. Perhaps coincidentally, I have been unable to FTP into my own site (from anywhere), and cannot reach my CPanel.

I've had this happen too many times - signed up with a new host, only to have something happen to the management, after which everything goes to hell. I hold my tongue during one disaster after another, until finally they do something unforgivable. Then I back up some poor schmoe in the host's forum who is being torn to pieces for making a mild complaint about shitty service and incredibly rude treatment from customer "service"...and I get banned. The banning drives me completely insane, and I leave for a new host...

...and history repeats itself.

Comments

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

Well, I still recommend hostingvermont.com (http://www.hostingvermont.com)
for website hosting. I've had zero problems with them and so far they've avoided being swallowed...been with them Since April 1st 2001 (after leaving Yahoo who had swallowed Simplenet, because they no longer offered the same services for any price never mind one I could afford).

And you know me, I've faced the same problems you have over the years with web hosts....

[klyfix.livejournal.com]

In my admittedly twisted way of looking at this...

It would almost appear that one is best off starting one's relationship
with a Giant Soulless Corporation that nonetheless provides decent service
rather than a smaller outfit that will eventually get gobbled up. Small companies,
after all, really give their owners the big money when they sell out.

The problem of course is that even Giant Soulless Corporations get gobbled
up or get what I kinda think of as "moroned to death" like AT@T which is
effectively going out of business as far as anything other than business
long distance.

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that hostingvermont sounds tempting, but they're a LOT more expensive than Fuitadnet, and seem to have a lot less in the way of extras.

Fuitadnet was able to solve the FTP mystery, so that's a step in the right direction. I'm hoping that their new owner is telling the truth, and that this is just a temporary adjustment.

Still, it's good to know that there's a reliable host out there if things go to hell. Thanks!

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

The other problem is that Giant Soulless Corporations are quite willing to screw small customers whenever it becomes convenient. They don't have to worry about little people getting pissed off, because we don't matter to them.

[klyfix.livejournal.com]

Well...depends. If the Giant Soulless Corporation is a regulated more or less
monopoly they sometimes do customer service pretty well. See the pre-break up
AT&T; they supposedly were pretty good at that. The main abuse seems to have
been restrictions on what you could connect to their lines; remember when
you couldn't actually own a phone, but had to rent it?

The problem is that the present near-monopolies are pretty much unregulated,
and thus can do whatever they like.