Google for email hosting (BUT: I have free for life account with my domain) and godaddy for domain/DNS hosting.
Network Solutions is really bad for things like renewals and locking you into things. On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:54 PM Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> wrote: > > So what company are you using? > > > At 03:17 PM 1/30/2020, you wrote: > >I will never do any business with Network Solutions for the rest of my > >life. No experience with the godaddy > > > >On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 3:30 PM Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> > >wrote: > > > > > I have been with Godaddy for over two decades. But ever since > > > Godaddy went public the company has been on a downward slope as far > > > as user value is concerned. Over a period of time they have uped > > > their prices and removed their benefits and customer value. In the > > > last couple weeks it took three different tech support agents to > > > figure out and solve a problem with my hosting account. They created > > > the problem when they moved my account from one server to another, > > > and just let me hang for a month. The first two calls were with > > > incompetent agents who should be sent back to school. The third and > > > final agent knew what he was doing and yesterday quickly diagnosed > > > and fixed the problem. But my hosting account did not work properly > > > for a month, not to mention the time I spent on the phone with > > > support. A month can be devastating to a business. > > > > > > Today I got an email notice that one of my domains will loose free > > > email next month. In fact ALL free email accounts will be gone. They > > > are staggering turning them this year so they don't get hit by > > > millions of people all at once. Even domains that have paid hosting > > > accounts loose their free email accounts and will be required to pay > > > $60 a year for EACH user name. I have eight user names on my hosted > > > domaine! > > > > > > So now I am looking for a place that has an established reputation to > > > move my accounts which is going to be a big hassle. To that end I am > > > thinking Network solutions. They provide a 1000 email users with > > > hosting... just like Godaddy use to do. They seem to offer more for > > > less although I fear they will eventually follow suit with Godaddy. > > > > > > Anybody have experience with Network Solutions or any thoughts on > > > what is happening with Godaddy? > > > > > > > >
