BE RIGHT BACK.
Yeah! (if you are reading this text….. then our move to the new site is complete)
If you need to email me today, use adam [at] nollmeyer.net
if you are getting a bounce back from an acmephotography.net email
This post is here to let you know that this site may be 1/2 up and 1/2 down as the DNS propagates to a new host, everything will look the same, except that this post will not be there…
….unless I republish it.
*edited…. I’ve decided to keep this post up, because I would be upset if I signed up for a lousy host because someone deleted a well deserved post.
I’ve been with Host Department for over 5 years I believe. I was never a power user, but recently their hosting services has been more of a “non-service” than a service. I believe this web host goes by hostdepartment.com and hostdepartment.net The supposed owner / chairman is Jimmy Tanzil.
I subscribed to some different “uptime” tracking tools and every week they would be down for 1/2hr to 2 hours at least one day per week. In fact last week they were down for…. 3 hours one day and 14 hours another. Here is a report via HostTracker.com
Total uptime:96.57% Downtime:21 hour(s) 14 min(s)
Weekly uptime:88.76% (fail in my book) Downtime:18 hour(s) 52 min(s)
Day 2008-05-04 Uptime:100.00%
Day 2008-05-03 Uptime:37.78% Downtime:14 hour(s) 55 min(s) = maga FAIL
Day 2008-05-02 Uptime:100.00%
Day 2008-05-01 Uptime:83.55% Downtime:3 hour(s) 56 min(s) = another failure
Day 2008-04-30 Uptime:100.00%
Day 2008-04-29 Uptime:100.00%
Day 2008-04-28 Uptime:100.00%
What’s almost as bad as this type of downtime is their “Uptime Guarantee”
99.99% Uptime Guarantee
We guarantee that your website will be up all through the year! However, if your website uptime should be lower than 89.9%, we will give you a full refund of your hosting charges for that particular effected month. Please see your Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for additional details.
So they say that they are, or rather should be at 99.99%, yet they really only mean 90% uptime. Say what you mean Host Department, or go back to school to learn better math!
This blog post is not meant as a review however if you are wondering which web host to use, I can tell you that host department sucks.
Who should you use? I hate to sound political, but ANYONE BUT HOSTDEPARTMENT ( also 1&1 stinks too) They both suck and are evil.
See you on the flip side.* I’ll probably flip the switch later tonight.
(*Edited…. Yeah, if you see this text we’re already on the new host)
Adam Nollmeyer
http://acmephotography.net