thinkhost — Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:17:00 +0000

Chris,

ASP is available under unix -- there is some sort of a port I read about somewhere... When I last looked at it it was QUITE expensive though!

TWTCommish — Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:14:00 +0000

NT has it's advantages: full FrontPage support for the HTML/disabled (just kidding), ASP support, stuff like that...but let's face it...better to go with Unix/PHP than NT/ASP...PHP is more like Perl anyway, and odds are your average webmaster is somewhat familiar with Perl anyway.

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thinkhost — Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:49:00 +0000

Yeah, definitely a good reason we don't use NT servers and never will, even though I am certified by Microsoft. Ahem!

NT has its good sides, such as for a day-to-day network in an office, but not for webhosting, not by a long shot. How do you like to have your site rebooted every time a a new security patch needs to be installed on ANY software on the server? Thats what NT requires!

Sincerely,

Vladislav Davidzon <davidzon@thinkhost.com>
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trespasser — Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:02:00 +0000

I have to agree with Chris' warning about NT. As your skills grow and you want to get into more advanced applications, an NT host does not "grow" with you. NT becomes a nightmare any time you start itching to do anything beyond standard HTML pages, or at least that has been my experience. I used an NT host once, never again.

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TWTCommish — Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:02:00 +0000

I'd call your credit card company and ask for a refund...the host seems to admit guilt and likely won't make a big fuss over it...

You've down your part by alerting the world of their poor service...not that I'd ever host on an NT server anyway.

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BitSurfr — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 03:42:00 +0000

It sounds to me that they DID provide the service. they DID convert your database (just not the way you thought they would), it doesn't (legally) matter what kind of date format they use, they DID register your name, they SAID (but I bet never guaranteed, or only guaranteed for setup fee) for 48 hour setup, and they never made a guarantee about email. Basically, it looks like they did what they said they would - maybe not in the way you though they SHOULD, but they did do everything.

The only thing that I can tell they did wrong was the wrong version of ASP. (Which I doubt would make too strong of a case.)

As they say, you are SOL. (**** out of luck)

adam > it's two months: too late to cancel the credit card fees. maybe for the last month, but not for the bigger setup fees.

Owen

[This message has been edited by BitSurfr (edited 05 June 2000).]

Tue, 06 Jun 2000 00:41:00 +0000

If you signed a contract specifying the services the host was to provide you have a legal case. If you’re not satisfied with the services rendered cancel your account with them and move to a more reputable web host. Call your credit card company as well and inform them that you were not happy with the services. Most credit card companies (American Express more then others) will refund your money completely.

I don’t see the point of pursuing legal action against the host unless you have a specific hosting contract with the company, which they have failed to live up to.

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Justin S — Mon, 05 Jun 2000 13:17:00 +0000

Do they provide any guarentees? 'Cause people can say "we offer ________," but unless they have a guarentee then it's not worth much. If they've ripped off your credit card, or something like that, then I'd say you have a little something. But poor service, unless guarenteed, won't be strong at all...

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Mon, 05 Jun 2000 10:26:00 +0000

let me guess was it esat? im irish and i just did http://www.mullingarequestrian.com the people i made the site for insisted that i host their site with esat, and i did it very reluctantly. They seem to have competitions of who can supply the most pointless emails, anyway no big problems yet