Comments on: Bluehost vs Dreamhost http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/ and I mean it Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Max Elliot http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-326916 Max Elliot Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:04:56 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-326916 As a webmaster I can happily claim a successful hosting experience through Bluehost that I've maintained for years now. I currently run a hosting comparison site and Bluehost and Hostmonster are my top two rankings. They've changed a lot of the information listed in the above article, so make sure you check out their offering. I've no problem recommending them to anyone who asks. As a webmaster I can happily claim a successful hosting experience through Bluehost that I’ve maintained for years now. I currently run a hosting comparison site and Bluehost and Hostmonster are my top two rankings. They’ve changed a lot of the information listed in the above article, so make sure you check out their offering.

I’ve no problem recommending them to anyone who asks.

]]> By: Jack Smith http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-308768 Jack Smith Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:21:19 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-308768 As said by others, STAY AWAY, FAR AWAY from this host. All they are concerned with is the almighty dollar and getting their million subscribers. Quality has gone to hell, the techs do nothing but lie to you. The hardware is obsolete, old and dying on a daily basis. The ticket system is a joke and you can wait weeks to get an answer if they even bother. In one month my server has been down 80% of the time which is absurd. The sys-admins are inept and do not know what they are doing. If you call in to report a problem you will be told nothing is wrong or they don't know what is wrong and to call back tomorrow. What a joke. The CEO is interested in nothing but counting his money and starting another hosting block to rip more people off. The 99% uptime is a blatant lie. I could go on for hours but if you are smart you will take this free advice from someone who is suffering through this with them. Only for another week or so as I am moving to a host that works better than 10 to 20% of the time... STAY AWAY - STAY AWAY - STAY AWAY - STAY AWAY !!!!! As said by others, STAY AWAY, FAR AWAY from this host. All they are concerned with is the almighty dollar and getting their million subscribers. Quality has gone to hell, the techs do nothing but lie to you. The hardware is obsolete, old and dying on a daily basis. The ticket system is a joke and you can wait weeks to get an answer if they even bother. In one month my server has been down 80% of the time which is absurd. The sys-admins are inept and do not know what they are doing. If you call in to report a problem you will be told nothing is wrong or they don’t know what is wrong and to call back tomorrow. What a joke. The CEO is interested in nothing but counting his money and starting another hosting block to rip more people off. The 99% uptime is a blatant lie. I could go on for hours but if you are smart you will take this free advice from someone who is suffering through this with them. Only for another week or so as I am moving to a host that works better than 10 to 20% of the time… STAY AWAY - STAY AWAY - STAY AWAY - STAY AWAY !!!!!

]]> By: 刘汉友 » Blog Archive » My First Website http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-246997 刘汉友 » Blog Archive » My First Website Mon, 26 May 2008 13:29:17 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-246997 [...] with a promo code found here. I was comtemplating between Bluehost and Dreamhost, when I saw this page in my research. I also saw one of the youtube videos I searched regarding buying domain here. [...] […] with a promo code found here. I was comtemplating between Bluehost and Dreamhost, when I saw this page in my research. I also saw one of the youtube videos I searched regarding buying domain here. […]

]]> By: Roger Pack http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-241545 Roger Pack Wed, 14 May 2008 04:03:33 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-241545 looks like dreamhost has mod_rails, which is nice for ruby on rails looks like dreamhost has mod_rails, which is nice for ruby on rails

]]> By: Todd in L.A. http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-221152 Todd in L.A. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:46:13 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-221152 Dreamhost is choking, yet again. I've got several clients signed up with Dreamhost, including my own domains, and they're all up & down for the past few weeks. I know nothing about hosting, but I know that Dreamhost can't seem to fix their problems. I've been with Dreamhost for several years; sadly, I think it's time to go... Dreamhost is choking, yet again. I’ve got several clients signed up with Dreamhost, including my own domains, and they’re all up & down for the past few weeks. I know nothing about hosting, but I know that Dreamhost can’t seem to fix their problems. I’ve been with Dreamhost for several years; sadly, I think it’s time to go…

]]> By: Internet Marketing Badger http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-218510 Internet Marketing Badger Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:54:35 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-218510 I've been extremely happy with Bluehost - they used to have spottier customer service a few years ago but these days they are much better. Haven't had any problems with them and have been very pleased with them. Compared to Godaddy (Godaddy problems - ugh! - don't even get me started!) Bluehost is head and shoulders above the rest. Internet Marketing Badger - Jennifer I’ve been extremely happy with Bluehost - they used to have spottier customer service a few years ago but these days they are much better. Haven’t had any problems with them and have been very pleased with them. Compared to Godaddy (Godaddy problems - ugh! - don’t even get me started!) Bluehost is head and shoulders above the rest.

Internet Marketing Badger - Jennifer

]]> By: Crazy Penguin http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-217820 Crazy Penguin Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:45:08 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-217820 Bluehost No thanks! Bluehost has way too many problems for me to use them. <a>Bluhost Blues</a> Bluehost No thanks!

Bluehost has way too many problems for me to use them.

Bluhost Blues

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-208210 Daniel Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:01:46 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-208210 Hello i wanna say something about blue host. I dunno how they behave to others customers but to me they lied a lot. I had a web forum hosted by bluehost last year. First of all they decreased resources allocation without informing me; I got my forum suspended because an user shared on it porn material, and according they rules they suspended my account. I am not complain for this, it was my mistake, i asked sorry and they replied me that they found porn material thanks to an automatic program wich scan the conents of all customers to find rules infraction. so i transferred my web forum to another host company. After 2 months i discovered in my forum an account with Administration permission. I checked the registration ip and i found it was from bluehost office!!! This is the emails that i wrote with blue host (i censored personal informations for privacy law) Email 1 by me: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:06:38 -0600, ****@****.com wrote: Hello, i had an account on your webhost: Main account: ***** domain name parked: www.*****.com In my forum, at this url: www.*****.com which was hosted with bluehost 2 months ago i have found a security infractions: Username:* borkbork* Joined: *29 Jun 2007* borkbork registered from IP: *74.220.***.*** * Host: ****.bluehost.com* borkbork's email address is: ***.****@gmail.com* I have found this username with Administration permissions... need explains please. This email will be sent to: ****@bluehost.com and to **.****@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Their reply: ****@bluehost.com wrotes: Hello, This would have been for testing purposes. One of our technicians would have created this user to test and perhaps resolve and issue that you had with the forum. You can simply delete this user information. Please let me know if you have further questions. Thanks, **** **** BlueHost.com Support Team ****@bluehost.com 888.***.**** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My reply: On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:34:43 -0600, ****@revoxlu3s.com wrote: 1) It could be a privacy violation, i should be informed about that account, which has been for 2 mouths set as administrator user, specially when my account has been transfered to another host company. 2) When my account has been suspended from bluehost company, for porn material, they said me that an automatic program scan periodically the server to find irregular contents and it found that content, but nobody told me that one of bluehost technician made an account to browse the board and so to find the irregular contents, i do not complain for it, but bluehost lied about that account and it seems bluehost tried to hide it. Anyway i am forced to inform all my friends that are still hosted with bluehost about this behavior. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Their reply: If you inform your friends it will help us out becuase it is again the law for us to have any adult content or illegal content hosted on our servers. We are in the state of UTAH and it is against the law. So if you know any other bluehost customers that have this please inform them about it that will help us out alto and will help them from having there service interrupted. If your or them have any questions about this they can read or Terms of Service at http://****.bluehost.com/**** Please contact us if you require any more assistance. **** **** Support Level 3 BlueHost.com 888.***.**** Hello i wanna say something about blue host.
I dunno how they behave to others customers but to me they lied a lot.

I had a web forum hosted by bluehost last year.

First of all they decreased resources allocation without informing me;
I got my forum suspended because an user shared on it porn material, and according they rules they suspended my account. I am not complain for this, it was my mistake, i asked sorry and they replied me that they found porn material thanks to an automatic program wich scan the conents of all customers to find rules infraction. so i transferred my web forum to another host company.
After 2 months i discovered in my forum an account with Administration permission. I checked the registration ip and i found it was from bluehost office!!!
This is the emails that i wrote with blue host (i censored personal informations for privacy law)

Email 1 by me:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:06:38 -0600, ****@****.com wrote:

Hello, i had an account on your webhost:

Main account: *****
domain name parked: http://www.*****.com

In my forum, at this url: http://www.*****.com which was hosted with
bluehost 2 months ago i have found a security infractions:

Username:* borkbork*
Joined: *29 Jun 2007*
borkbork registered from IP: *74.220.***.*** *
Host: ****.bluehost.com*
borkbork’s email address is: ***.****@gmail.com*

I have found this username with Administration permissions… need
explains please.

This email will be sent to: ****@bluehost.com
and to **.****@gmail.com

—————————————————————————-

Their reply:

****@bluehost.com wrotes:
Hello,

This would have been for testing purposes. One of our technicians would have created this user to test and perhaps resolve and issue that you had with the forum. You can simply delete this user information.

Please let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks,

**** ****
BlueHost.com
Support Team
****@bluehost.com
888.***.****

—————————————————————————-

My reply:

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:34:43 -0600, ****@revoxlu3s.com wrote:
1) It could be a privacy violation, i should be informed about that
account, which has been for 2 mouths set as administrator user,
specially when my account has been transfered to another host company.
2) When my account has been suspended from bluehost company, for porn
material, they said me that an automatic program scan periodically the
server to find irregular contents and it found that content, but nobody
told me that one of bluehost technician made an account to browse the
board and so to find the irregular contents, i do not complain for it,
but bluehost lied about that account and it seems bluehost tried to hide it.

Anyway i am forced to inform all my friends that are still hosted with
bluehost about this behavior.

—————————————————————————-

Their reply:

If you inform your friends it will help us out becuase it is again the law for us to have any adult content or illegal content hosted on our servers. We are in the state of UTAH and it is against the law. So if you know any other bluehost customers that have this please inform them about it that will help us out alto and will help them from having there service interrupted. If your or them have any questions about this they can read or Terms of Service at http://****.bluehost.com/****

Please contact us if you require any more assistance.

**** ****
Support Level 3

BlueHost.com
888.***.****

]]> By: Thellis http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-202885 Thellis Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:52:03 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-202885 Bluehost has TERRIBLE support. I like their turnaround times- that's no problem, but from what I heard, they know nothing about their own servers! Here's the deal: Standard php.ini. Some things can be changed, but others (execution time, memory limits etc) can not. I asked if I could install my own copy of php as a custom handler in .htaccess... You think he knows what I'm talking about? Of course not.. I asked about cname's (so I could run this particular app that needed big execution times on my DH) and he directed me to a records... What use could I have with that? It took some prodding in the right direction but I finally managed to steer him back on track... I don't care how "bad" Dreamhost's outages are- they are still far more competent than Bluehost and what's the use of speedy support if they take 20min to help you with a couple of very simple issues? Bluehost has TERRIBLE support. I like their turnaround times- that’s no problem, but from what I heard, they know nothing about their own servers!

Here’s the deal: Standard php.ini. Some things can be changed, but others (execution time, memory limits etc) can not. I asked if I could install my own copy of php as a custom handler in .htaccess… You think he knows what I’m talking about? Of course not..

I asked about cname’s (so I could run this particular app that needed big execution times on my DH) and he directed me to a records… What use could I have with that? It took some prodding in the right direction but I finally managed to steer him back on track…

I don’t care how “bad” Dreamhost’s outages are- they are still far more competent than Bluehost and what’s the use of speedy support if they take 20min to help you with a couple of very simple issues?

]]> By: butter http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-187061 butter Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:29:29 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-187061 well i tried 3 of them -- hostgator.// bluehost / dream host/ all are good with up time. great backup and support by all of them. rally hard to distinguish till u have very specific requirements, or money factor well i tried 3 of them — hostgator.// bluehost / dream host/ all are good with up time. great backup and support by all of them. rally hard to distinguish till u have very specific requirements, or money factor

]]> By: underground http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-183900 underground Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:42:44 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-183900 I started my website a few months ago with Bluehost and I've had a good experience. I did lose my website for a few minutes when a story hit the front page of some really busy sites, but I was able to access my options and re-optimize some things based on the generated error logs. In 5 minutes when the site came up with a few settings changed, it handled all the traffic for the rest of the day without any lag or errors. I started my website a few months ago with Bluehost and I’ve had a good experience. I did lose my website for a few minutes when a story hit the front page of some really busy sites, but I was able to access my options and re-optimize some things based on the generated error logs. In 5 minutes when the site came up with a few settings changed, it handled all the traffic for the rest of the day without any lag or errors.

]]> By: Trent http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-161183 Trent Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:48:03 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/04/bluehost-vs-dreamhost/#comment-161183 I use bluehost. They are great, but seem to be slow at times. There support is excellent! I had a technician sit on the phone with me for 40 minutes to setup Tidy for PHP 4. I use bluehost. They are great, but seem to be slow at times. There support is excellent! I had a technician sit on the phone with me for 40 minutes to setup Tidy for PHP 4.

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