Noob Hosting Question

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Originally Posted by friendly

Their support staff may not be the best but if you host you should know enough not to need them all the time.

First, let me say that 1and1.com sounds like absolute shit. I wouldn't trust anything to them. I bet they're a bunch of crayon eating idiots.

Next, your statement makes me think you may be a crayon eater too. If a person knows enough not to need any support, then they may as well get a budget unmanaged box and handle it themselves. Otherwise, you want to know that the host has EXCELLENT support. Shit happens, and when it does, I don't want to wait four hours to speak to someone who is sitting there munching on crayons and drooling on himself.

[SheepGuy]

I had a server catch fire a few years ago, it happens sometimes. I was down for about 8 hours while my host re uploaded everything from his backup and was totally up to date about an hour later. I pay slightly more than most and it's worth it. My host is pretty much unknown outside of the adult biz so wouldn't qualify as "popular" but you get what you pay for.