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They need to fix that
ICANN ticket ID ZVI-323-88835
Apparently there are 2 owners: Ryan and Matt. There are some good quotes on this thread starting about November 6th:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/69902-awesome-minecraft-hosting-ddos-protection/page__st__1580
Here's a couple of Ryan Morgan's sites:
mobileaxiom.com -web design, consulting
virtualprivateinternet.com deadpooled VPN provider (short life: launched in February)
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/virtual-private-internet
company name VPI Networks LLC
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VirtualPrivateInternet?filter=2
...and here's the other owner Matt Reid:
http://themattreid.com/wordpress/
http://myip.ms/view/ip_owners/191258/Matt_Reid.html
https://bitbucket.org/themattreid
No it isn't "typical of Canada", it's symptomatic of the industry, not the country. And as a Canadian I think it's a pretty shitty thing to say.
Giving away up to 10 IPv4 for that price is already unsustainable.
Agreed on this one. Do not take it out on all of the people just because some are jerks.
I would like to clarify that the "Brandon" that used to run PH did a good job. It just seems like he made a mistake in who he sold it to.
Yeah I agree that is it was a huge mistake on how he sold it, but he had to.
For everyone that received that ticket, I apologize. I wish there was something I can do, but unfortunately, after what happened; I can't do anything anymore. Also, Matt does not work with Provision Host anymore, he passed it on to Ryan 9 days ago. I had a chat with Marius on Skype today.
Skype Chat: http://pastebin.com/qKwn252U
I was really surprised that Ryan did this, along with all his other foolish mistakes that Ryan and Matt made in the past 2 months. Brandon did a fantastic job running Provision Host and I wish he was still with them to assist you guys further. You guys can see why I quit because of the horrible mistakes that Ryan and Matt were making. If I was still there, I would have tried as much as I can to stop them from doing this; but unfortunately I only have contact with Marius now.
I highly suggest you submit a ticket regarding this and try to get a pro-rated refund for the months you did not receive the service you paid for, because this was not an invalid coupon code.
Regards,
Omid, Former Provision Host Manager
Email: [email protected]
Skype: omidmah1
yeah im in canada and i try to be patriotic and buy from canadian co.. but the way its working i seem to get screwed! pretty much ever canadian hosting i have been with have made a dissappearance one way or another..then again this is my personal experience so no need to take offense..
yes maybe i could have phrased it better.. i dont mean canada as a whole
OK, if you're Canadian you're allowed to bash Canadian providers
And your search is over.... https://www.lfchosting.com/vps-plans/
Not only Canadian, but the best VPS provider I've every used, period. (And I'm well into year 2 with them). Go Xen.
I did not really think you had meant that. Just pointing out it sounded like that is all. You seem like a good guy and so are most of the people here. Even @sleddog is a good guy even if he sounds a bit grumpy at times. :-)
I am kind of skeptical you guys will see a dime of your money back. If they have changed the promo they more then likely will not refund you either. Hate to say it but you guys may be screwed in the end.......
I doubt that raising a ticket for a pro rata refund is going to get you anywhere, they bought the host and managed to overlook the fact many customers were on a pre paid annual plan. Pretty basic due diligence failure there.
So they are charging $24.95 to make the money they thought they were going to.
How 'bout an update @Brandon?
Why would you buy a company and then do this? Talk about now doing your due diligence..
Stick to well know VPS providers and you won't have these kind of problems. If you need something in Canada checkout MyCustomHosting or LFC.
How this make any sense? ProvisionHost were more known than MyCustomHosting with few OVH nodes.
LFC is different story of course.
Also bear in mind that when Brandon (who I assume is based in Canada) was running the shop, it went pretty well, it was only after he sold it to two Americans (granted a public announcement should have been made but it is generally up to the discretion of the new owners) that they basically sank the ship.
So if anything, it wasn't Canadians who made ProvisionHost the way it is now.
Note: By no means I want to start a "Canadians are great, Americans not" type of argument, just stating some facts and honestly it is so much tougher for Canadian low end VPS business to stay afloat because of the higher bandwidth and power costs (and less volume in general). I mean yes, BHS is cheap but how many of you would really be THAT happy with OVH services?
I'm just waiting for the ProvisionHost Refugee offers...
I'm very happy with my OVH services (dedicated servers in France) but I would never buy a VPS from anyone who is renting their servers from OVH because OVH has a long history of shutting down VPS providers for abuse, tossing their servers into rescue mode or canceling the servers.
Instead of blaming Canadians or Americans, why don't we just blame "people who have limited experience running a business". The new owner doesn't exactly have a sparkling track record. His last venture, a VPN provider, deadpooled in less than a year.
This...since we are talking about a VPS provider here, I think this applies to most of us.
Agree as well, I was just trying to make a point on what @earl has said
Very unlikely for servers in Peer1, probably BHS
Looks like I'm going to have to raise a support ticket with these guys - wish me luck....
Gee, people, last time I checked Canada was in America, even more, in North America...
So, yeah, Canadians are Americans too.
That said a crook is a crook, has no nationality, religion or color. Same as for the good people.
Hehe
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Also bear in mind that when Brandon (who I assume is based in Canada) was running the shop, it went pretty well, it was only after he sold it to two Americans (granted a public announcement should have been made but it is generally up to the discretion of the new owners) that they basically sank the ship.
Hmm.. not sure how you can say that Brandon is not responsible for this.. he created a pump and dump co. probably fully realizing that this offer is not sustainable, maybe he had a bigger plan that did not pan out, who knows but essentially this is the results of his actions.
When everyone is giving him $48/yr I'm sure it was quite easy to pay the bills and create the facade that the co is making money!
Essentially he did the same thing as making a run for it, except he suckered the new owners into taking responsibility for his actions.. no different then say what Ben from RackVM did except he passed the buck and the blame to the new owners.
Did Brandon even send clients news of this new ownership? if he had righteous intent I would think that that would be the thing to do. If not then I would assume he is trying to sneak his way out..
I'm not sure how profitable the co is now.. but for what it's worth, I'm sure it easier for Brandon to run a smooth operation when he had all that funds from the yearly deal.. now I'm guessing the new owners is doing damage control which I don't think will be so easy.
And this thing about Canada.. as I said before, yes! I could have been more specific but I thought it was implied when I started ranting about the hosting industry that I was not speaking of canada as a whole.. Again this is my personal experience and maybe yours is different but I have not had any luck going with a canadian co for hosting.. I mean you can call crap what ever you like, but it still don't change the fact that it stinks!
Oh god, let's not start this again
You should remove order link, untill you see what they do to the price.
What's the RAM?
Oh god, let's not start this again
Canadians fought the War of 1821 to ensure that we won't be labelled as Americans
It is unfortunate that the US decided to add the name of the continent in the name of their own country though
They seem to have a problem coming up with original names and like to borrow others.... New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Orleans...
LOL...
Back to topic, I think the only provider that really lasted for a long time was LFCVPS in Canada, and their last LEB offer in Montreal still seems to be valid and it is not with BHS:
http://lowendbox.com/blog/loose-foot-computing-lfcvps-29-40yearly-xen-pv-montreal-denver/
However there is no mention on how much extra IPv4 would cost.
Mexico and Greenland are also considered to be part of North America. If Canadians are Americans then Greenlanders should definitely be considered to be Americans too since Greenland's original inhabitants migrated to it from Nunavut, Canada 4000-4500 years ago... :P
disclosure #1: my grandfather immigrated to the US from Canada so in his case a Canadian was an American too :P
disclosure #2: I spent a week in Nunavut in 1998. :P
//end of troll
Back to topic, Servarica provides Xen VPS's out of Cologix in Montreal and the reviews have been favorable.
Heads up guys, it would appear that the new owner is not an asshole like Brandon. He apologized and issued a refund.