I host dllhell.net at WebFaction. They’re a shared Linux host that I use for this blog and my non-ASP.NET experiments. I moved this blog there after my well documented troubles with this site when hosted at Ultima Hosts.
On Saturday, I noticed the site was down. It stayed that way for about 48 hours. Normally I’d be pretty livid, but… So when a transformer explodes and takes out three walls in the data center, I’m a little more forgiving. Also, they were and always have been transparent about their outages. I like that in a host. Ultima covered its tracks after its last major outage. I don’t like that in a host.
As for WebHost4Life… These guys are still pretty solid. I check my sites several times throughout the day to make sure things are running. I’ve yet to catch a single second of downtime. With Ultima, I could find downtime weekly or worse.
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July 26th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Hello!
Which version of MySQL offers WebFaction?
July 29th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hi Andrew,
WebFaction is running MySQL version 5.0.45.
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:11 pm
No longer hosted at ultima hosts, but when I was … boy oh BOY..
Marc Schiavetta is a REAL crook. Tried to jack-up monthly hosting fees w/no advance notice, then unceremoniously deleted my website w/no warning.
Bizarre emails going out to many customers, apparently Mark’s now in Uruguay, where he fled to escape prosecution in Australia.
Anywho, you can google all this for the sordid details. Suffice to say- AVOID Ultimahosts.net at all costs and especially Mark Schiavetta!
September 5th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
The above statement is a complete lie. I actually moved to Uruguay in December 2007. The person in question was sent around 4 emails explaining his plan was being discontinued. He then abused one of our staff members and his account was immediately canceled as per our TOS. Of course we won’t tolerate this type of behavior but it appears to be continued here.