• Taking a swipe again at one of the worst web hosting companies around, HostNine!

Hostnine, the web hosting company I’m using for my sites, is giving me the familiar sense of uneasiness lately. The server seems to be slow for most part of the week. And just 30 minutes ago, I could not connect with its server.

I feel I can’t warn you readers enough to stay away from HostNine. The only reason I’m still with HostNine is because they offer pretty much the cheapest reseller hosting around. About nine months ago, HostNine ran into server problems and wiped out a few of my websites’ database. HostNine blamed it on hackers and suggested that I was responsible for my websites’ security. Which is a load of bullshit because there were other HostNine users who lost their sites. So if you are with HostNine, BACKUP YOUR SITES OFTEN!

HostNine scared the shit out of me a second time a few months ago when their servers were cut offline due to a fire incident at their datacentre. HostNine servers were down for more than 48 hours. What does it tell you? HostNine has NO BACKUP servers!

Then again, you get what you pay for. Dirt cheap reliability and quality of service. Expect frequent downtimes. I have yet to achieve enough heavy traffic to put a load on my HostNine account, so I can’t share my views on how HostNine copes with traffic spikes or CPU loads. But I would wager a guess HostNine would most likely crap out when that happens.