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Extremely annoyed.

13 02 2008

So I woke up this morning to find that my site was down. For that I apologize to anyone trying to access it.

I contacted my host to find that my entire server, and everyone on it, was down. Instead of redirecting to another page that had a generic message like, “We are sorry for the inconvenience but we are having technical issues right now. Please try again later.”, I got a time out message from my browser. When I inquired about this with support I was told that “we don’t have things installed that way”, which had little relevance to my complaint – its simply a matter of having the DNS forward to a static server. So I was forwarded to the “Manager’s” queue 11 hours ago and have yet to hear anything. I don’t really expect to – the last time I had an issue I never heard anything either.

For anyone trying to get to my site over the past 20 hours, I am sorry for any delay and I wish I could tell you it wouldn’t happen again.

Can anyone recommend a GOOD host that will support at least PHP and Ruby on Rails? Java too would be nice but I know that is pushing it…


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5 responses to “Extremely annoyed.”

15 02 2008
Jeff Davis (16:45:00) :

Not to pry into the personal, but maybe you should consider a new host?

15 02 2008
Jason McDonald (18:10:57) :

Not prying at all Jeff – I actually am in the market. After your post I double checked and realized that my solicitation for a good host dropped off:

“Can anyone recommend a GOOD host that will support at least PHP and Ruby on Rails? Java too would be nice but I know that is pushing it…”

It is in there now.

20 02 2008
Dan (12:08:10) :

I am quite happy with Site5.com

20 02 2008
Jason McDonald (12:11:13) :

That looks like a great deal! How is their support?

7 03 2008
Jason McDonald (15:30:21) :

I signed up another one of my sites through Site5.com and have been pleased thus far. Thanks for the recommendation!

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