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Same here.
I take it all back, it's time to wait for some kind of support again... Really should get a racknerd VPS again...3 myw lifetime deals wasted...
wde is down, @MikePT can you help us
He's ignored my support tickets about emails not sending for months.
@MikePT hi buddy all my client sites are down on wde1
also the server/DA panel is unreachable.
Also had to disable notifications for my Uptimerobot and Hetrix. Got notifications up/down all night long still ongoing.
All sites/mail/panel unreachable
the node seems up for more than 100+ days in DA panel, but its disconnecting every 5-10 mins. Seems some webserver/litespeed/DA or network problem!!!
I am trying to reach @MikePT to get some answers. I hope he is ok.
Iirc Mike was with Hetzner, right? Because Contabo had some huge outage recently
I'm thinking DDOS or another hardware issue needing a migration like before... Ugh... Can't take all these moving loads of sites due to lifetime hosting offers going wrong..I think my lesson is learned now
Only had 2 WP sites remaining, but had UpdraftPlus remote backups scheduled, so restore is rather easy. I think it's finally time to move the remaining sites, too.
yup he was last seen on LET on 31st August.
To be fair that was a few days ago. It isn’t like it was months ago.
Good luck to everyone.
Francisco
it is a bit worrying that we need to come here for some support/know whats happening...
yeah... thats what i meant he seems ok. No need to worry.
But coming online here few days ago and not answering support tickets for 3-4 months is quite unprofessional. I understand if it is a weekend then people spend time with family, but when entire node is going down-up-down every 5-10 mins, this needs to be addressed and fixed. As a reseller we are unanswerable to our clients afterall
Same thing happened with Hostbrr. I've to move client sites as server was giving 503 error, and mine and other users support tickets were kept unanswered (and even today their customers are complaining of tickets not anwered, and its quite tough when you are reseller and have to answer to your customers about downtime/email unreachable/database stuff/wordpress frontend, etc).
I think, a web host should only sale up to a point where they can handle tickets/users if it is a one-man-show. (considering their family time/job/illness/other business activity/hobby). Only then such business will stay alive and customer and web host happy.
So the question is...
Who did/will you all move to after myw?
Couldn't have expected 100 bucks to last as long as it did. Dec 2019 to Sep 2024. Not bad! Also, the churn is real. Creates space for more 'Lifetime' customers.
Also, been planning to move some sites to @Francisco the moment he launches SGP. I am just about done with slow-ass @RamNode reseller hosting too.
I bought ZAP Hosting Lifetime web hosting a while ago and will likely migrate there. It's a 10+ (!?) year old company from Germany, multiple support staff, live chat, and despite mixed reviews I'm quite happy with them. You even get Plesk as a web panel. They don't have reseller hosting, though. In that case you'd need to buy a lifetime vps/dedi from them, then set it up yourself.
https://zap-hosting.com/en/shop/product/lifetime-webspace/
Oh wow, looks like the Jetbackup license for WDE1 node was cancelled on 7th July. Talk about planning ahead
Did the lifetime offers reach end of life ?
wsg1.wndp.pt is working fine so far, but the jetbackup license issue happen there too.
It reminds me of Hostmantis. Had a great time there, stellar performance, and suddenly...
They deliberately priced themselves out of the collective LowEnd Pocket to pad their books up before selling the operation.
I feel that most customers of MyW who had lifetime accounts would happily pay a yearly fee that covers the cost of support and the additional overheads of making sure that the service has better uptime than it currently has. I would not like this company to fail, even at the (very small) expense of my pocket.
I cant believe yet again I'm wasting a day comparing shared hosting prices... tired of this sh**.... A2, Hostinger, Inmotion are the tabs I have open at the moment for WordPress hosting.. no problem paying more for actual support. When the wde node is behaving.. its brilliant... but then when it's not... it's radio silence and looking on customer forums.. not good enough at all.
Well i am neutral but when IS lifetime deal there IS a small amount of money for many years. It IS 1 man show so obviously It could not be like another providers. It IS like everything no cash into the business there are some bad points. I Guess this IS the problem if were recurrent paying this problems are not going to happen. Another thread if this would be popular hosting or not( less people buying It for sure) . You can not expect brillant problem free solving all the issues for small money paid once just saying. I would not say that Mike s service IS "bad" i mean It IS normal problems happen and at certain moment were expected. You get what you are paid for It at the end of the day
I moved all the "important" stuff to MDDHosting and have been happy for two years now (though I did re-move the the more expensive and more powerful Plaid reseller package as soon as it became available - like an eager beta-tester
).
Another provider I'm happy with is Veerotech - fair to note I'm using that for free, as a long-term testing and backup option, with the idea to start paying once I move more than one site there, should MDDHosting face any problems.
Those two have been quite solid, with not good, but excellent technical support. The prices are well worth it for a peace of mind IMO.
Indeed. It was fine for as long as it worked. No complaints, as I more or less got my money's worth over 4.5y. However, prolonged silence, lack of response to tickets for months and cancelled software licenses don't look too promising for a company that advertised a round of lifetime plans 3-4 months ago.
//$0.02
I agree with you. Silence IS a issue. Lack of response being 1 man show may be IS more " normal' huge list of support tickets may be should be offered just not support at all. So It would be more clear from day one.
Cancelled software IS another issue if was not moved to another software acronis or so on not sure what he has done may be another software?
Lifetime it IS difficult to mantain . Bills inflation costs everything IS not lifetime. What IS lifetime 5 years? 10 years? Etc
My investment in Mike's company has been just over £200 since 15 months ago, not too sure how I feel in terms of value. If only he could see the sudden number of tickets and at least mailblast an update to everyone to say when he will get time to look into it.