Comments on: The web hosting wars in Ireland – Popcorn time! http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-868171 Jim Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-868171 Hmmm, it ain't just the comments that were deleted! Hmmm, it ain’t just the comments that were deleted!

]]> By: Twenty Major http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-609594 Twenty Major Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:49:29 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-609594 How come you deleted all the comments? How come you deleted all the comments?

]]> By: Stephen McCarron http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-609403 Stephen McCarron Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:55:28 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-609403 Hi AJ, I'm sorry you feel you had a bad experience with us in the past - you can read exactly what happened here: http://hosting365status.com/2008/02/07/statement-from-stephen-mccarron/ which details exactly how fast we responded to the issue and how well we communicated. As you said yourself, bad things happen every day, and we've been encouraged by the praise and encouragement we've received from our current customers in this regard. Hi AJ,

I’m sorry you feel you had a bad experience with us in the past – you can read exactly what happened here: http://hosting365status.com/2008/02/07/statement-from-stephen-mccarron/ which details exactly how fast we responded to the issue and how well we communicated. As you said yourself, bad things happen every day, and we’ve been encouraged by the praise and encouragement we’ve received from our current customers in this regard.

]]> By: AJ http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-608739 AJ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:07:48 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-608739 Just for fun I had to reg hosting386.com, let reader draw his/her conclusion as to what I mean. There is no and I mean no love lost between me and h365 after the absolute dire support during one of their many outages one of my customers got. I even remember the posts on the support board thing then too... However, and not lightly (don't want to be seen to defend h365), I will say one thing, bad things happen in IT everyday. Sure you can plan for almost every eventuality, but there is always one that will get you. (You could also add that the web hosting market is saturated and as such margins are decreasing, therefore infrastructure investment decreases, however considering the role of h365 in this market I think its not such an important consideration given their alleged market share and claimed ability) There is however one factor I consider very important when such a problem hits a company. That is how do the cope with such problems when they arise? Its obvious from what I have read thus far, that the lessons of past have yet to be learned by h365. Having experience of them before, I have no hesitation in telling people to go look elsewhere, and have done so for many years now with much success. I now host all essential services (bar one I think which is with BK) in France where I get massive bandwidth, great power but most important of all the most excellent support. Even paying top dollar in .fr I am saving circa Eur 20K pa. I do however use Blacknight for some stuff, and have no hesitation in recommending them. Good, honest guys and gals whom sort out a customer when there is a problem (As of posting date). Thats all you want when things go wrong after all, someone to help put the pieces back together as soon as possible. /me goes back to sleep Just for fun I had to reg hosting386.com, let reader draw his/her conclusion as to what I mean.

There is no and I mean no love lost between me and h365 after the absolute dire support during one of their many outages one of my customers got. I even remember the posts on the support board thing then too…

However, and not lightly (don’t want to be seen to defend h365), I will say one thing, bad things happen in IT everyday. Sure you can plan for almost every eventuality, but there is always one that will get you. (You could also add that the web hosting market is saturated and as such margins are decreasing, therefore infrastructure investment decreases, however considering the role of h365 in this market I think its not such an important consideration given their alleged market share and claimed ability)

There is however one factor I consider very important when such a problem hits a company. That is how do the cope with such problems when they arise? Its obvious from what I have read thus far, that the lessons of past have yet to be learned by h365. Having experience of them before, I have no hesitation in telling people to go look elsewhere, and have done so for many years now with much success.

I now host all essential services (bar one I think which is with BK) in France where I get massive bandwidth, great power but most important of all the most excellent support. Even paying top dollar in .fr I am saving circa Eur 20K pa.

I do however use Blacknight for some stuff, and have no hesitation in recommending them. Good, honest guys and gals whom sort out a customer when there is a problem (As of posting date).

Thats all you want when things go wrong after all, someone to help put the pieces back together as soon as possible.

/me goes back to sleep

]]> By: Stephen McCarron http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-608251 Stephen McCarron Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:55:55 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-608251 @Paul - Definitely spammy Paul - they emailed all of our customers (albeit an old list, no doubt from when Mr. King left us). We're assisting a few in lodging formal spam complaints. It's good to know that when there are issues the industry rallies. @Paul – Definitely spammy Paul – they emailed all of our customers (albeit an old list, no doubt from when Mr. King left us). We’re assisting a few in lodging formal spam complaints. It’s good to know that when there are issues the industry rallies.

]]> By: Paul Clerkin http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-608245 Paul Clerkin Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:50:41 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-608245 What I thought was interesting was that Digiweb took the opportunity of h365's problems to email me (and probably others) overing their services. Very quick off the mark. But also kind of spammy. What I thought was interesting was that Digiweb took the opportunity of h365’s problems to email me (and probably others) overing their services. Very quick off the mark. But also kind of spammy.

]]> By: Evert Bopp http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-608174 Evert Bopp Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:07:05 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-608174 That should of course read: www.hostingthreesixfive.com That should of course read: http://www.hostingthreesixfive.com

]]> By: Evert Bopp http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-608171 Evert Bopp Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-608171 Not interested in becoming involved in the bitching but though that it was funny that www.hostingthreesixfive was still available.... Not interested in becoming involved in the bitching but though that it was funny that http://www.hostingthreesixfive was still available….

]]> By: Trinity http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-607758 Trinity Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:25:08 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-607758 Those pink trunks just scared the bejazus outa me! Those pink trunks just scared the bejazus outa me!

]]> By: Daniel Briem http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/comment-page-1/#comment-607516 Daniel Briem Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:30:05 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/12/the-web-hosting-wars-in-ireland-popcorn-time/#comment-607516 Yep I work for Digiweb which is something Damien is very much aware of however what I do in my freetime for myself has no relation to who I work for. In regards to the sheer bigotry I am seeing here towards the beautiful art of German techno is sickening. German techno is the soundship of the future and scooter is its captain ;) Yep I work for Digiweb which is something Damien is very much aware of however what I do in my freetime for myself has no relation to who I work for. In regards to the sheer bigotry I am seeing here towards the beautiful art of German techno is sickening. German techno is the soundship of the future and scooter is its captain ;)

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