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Unsubscribing from AlphaRacks SPAM

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  • ClouviderClouvider Member, Patron Provider

    @iHavenoName said:
    To clear up any confusion, yes, I got a cheap as fuck vps (using for a VPN) and though I paid to upgrade the port to 1gbps, these were the results, which are far below the performance of others I've tested:

    muhVPN:~# wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test -O /dev/null
    --2019-01-16 19:56:00-- http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
    Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)... 205.234.175.175
    Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
    Saving to: '/dev/null'

    100%[=============================================================>] 104,857,600 10.7MB/s in 9.9s

    2019-01-16 19:56:10 (10.1 MB/s) - '/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]

    I'm a novice by most standards, but when this is the result before and after "we have increased your vps speed", or "there must be port congestion, please check later", I'm letting people know what to expect.

    While I’m not defending them, that’s not how the Internet works at all. Same applies to @TomboJones response.

  • @Clouvider said:

    @iHavenoName said:
    To clear up any confusion, yes, I got a cheap as fuck vps (using for a VPN) and though I paid to upgrade the port to 1gbps, these were the results, which are far below the performance of others I've tested:

    muhVPN:~# wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test -O /dev/null
    --2019-01-16 19:56:00-- http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
    Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)... 205.234.175.175
    Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
    Saving to: '/dev/null'

    100%[=============================================================>] 104,857,600 10.7MB/s in 9.9s

    2019-01-16 19:56:10 (10.1 MB/s) - '/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]

    I'm a novice by most standards, but when this is the result before and after "we have increased your vps speed", or "there must be port congestion, please check later", I'm letting people know what to expect.

    While I’m not defending them, that’s not how the Internet works at all. Same applies to @TomboJones response.

    You really need to form a response instead of the shit you say. It's almost like you deny real world results and just flat out say the pipe between the two endpoints will always negate performance issues in the datacenter. Links can be repeatedly tested and characterized.

    No one is saying you should get maximum port speed always, but if you can't EVER reach above 100Mbps on a gigabit port, something is wrong.

    Thanked by 1uptime
  • The only thing wrong is the expectations of some people. $15/year for a vps on a gigabit port.. only possible on an oversold node. If everyone takes the gigabit upgrade and there are hundreds of vps on the node, it's a miracle you are even getting close to 100mbits.

    Thanked by 1hostdare
  • @teamacc said:

    @Razza said:

    teamacc said: Well, just tried subscribing to their newsletter on a fresh email account. Will let you know how that goes.

    Am betting it won't be long until the spam begin to arrive, do they have a page you can subscribe to their newsletter on or do they use the scummy method just auto subscribe you to marketing junk when you open a client account.

    I've sent them a ticket asking to be subscribed. To be fair, the email tied to it is alpharacksspamgoeshere@domain so they might not oblige.

    Well they replied that I should create an account with them.... Don't want to though. Let's see if they send their spam to whomever used their ticket system though.

  • mfsmfs Banned, Member

    I'm sure some of you already employed this: as a matter of habit I use email aliases whenever I subscribe to new services without a proven record. E.g. if I want to try scamhost.com, I may set up scamhost@my_domain.com just for them; so that I'm generally able to kill abusive addresses/unsubscribe "the hard way"
    If you can't handle aliases easily, spamgourmet comes to mind as well

    just my two spare eurocents

    Thanked by 2eol uptime
  • This latest Alpharacks email doesn't even pretend to include an unsubscribe link, lol.

    Apparently Gmail has noticed people's issues with their email practices too:

  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    Premium A.I, drops your SPAM but also your PornHub premium notifications, sad.

  • @Neoon said:
    Premium A.I, drops your SPAM but also your PornHub premium notifications, sad.

    Just another premium scam on LET

  • miaumiau Member
    edited January 2019

    @dahartigan said:
    The only thing wrong is the expectations of some people. $15/year for a vps on a gigabit port.. only possible on an oversold node. If everyone takes the gigabit upgrade and there are hundreds of vps on the node, it's a miracle you are even getting close to 100mbits.

    The real problem is when I was promised 1gbps port but actually getting 5mbps

    Is it unreasonable to expect at least 100mbps speed?
    I paid some real shitty other VPS provider out there $2 annual but still gat decent speed to APAC

  • FHRFHR Member, Host Rep

    @miau said:

    @dahartigan said:
    The only thing wrong is the expectations of some people. $15/year for a vps on a gigabit port.. only possible on an oversold node. If everyone takes the gigabit upgrade and there are hundreds of vps on the node, it's a miracle you are even getting close to 100mbits.

    The real problem is when I was promised 1gbps port but actually getting 5mbps

    Is it unreasonable to expect at least 100mbps speed?
    I paid some real shitty other VPS provider out there $2 annual but still gat decent speed to APAC

    I see 27.9MB/s, which translates to 230Mbps-ish.

    Thanked by 1doghouch
  • miaumiau Member
    edited January 2019

    @FHR said:

    I see 27.9MB/s, which translates to 230Mbps-ish.

    Yeah right you just have to see that one. I bet whatever you provide have the same level of quality since it is 230mbps-ish 100meter away from your server so there is no problem.

    Thanked by 1imok
  • As though tempting fate, I just got some w00t spam after unsubscribing from AlphaRacks (yet again). I'm not claiming they're directly related, but damn is that good timing.

    Thanked by 1wtfcook
  • How much time apart. Mine was 2 days from unsubscribing to nfp (for the 8th time) to when I got the w00t spam.

  • @wtfcook said:
    How much time apart. Mine was 2 days from unsubscribing to nfp (for the 8th time) to when I got the w00t spam.

    As a matter of fact, it was 2 days.

  • teamacc said: Just forward all emails received from them to their ticket email. See how long it takes them to unsub you from their lists.

    lol

  • doghouchdoghouch Member
    edited January 2019

    It took a while but w00t, HostMyBytes and AlphaRacks' emails are automatically put into spam now:

  • @Letzien said:

    @wtfcook said:
    How much time apart. Mine was 2 days from unsubscribing to nfp (for the 8th time) to when I got the w00t spam.

    As a matter of fact, it was 2 days.

    Another one today

  • deankdeank Member, Troll

    Not good enough. The emails should be deleted on spot instead of going into spam folder.

  • Replied to their last email with just : Unsubscribe me!

    Got an email saying I needed to enter the ticket online, but then 10 minutes later I received this email:

    Maybe this one will be the last. ( I doubt it though)

  • @wtfcook said:
    Replied to their last email with just : Unsubscribe me!

    Got an email saying I needed to enter the ticket online, but then 10 minutes later I received this email:

    Maybe this one will be the last. ( I doubt it though)

    Looks quite a bit like the rest of their spam.

  • deankdeank Member, Troll
    edited January 2019

    Pretty sure that your email has been marked "premium" (AKA verified email address) and sold later.

    Thanked by 3uptime NanoG6 MrPsycho
  • @deank said:
    Pretty sure that your email has been marked "premium" (AKA verified email address) and sold later.

    That's fine. I like fucking with companies like this. You should see my support ticket marathon with nfp over 3 weeks.

  • deankdeank Member, Troll

    Whatever floats your goat.

    I just wish I can make my spam folder delete everything every 666 seconds.

  • I keep forwarding all CC, AlphaCracks, etc to [email protected]. I am hoping they will take a look one say and WTF and ban all the sites from google for their shit.

    I know, I know, but I can hope can't I?

    Thanked by 1uptime
  • deankdeank Member, Troll

    Hope is what kills ya.

    So, I kill hope.

  • @deank said:
    Whatever floats your goat.

    I just wish I can make my spam folder delete everything every 666 seconds.

    Hell, even ESR figured out how to do this, even if unintentionally.

  • @Clouvider said:
    While I’m not defending them, that’s not how the Internet works at all. Same applies to @TomboJones response.

    I'm not a rube, I know we can't expect max speed on a shared port, but when I see that connection speeds, at most, hit 1/10th the port on various tests, that tells me there is a limitation set by the provider in WHMCS. I understand why they'd put a limit on a vps, but they should understand people are going to call them on it.

    I've run the same tests on different providers and all have a speed that is commensurate to the port.
    SupremeVps (ColoCross): 126MB/s port, speed on 2 vps is ~80MB/s
    CrownCloud (Quadra): 126MB/s port, speed is ~65MB/s
    SolvedByData (ColoCross): 126MB/s port, speed is ~64MB/s

    AlphaRacks: 126MB/s port, speed is a most ~10.8MB/s

  • @wtfcook said:
    Replied to their last email with just : Unsubscribe me!

    Got an email saying I needed to enter the ticket online, but then 10 minutes later I received this email:

    Maybe this one will be the last. ( I doubt it though)

    In all the world, was there ever an unsubscribe request by mistake? Especially Fuck the ones that you need to enter your email to unsubscribe and still see the message asking if it was a mistake.

  • lbftlbft Member
    edited January 2019

    And AlphaRacks have sent another one, this time about "Cyber Monday" offers. Are they in financial difficulty or something?

    This level of desperation usually means someone's on the verge of deadpooling.

  • And AlphaRacks have sent another one, this time about "Cyber Monday" offers. Are they in financial difficulty or something?

    This level of desperation usually means someone's on the verge of deadpooling.

    Where is the popcorn, looks like we will need it?

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