Comments on: Elbow Grease

By: RazDreams

RazDreams — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:42:40 +0000

wow. sounds like JesSiCa is really close to helping you solve your problem.

By: Coelecanth

Coelecanth — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 19:13:54 +0000

Uhmm, have you tried Holy Water? If not that then maybe some widdershins action would be in order.

By: JesSiCa

JesSiCa — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:25:50 +0000

Ok i just have to say 1 thing Paris hilton is ma favorite person ever im upssesd (but not lyk in a weird way ) she is beautiful people say i look lyk her (except i dun got her nose) she da best person alive i have da excaxt personaltit nd looks so shut up who hate her i dun kare about any oder star only paris hilton angelina jolie is pretty but paris is better so all u haters shut up

By: claytor

claytor — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 18:02:47 +0000

I have two sites with ipower, and have been very unhappy with the support over the last year. It was only after threatening to leave did I get any real assistance.

It seems they may have just gotten to big to support their customer base, unfortunately.

If you do switch, or find a host with decent rates and service - do post.

By: blurb

blurb — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:20:45 +0000

Honored,

When I first started using iPower they were much better than hosts I’d used in the past. And I’ve had little to complain about. They have been cheap and I’ve only had a few hours of weirdness with this site over the course of a couple of years. I’ve referred a ton of friends to them, but lately, it seems like things have gotten worse.

Over the past 10 years, I’ve watched small hosting companies with excellent service grow and either become horrible or sell to a horrible company. I’ve seen this half a dozen times. With the automation of hosting software, and the cheapening of plans, it has seemed that it doesn’t really matter who hosts your site.

I’m rethinking this. I’ll continue to post of the 3hive/iPower saga. If we can’t fix it on iPower, we’ll be moving.

The other thing is that you seem to think we host mp3s on 3hive. We do not. We merely find music by artists we think is good and they have legally available mp3s for download.

By: schmutzie

schmutzie — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:28:09 +0000

I’m so glad that you’re keeping 3-hive up and working. I became a huge fan of that site a long time ago. Where would I find the music that keeps me cool in my thirties without you guys?

By: HonoredToComment

HonoredToComment — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:15:31 +0000

I wish I could offer you more than what I have to say, and I thought of saying this many times before but held off. Your design knowledge is far superior to mine, but I’ve been active in the web hosting industry for many years.

I believe your host is at fault on this one. I was always amazed you used them, a host know for mediocre services and support.

I can only suggest Site5 for a site with space and bandwidth requirements such as yours. When I have a client that will use 50 GB of bandwidth, even when I charge them a huge monthly fee, I place them at Site5 instead of on one of my dedicated servers. They’re at LiquidWeb’s datacenter and have been in business since 1999. They have an impeccable history, I can expect their support to answer within an hour, usually minutes.

Moving hosts isn’t easy, but you have to weigh whether it’s worth the time instead of dealing with constant issues.

By: 72feetabovesealevel

72feetabovesealevel — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:48:32 +0000

Sounds like what you need is a shot of Knob Creek. I’d run my bottle over to ya, but SLC’s, like, a 13 hour drive from Tacoma.

By: blurb

blurb — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:55:18 +0000

Mark, nope, still locked out. And not one word from iPower support.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:07:42 +0000

Dude,
You need to understand that some of us live vicariously through Blurbomat whilst at work as Heather uses to many faecal related words that it gets blocked by Webmarshal. So, while I have come to obsess over your site as much as that of your wife, and have grown to love you dearly because:
a) you look a lot like Jason Lee
b) you remind me of my hubbie who puts up with had-baby-will-go-crazy-now wives like me and all the unrelated melodrama we like to fill our lives with
c) you love your life and family and are not ashamed or embarrased to sing it from internet-equivalent rooftops

you’ve got to give us some warning when you’re gonna start geek-speaking. I know its important to you and hell, its your site so you write whatever you like, but I think my eyes are bleeding.