For the last three weeks or more this blog has been rocky. Godaddy had server problems last month that they wouldn’t own up to until they had waltzed me through a bunch of trace route bullshit that had nothing to do with the cause of the spotty service and lengthy outage. Since then, connecting here has been hit or miss. Today it was so bad that a friend complained and I put in another problem call. Do a trace route, they said. I moved to another location behind a firewall and got an interesting error message that I shared with them instead of the trace route. Okay then, reconfigure your name servers, they said. So I entered the new name server names that they specified and settled down for a 48 hour wait while the new address propagates. But when this is done, if things ain’t just spiffy. Then I’m moving to a new host. Recommendations of reputable domain hosting services for WordPress blogs gladly accepted in the comments.
Thanks.
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I like Dreamhost see dreamhost.com
Good service, good technical support, one click install for Wordpress (and others) etc etc.
That said there will be problems - you’re not paying for a minion to stand in the server room 24×7 ready to leap into action at the drop of a hat. But they’re seldom long lasting and I’ve never gotten the run around from tech support.
I went through this a couple of years back, looking at everybody out there. Dreamhost won. And is still winning. They give you more disk space, bandwidth, and email addresses than you could ever use, all at a competitive price.
They have a status site located on servers elsewhere so even if they are completely down (I have not experienced that) you can retrieve status. Get the premium level service or whatever they call it. They’re good, they respond, and they have a fantastic sense of humor…
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