Sorry about that :)

SonjaMarie — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:28:31 +0000

Oops sorry Marc (one of my best friends name is Marcus), I knew I saw the name but when I replied the sig with it was missing and I chose Mike.

I'm looking at a few sites and comparing them, so I can get all the info I need before deciding.

Thanks for you suggestions, it's a big help

mjames — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:24:44 +0000

The name's Marc.

The fact that they post false specifications right on their homepages would signal me to look elsewhere immediatently. That, and the fact that I've never heard of them. But it's your choice, and your risk to go with them.

Reading the Fine Print

SonjaMarie — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:49:01 +0000

Dear Mike,

I did check the terms last night and I did notice that unlimited wasn't unlimited per say.

But I don't have MP3's for ppl to download or similar bandwith "hogging" things to download, I just have a Gossmer Thread Search Engine I need for my site that apparantly violated my current hosts TOS.

I'll have to ask them about that before I make any decisions.

Sonja Marie

mjames — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:13:37 +0000

SonjaMarie, that site is a lie. Don't believe me? E-mail their tech support and ask if you can host a MP3 server since they have "unlimited bandwidth". I guarantee they'll say you can't. So it means they technically don't provide what they offer.

http://www.unlimitedtransfer.com

There is no such a thing as unlimited bandwidth, e-mail addresses, disk space, etc. Not only would I not touch that site with a 10-foot stick because of their blatant lies, but because of poor grammar on their front page. "Email address's"? It should be "email addresses".

Furthermore, what kind of host puts ads on their site? It means they are not generating enough revenue from their own service. Any quality host or ecommerce site is ad-free since they make money from the services they offer.

If you want a quality, legit host, go with http://www.venturesonline.com . I guarantee you'll be satisfied.

vegs — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:35:09 +0000

are you looking for windows host or unix host ?

edited

SonjaMarie — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:29:55 +0000

Vegs,

No problem

I didn't have a problem loading ukfreehosts myself, though I don't have cable or DSL or the like (I wish!).

They do provide what I need, but I'm being very cautious this time!

Sonja Marie

vegs — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:19:20 +0000

oh I must apologize for that, I didn't know that your current host is a paid host. Well mostly people who thinking of signing up with a free host comes from another free host and for that ukfreehosts, it's very slow loading from here in U.S

Two Different Hosts

SonjaMarie — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:15:33 +0000

Vegs,

My current host is not free, I definitely had to pay for it.

The URL I posted was for a host I'm thinking about joining, and I wanted opinions on it.

I said "I've already had a few ppl give me suggestions for new host cause I definitely can not stay here, it doesn't do what I need for my site.

One of the members of the update list for my site suggested http://www.ukfreehosts.com/ it looks VERY GOOD, but if anyone wants to check it out and give me their opinion, please do so, I don't want to be burned again."

See?

Sonja Marie

vegs — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:59:59 +0000

let me get this straight, you joined a free host and you are mad cause they deleted files that were against their policy ?

Screwed Me Over

SonjaMarie — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:40:49 +0000

Dear Brian,

First they did get back to me after a few hours after I sent both support forms.

Turns out that the Search Engine files I uploaded were against their policy and yet that was the first thing I asked when I was emailing about joining them and I was told that they could support it, I guess not! (I knew it was them cause I hadn't given out my FTP info to my SE tech person yet cause I didn't want to set up the SE if I was going to move, but then they went ahead deleted them all).

I've already had a few ppl give me suggestions for new host cause I definitely can not stay here, it doesn't do what I need for my site.

Sonja Marie