Not sure I would ever have put my trust in a host called go daddy lol...




On 31 May 2011 11:48, Michael Iv <[email protected]> wrote:

> *|I've been getting quite a few email about the website being down, this
> is due to "one and one" being the worst hosting provider, domain registrar
> and technical support in the world. *
>
> You are wrong dude.The worst in the world is GODADDY.com
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Darcey Lloyd <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been getting quite a few email about the website being down, this is
>> due to *"one and one" *being the worst hosting provider, domain registrar
>> and technical support in the world.
>>
>> The website is still running just under the .com only for now, the 
>> .co.ukdomains will be restored soon.
>>
>> http://www.allforthecode.com/aftc/forum/user/modules/forum/away3d.php?index=4
>>
>> www.allforthecode.com
>>
>> If you find anything linking .co.uk just change to .com in address for
>> now and let me know about the redirect.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Darcey
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *What's the problem with one and one? and why the change you may ask?*
>>
>> *1. Firewalls*
>> I use my hosting space for a lot of work and a fair bit of traffic via
>> http and ftp. I started an upload of about 1GB of files and then found
>> myself firewalled on their servers. Took 4 days to get it fixed, tried the
>> upload again with settings in the ftp client they said their servers need
>> and same again. 20 days later same problem! I sent an email to support and
>> they just came back with a couple of reasons why it's happening, which is
>> what I stated to them in the original email.
>>
>> *2. Technical support*
>> I call the technical support, (quite a quick response time for picking up
>> the phone). I've had phone conversations stating, your IP address is blocked
>> via ftp and http (my IP is fixed), please wait 4 hours and try again.
>> Waited, no change, call again, new quoted time, waited, no change (repeat a
>> lot).
>>
>> So after all the above I had urgent work to preview to clients so
>> purchased a new host with the .com and moved everything to that. But the
>> problems didn't end there...
>>
>> *3. Sales at one and one - An attempt to cancel and transfer domain via
>> telephone (online app error'd)*
>> Have you ever called sales department at one and one? No? Don't try to,
>> they don't pick up the phone, option 2 is tech support option 1 is sales.
>> I've never had them pick up. So I was unable to cancel my hosting packages
>> and domains via telephone.
>>
>> *4. An attempt to cancel and transfer domain via email** (online app
>> error'd)*
>> After a few days and a few emails requesting the cancellation of all
>> services from them and some .co.uk domain name updates they email me with
>> go to their accounts website and login. The reason I was trying to go via
>> telephone and/or email is because the online system failed and gave me an
>> error which I stated in the emails.
>>
>> *5. I actually get to talk to someone about cancellation and domain
>> transfers*
>> After a lot of emails, I finally get a number to call to talk to someone
>> to sort this out. I explain to them cnames, name servers and that I want no
>> accounts left with one and one, only to find that both .co.uk domains go
>> down. So now I call technical support and email at the same time with all
>> the details and help pages from my new provider on how to do this. Email
>> response is log into the accounts application and change there which results
>> in an error and technical supports advice was the same, I said it errors and
>> they said they will sort it.
>>
>> and finally after all that, I start to receive more responses from support
>> saying why I've been firewalled! lol
>>
>> One and One at your own risk.
>>
>>
>>  Darcey
>>
>>
>>
>> I am in the process of moving away from them, you can visit the site on
>> the .com till the .co.uk domain names are back online so any of your
>> saved links will still work once I have contacted nominet.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> not to worry it's still there it just my host and domain registrar (now
>> old) not knowing what to do. Please use the .com for now:
>> www.AllForTheCode.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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