Comments on: UplinkEarth is possibly the worst host ever… that’s saying a lot http://joshuami.com/2008/07/08/uplinkearth-is-possibly-the-worst-host-ever-thats-saying-a-lot/ The curious musings of Joshua Mitchell Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joshua http://joshuami.com/2008/07/08/uplinkearth-is-possibly-the-worst-host-ever-thats-saying-a-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Joshua Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:29:45 +0000 http://mobilehippie.com/?p=109#comment-362 Yeah, I had the same hacked site issue earlier this year. If it weren't for this one client who was reluctant to move because of cost, I would have been completely off the host. <a href="http://www.xlhost.com/" rel="nofollow">xlhost</a> looks interesting from a cost to value standpoint, but I'm not interested in managing my own server from the operating system up at the moment. (Tim, you were always better at that than I.) Going forward, I'm looking to resell Media Temple's grid service or something comparable for any small to medium sized sites. I'm all about the dedicated virtual server for anything larger—who *needs* a whole server for anything short of enterprise data management? Yeah, I had the same hacked site issue earlier this year. If it weren’t for this one client who was reluctant to move because of cost, I would have been completely off the host.

xlhost looks interesting from a cost to value standpoint, but I’m not interested in managing my own server from the operating system up at the moment. (Tim, you were always better at that than I.)

Going forward, I’m looking to resell Media Temple’s grid service or something comparable for any small to medium sized sites. I’m all about the dedicated virtual server for anything larger—who *needs* a whole server for anything short of enterprise data management?

]]> By: Tim http://joshuami.com/2008/07/08/uplinkearth-is-possibly-the-worst-host-ever-thats-saying-a-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Tim Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:36:37 +0000 http://mobilehippie.com/?p=109#comment-361 I ditched them a few months ago when their FTP was compromised and they had to resort to white-listing by IP to let people in, and even then it was only for 5 minutes. Then their account database was hacked and some of my sites were defaced. I have a couple dedicated boxes for various projects from xlhost.com now and they're great :) I ditched them a few months ago when their FTP was compromised and they had to resort to white-listing by IP to let people in, and even then it was only for 5 minutes. Then their account database was hacked and some of my sites were defaced.

I have a couple dedicated boxes for various projects from xlhost.com now and they’re great :)

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