Darin Wayrynen spake thusly: >> I have made some progress with my registrar and the company that maintains the >> domains for that registrar. Supposedly, in the next few hours I will receive >> the authorization code and the domain will be unlocked... >> >> 1&1 here I come! >> >> I apologize, I don't mean to be a 1&1 fan boy, but when you call tech support, >> someone answers. And while I really really really like it when they speak >> english, at this point I'm willing to speak to ANYONE! > > It's nearly impossible for me to let positive remarks about 1&1 stand > without sharing our sob story. > > To summarize, 1&1 sucks. Period. > > We (Deru) lease servers outside of our network from other providers - > we use the servers to probe our network and data centers to let us > know if we are having external issues that we need to address that > internal probing would not or could not notify us about. > [...........] I've been very happy with 1&1 but I only use them as a Domain Registrar. In fact, I recently transferred a few of my domains from GoDaddy to them. I've used two hosting providers in the past few years. AceNet (www.ace-host.net) and Site5 (http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=23734 - pardon the plug ;> ). I've been with the latter now for almost a year and I've been quite pleased with them (I wasn't too happy with the former). In addition to their regular (excellent) support they also have a great peer-to-peer support forum. I've picked up a lot of tips from other users. And last but not least, they are dirt cheap. I had considered 181 for hosting but I don't like the fact that they don't have "point and click" installation for popular stuff like WordPress, Gallery and so forth). But most of all, I prefer to have my Domain registrar separate from my hosting provider. But when it comes to dirt cheap private domains, they are very good. Just my $.02 -- Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com ©2007 angrykeyboarder™ & Elmer Fudd. All Wites Wesewved --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss