[mdlug] Domain register/hosting sites

[Pritpaul Mahal]

I don't remember the details of the incidents, but after issues my  
brother had with 1and1, and other horror stories I've heard, they're  
definitely on my do not use list.

For domain registration, I personally use and recommend gandi.net.   
They're a bit on the expensive side, but they're a no-nonsense  
registrar with a solid record.  I have no experience with their  
hosting services though.

--Pritpaul


Quoting Stan Green <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>:

> Very true about normal outages. My email (at my other provider) was  
> down for about 1/2 hr just the other day.
>
> However my 1&1 issues was they deleted all my DNS records and lied  
> to me about it in the process. I was down for over 8 hours and was  
> on the phone with them multiple time to try to get it fixed. (It is  
> a long story I will not recount here.)
>
> Stan
>
> On 4/4/2016 10:13 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>> On Sun, 2016-04-03 at 23:25 -0400, Stan Green wrote:
>>> I just went through the wost domain experience ever with 1&1. (I did
>>> not pick them, I inherited them.) They even deleted DNS records and
>>> causes an multiple hour email outage.
>> I have had outages with, I believe, every service I have used.  If
>> you've been using any service for a significant period of time and
>> haven't noticed an outage... it is because you did not notice when it
>> happened.
>>
>> Outages are part of life.
>>
>> I've had a six-hour DNS outage with domains hosted on NetworkSolutions.
>>  They have been the worst performer, hands down.
>>
>> I am happiest with NameCheap so far.  Price is low, and outages have
>> been minimal.  NetworkSolutions is very expensive in comparison.
>>
>> NetworkSolutions also has the most completely terrible awful dreadful
>> hard-to-use confusing advertisement-riddled website of any of the
>> services.
>>
>
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