Thread: pgHoster.com woes and looking for a new host
Hi there, Does anyone else here host their sites with pgHoster.com? More to the point, does anyone know what's happened to them? We switched our site to them a couple of months ago and while everything was fine for the first month, during the last few weeks it all went straight to hell. I'll spare you the story, but the current state of things is that our site's been down for a week, support has been nonexistent, e-mails to the company bounce, and as of today *their* site is down. And lucky us, we prepaid for a year. :-( This is the third web host we've been through. At the first, their versions of PHP and PostgreSQL were way out of date and getting tech support of any kind was like pulling teeth. The second claimed they supported PostreSQL while courting the gallery and then once we'd signed up said oops, sorry, we actually only support MySQL. And now the third appears to have disappeared. Obviously we need a new host, but at this point, given our past experiences, I'm a little gunshy. Does anyone know of a host that supports PostgreSQL *and* is actually stable, reliable, and has good, or at least existent, tech support? And is affordable enough for a non-profit art gallery with a relatively small site and smaller budget to handle? Thanks, Lynna -- Resource Centre Database Coordinator Gallery 44: www.gallery44.org Database Project: www.gallery44db.org
On 23/06/2004 19:50 Lynna Landstreet wrote: > Hi there, > > Does anyone else here host their sites with pgHoster.com? More to the > point, > does anyone know what's happened to them? I can't comment on pgHoster as I've never used them. Have you considered the option of hosting your own server on an ADSL line? I use a hybrid system split between static pages served from my IPS's machines and dynamic pages served from a cheapo PC hooked up to my ADSL line. The dynamic content is pg-powered of course :) -- Paul Thomas +------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Thomas Micro Systems Limited | Software Solutions for Business | | Computer Consultants | http://www.thomas-micro-systems-ltd.co.uk | +------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
On Jun 23, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Lynna Landstreet wrote: > Obviously we need a new host, but at this point, given our past > experiences, > I'm a little gunshy. Does anyone know of a host that supports > PostgreSQL > *and* is actually stable, reliable, and has good, or at least > existent, tech > support? And is affordable enough for a non-profit art gallery with a > relatively small site and smaller budget to handle? > Check out 1and1.com - while they don't explicitly support PG you can get yourself a "root server I" and run PG on it.. For only $40/mo! (Granted the box you get isn't terribly beefy, but it works). I use these guys for a couple sites I run and I have yet to have a problem. I know there are some people hanging out on the list that run companies that provide PG hosting. -- Jeff Trout <jeff@jefftrout.com> http://www.jefftrout.com/ http://www.stuarthamm.net/
for the second time this week, i'll plug my host! (i hope he sees all these) after three years, i have nothing but good to say about the folks at www.coastlandtech.com. practically zero downtime, postgres and mysql, no setup fees, and $35 per year. that's no typo, $35 per year. calvin. Lynna Landstreet wrote: > Hi there, > > Does anyone else here host their sites with pgHoster.com? More to the point, > does anyone know what's happened to them? > > We switched our site to them a couple of months ago and while everything was > fine for the first month, during the last few weeks it all went straight to > hell. I'll spare you the story, but the current state of things is that our > site's been down for a week, support has been nonexistent, e-mails to the > company bounce, and as of today *their* site is down. And lucky us, we > prepaid for a year. :-( > > This is the third web host we've been through. At the first, their versions > of PHP and PostgreSQL were way out of date and getting tech support of any > kind was like pulling teeth. The second claimed they supported PostreSQL > while courting the gallery and then once we'd signed up said oops, sorry, we > actually only support MySQL. And now the third appears to have disappeared. > > Obviously we need a new host, but at this point, given our past experiences, > I'm a little gunshy. Does anyone know of a host that supports PostgreSQL > *and* is actually stable, reliable, and has good, or at least existent, tech > support? And is affordable enough for a non-profit art gallery with a > relatively small site and smaller budget to handle? > > Thanks, > > Lynna >
Quoting Jeff <threshar@torgo.978.org>: > > On Jun 23, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Lynna Landstreet wrote: > > Obviously we need a new host, but at this point, given our past > > experiences, > > I'm a little gunshy. Does anyone know of a host that supports > > PostgreSQL > > *and* is actually stable, reliable, and has good, or at least > > existent, tech > > support? And is affordable enough for a non-profit art gallery with a > > relatively small site and smaller budget to handle? > > > > Check out 1and1.com - while they don't explicitly support PG you can > get yourself a "root server I" and run PG on it.. For only $40/mo! > (Granted the box you get isn't terribly beefy, but it works). I use > these guys for a couple sites I run and I have yet to have a problem. > > I know there are some people hanging out on the list that run companies > that provide PG hosting. > > -- > Jeff Trout <jeff@jefftrout.com> > http://www.jefftrout.com/ > http://www.stuarthamm.net/ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > I know this thread is almost a week old but I just wanted to add to this thread and say that a number of us who do host servers with PG are listed at: http://techdocs.postgresql.org/hosting.php <shameless plug> see my signature below :) </shameless plug> -- Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. Director of Networks & Applications VCSN, Inc. http://vcsn.com ____________________________________ This email account is being host by: VCSN, Inc : http://vcsn.com