In article <ugc854v11p8q.kfqgexd06aou$.dlg@40tude.net>,
news@syntaxnospamservices.co.uk says...
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20
40 -0600, saz wrote:
>
> > In article <18Kxd.5636$RH4.99@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.ne t>,
> > dontwriteme@tshirts.nu says...
> >> Mark Hewitt wrote:
> >>>> "Paul" <post@newsgroup.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:a3ssb7$ujq$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >>>> > Anyone used 1&1 for hosting? No one seems to ever mention them.
> >>>> >
> >>
> >> For what it's worth, I'm working on a site that uses one of their "dedicated
> >> servers".. It's in quotes, because it's hard to believe.
> >> Took me several days before my client could get them to hook up regular port
> >> 21 FTP service.
> >> Also, from time to time, it's really slooowww.. Sometimes slow ftp,
> >> sometimes slow http. Sometimes, both. The server, best as I can determine,
> >> is in Germany. My client (and by coincidence, me too) is in California.
> >> Maybe that has something to do with speed, but I sorta doubt it.
> >>
> >> I notice that they buy a 5 or 6 page ad in PC Magazine. Maybe that's all we
> >> need to know.
> >>
> >> Hope this is helpful.
> >> Bruce
> >>
> >
> > A client of mine was with them for almost a year. No customer service
> > issues, but very slow connections - <5kbs during mid-day hours. He left
> > a few months ago and never looked back.
>
> Who did he go to?
>
>
We moved two of his sites to
www.page-zone.com, since he finally
realized that he did not truly need dedicated servers for those.
The last one he still insisted it had to be dedicated, so we moved that
to
www.gnax.com. No problems to report in the past 3 months.