Hosting Problems
Due to problems with my hosting service, I have put a load calculator on this site. It will cover the entire globe. Please take time to let me know if this host is worth continuing to use by giving me feedback on load time.
A few seconds is a reasonable time to load. Anything more than 15 to 20 seconds is a problem. With all the hosts available these days, any particular one is not worth wasting time or money on, if the service sucks.
Neither is bad support. It has taken me over a week to get this problem resolved. Then I am told that nothing was ever wrong. Don’t ever turn the problem back on the customer. That will make me leave quicker than anything, whether it is a brick and mortar store, or online business.
– Hal
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Mari:
I can tell you that sometimes the “submit” button doesn’t pop up - but I can guestimate where it is, and it’ll still click. ;) I’m on 1.5meg DSL, but the page seems to “roll” as it loads - think “old fashioned window blind”, if that makes sense. As far as load time, I can’t give you a total because I wasn’t paying attention. :blush: I was reading in my feed reader as the page loaded.
January 2008H:
Thanks for the feedback. I’ve been building sites for years and used a number of different hosts. Only one other time have I ever had trouble.
Generally, it seems to be OK now.
– Hal
January 2008Mari:
No problem.
Have you tried out A Small Orange? I’ve been with them for a year now (since Sept ‘06), and although they’re a small company, I’m very happy with them. When something goes awry with my email or website, nine times out of ten, it’s something I’ve pulled. LOL
January 2008Mari:
Interesting. It’s taking right at two hours for your RSS pings to hit my aggregator. :/
January 2008