Comments on: Network Problems http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/ Information about DreamHost Services Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:57:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Karl http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-38832 Karl Wed, 30 May 2007 01:31:25 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-38832 We switched our web hosting to Dreamhost, expecting much more than we are receiving. The reliability of the web site appears to be good, but the Email service is bordering on attrocious. Considering the STMP server issues were presumably resolved over a week ago, why do we continue to have to suffer?? I requested an account test three times in the last several weeks, yet the message continues to come back that my account has not been tested the last month! What gives? We switched our web hosting to Dreamhost, expecting much more than we are receiving. The reliability of the web site appears to be good, but the Email service is bordering on attrocious. Considering the STMP server issues were presumably resolved over a week ago, why do we continue to have to suffer??

I requested an account test three times in the last several weeks, yet the message continues to come back that my account has not been tested the last month! What gives?

]]> By: Mike http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37447 Mike Thu, 24 May 2007 08:17:34 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37447 <blockquote>Is there a backlog of e-mail that’s still causing a slowdown?</blockquote>What was support's answer to that question, when you submitted a support ticket through the panel?

Is there a backlog of e-mail that’s still causing a slowdown?

What was support’s answer to that question, when you submitted a support ticket through the panel?

]]> By: AncientPC http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37397 AncientPC Thu, 24 May 2007 06:24:33 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37397 Is there a backlog of e-mail that's still causing a slowdown? I'm getting e-mail after a 90-120 minute delay (they've been sitting on dreamhost servers after looking at the mail headers). Is there a backlog of e-mail that’s still causing a slowdown? I’m getting e-mail after a 90-120 minute delay (they’ve been sitting on dreamhost servers after looking at the mail headers).

]]> By: Mike http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37066 Mike Tue, 22 May 2007 23:47:03 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37066 Shawn doesn't care about loading times. He's just here to be a spamming piece of trash. Shawn doesn’t care about loading times. He’s just here to be a spamming piece of trash.

]]> By: Craig Hamnett http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37065 Craig Hamnett Tue, 22 May 2007 23:41:37 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37065 @ shawn Wouldnt trust a webhost whose website take 15 seconds to download, with pages loading extremely slowly... @ shawn

Wouldnt trust a webhost whose website take 15 seconds to download, with pages loading extremely slowly…

]]> By: Shawn http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37057 Shawn Tue, 22 May 2007 22:42:45 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37057 liquidweb.com enjoy a real host liquidweb.com

enjoy a real host

]]> By: Andrew http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37050 Andrew Tue, 22 May 2007 21:10:18 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37050 I think part of the issue is that some people have got dedicated servers with DH and often they too are affected. In any case, for a variety of reasons I'm moving hosts soon, to a VPS. Whilst obviously not as upmarket as a dedicated server, it should suffice for my needs. DH have had their good times and their bad times, the newsletter's are almost always interesting to read, and I will stress that they *have* offered to shift my site onto another server with more proven reliability, so it's not purely for the unreliability issues that I'm moving. Just hope things improve for the rest of you :) I think part of the issue is that some people have got dedicated servers with DH and often they too are affected.

In any case, for a variety of reasons I’m moving hosts soon, to a VPS. Whilst obviously not as upmarket as a dedicated server, it should suffice for my needs.

DH have had their good times and their bad times, the newsletter’s are almost always interesting to read, and I will stress that they *have* offered to shift my site onto another server with more proven reliability, so it’s not purely for the unreliability issues that I’m moving.

Just hope things improve for the rest of you :)

]]> By: Bob http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37042 Bob Tue, 22 May 2007 20:27:07 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37042 8Kb/sec???? Too much bandwidth.... in the broadband era we download from DH at 8Kb/sec.....sigh. 8Kb/sec???? Too much bandwidth…. in the broadband era we download from DH at 8Kb/sec…..sigh.

]]> By: Mike http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37036 Mike Tue, 22 May 2007 19:36:14 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37036 Also, to the "My clients this, my clients that, blah blah blah" crowd: Just tell your clients that all of them combined aren't worth more than $9.95/month to you. I'm sure they'll thank you for your honesty and continue dealing with you. Also, to the “My clients this, my clients that, blah blah blah” crowd:

Just tell your clients that all of them combined aren’t worth more than $9.95/month to you. I’m sure they’ll thank you for your honesty and continue dealing with you.

]]> By: Mike http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37034 Mike Tue, 22 May 2007 19:34:02 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/05/21/network-problems-2/#comment-37034 Some of you need to learn how to do a tracert. Many complain about sites that aren't down. <blockquote>Anyone have expirience with Site5?</blockquote> Site5 is easily the worst host I ever dealt with. If they were a registrar, they'd be Registerfly. They were one of the highest rated when I signed up... 11 months later was another story. <blockquote>DreamHost sucks. That’s why they rented someone’s server for this site.</blockquote> That's easily the stupidest thing posted on this entire page. Any host that DOESN'T do that sucks. You aren't smart enough to figure out why, so I'll explain it. EVERY SINGLE HOST has problem and they know it, so the smart ones (DH) have an off-network site that won't be affected. I guess you're idea of a good host is one that is totally unreachable, even over a minor network problem? Smart. Also, to anyone whining about losing money: You're not, at least not because of DH. If you can't afford a dedicated server, or at least another plan & failover DNS, then your site isn't as important as you pretend is. Here, do this: Next time your site is down, see if Google is down. What? It's not??? You mean Google isn't running on a $9.95 shared hosting account? Who would have thought... Now, figure out how important your site is compared to Google, look at your bank account, then pick a system somewhere between $9.95 and $Google and quit being a cheap whiner. If you can't afford a few data centers, get two dedicated servers (different data centers) that mirror each other. Can't afford that? Get two shared accounts & do the same thing. Can't afford that? Sorry, but your site isn't important. Some of you need to learn how to do a tracert. Many complain about sites that aren’t down.

Anyone have expirience with Site5?

Site5 is easily the worst host I ever dealt with. If they were a registrar, they’d be Registerfly.

They were one of the highest rated when I signed up… 11 months later was another story.

DreamHost sucks.

That’s why they rented someone’s server for this site.

That’s easily the stupidest thing posted on this entire page. Any host that DOESN’T do that sucks.

You aren’t smart enough to figure out why, so I’ll explain it. EVERY SINGLE HOST has problem and they know it, so the smart ones (DH) have an off-network site that won’t be affected.

I guess you’re idea of a good host is one that is totally unreachable, even over a minor network problem? Smart.

Also, to anyone whining about losing money: You’re not, at least not because of DH. If you can’t afford a dedicated server, or at least another plan & failover DNS, then your site isn’t as important as you pretend is.

Here, do this: Next time your site is down, see if Google is down. What? It’s not??? You mean Google isn’t running on a $9.95 shared hosting account? Who would have thought…

Now, figure out how important your site is compared to Google, look at your bank account, then pick a system somewhere between $9.95 and $Google and quit being a cheap whiner.

If you can’t afford a few data centers, get two dedicated servers (different data centers) that mirror each other. Can’t afford that? Get two shared accounts & do the same thing. Can’t afford that? Sorry, but your site isn’t important.

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