Re: PHP webhosting - USA

From: Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:21:51 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP webhosting - USA
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I liked http://www.slicehost.com/ very much, but might not be what you want. 2009/1/24 Martin Zvarík <mzvarik@gmail.com> > Hi, > > I currently host my site by Powweb, and I am WANT to change it - can you > guys recommend me something good? > > Powweb's website looks awesome and it's the best marketing I think I had > saw! After a minute it makes you think there is NO better hosting - and it's > a LIE. > > What happened to me? > > - database connection were exceeded, I read many people had problems with > their phorums not working etc., the solution: I put a message to the visitor > that he has to wait (it was not frequent so I didn't care much) > > - my client stopped receiving orders, he called me after a week something > is wrong. I found out that Powweb changed a MySQL settings, which nobody > informed me about - they restricted a JOIN limit max to 3, the mysql_query > SQL thus did not work and orders were not storing for 7 days! > > - the suport is HORRIBLE - they don't give you email, but they have this > ONLINE support, meaning: you wait 10-20 minutes on queue, and then they talk > to you like a robots and usually tell you something you already know. > > - now they automatically changed all my passwords so they can keep me > secure! what's cool is that I cannot change it back to what I have! Hey, the > chance of getting me hit by bus is higher than someone cracking my 15 letter > password with numbers! Thank you powweb for keeping me secure. > > Thanks for reading my story, > now, does someone know a better hosting alternative? > > Martin > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Alpar Torok

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