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Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 2:37 pm**

After dealing with the worst hosting company in the world and after paying nearly $500.00, we are back.
The additional $500.00 was for shit I never ordered or approved!
Anyone, things have been extremely stressful and I am glad things are up.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 3:00 pm**

GlendoraRam,

Thanks for taking care of this! Please hang in there; don't let Them stress you out.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 3:18 pm**

Well, in 10 years of running this forum, this is the third time this nonsense has happened. I guess I have to roll with it.
I will tell ya one thing, customer service sucks ass everywhere these days - the incompetence is unbelievable.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 4:35 pm**

Thank you, G, and I’m so sorry for the stre$$. It really is incredible how horrible some customer service can be.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 4:36 pm**

And here I thought this was Safety Blitz, aka Perfect Spiral had hacked the system and destroyed the forum after he got booted for a 7th time.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 4:39 pm**

DelMar wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:36 pm And here I thought this was Safety Blitz, aka Perfect Spiral had hacked the system and destroyed the forum after he got booted for a 7th time.

long live SB

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 4:43 pm**

bigklein wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:35 pm Thank you, G, and I’m so sorry for the stre$$. It really is incredible how horrible some customer service can be.

Sort of had me by the balls, pay up for stuff I never agreed to or lock me out.
Three months worth of “security and backup” enhancements. I use Cloudfare for security. $12.00 per month.
Cleverly set me up, and I didn’t notice I had to opt out. Same way (only worse) that cell companies and cable companies tack crap on.
This hosting company has over 2500 complaints with the BBB. One of them, a guy sold a domain for 1mil, and was charged 150k to release it.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 5:32 pm**

That goodness! All I knew was the error msg that my account has been suspended. I could not figure out who I pissed off!

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 5:33 pm**

GlendoraRam wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 2:37 pm After dealing with the worst hosting company in the world and after paying nearly $500.00, we are back.
The additional $500.00 was for shit I never ordered or approved!
Anyone, things have been extremely stressful and I am glad things are up.

Thanks for everything you do. I thought I was blocked because I'm currently out of the country.

I had good luck with Bluehost FWIW.

Posted: **April 15th, 2025, 5:52 pm**

I may switch back to bluehost. I used them on my business websites several years ago.

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 12:07 am**

DelMar wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:36 pm And here I thought this was Safety Blitz, aka Perfect Spiral had hacked the system and destroyed the forum after he got booted for a 7th time.

why would anyone think he had that kind of talent??

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 12:38 am**

DelMar wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:36 pm And here I thought this was Safety Blitz, aka Perfect Spiral had hacked the system and destroyed the forum after he got booted for a 7th time.

Spiral got booted? Missed that one

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 5:40 am**

GlendoraRam wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 3:18 pm Well, in 10 years of running this forum, this is the third time this nonsense has happened. I guess I have to roll with it.
I will tell ya one thing, customer service sucks ass everywhere these days - the incompetence is unbelievable.

There is no such thing as customer service anymore.
It's screw the customer, they are not worth the effort.

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 6:18 am**

Glad everything is alright ! --- the Fatboy

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 7:07 am**

Glad we are back- many thanks!

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 7:18 am**

GlendoraRam wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:43 pm
bigklein wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:35 pm Thank you, G, and I’m so sorry for the stre$$. It really is incredible how horrible some customer service can be.
Sort of had me by the balls, pay up for stuff I never agreed to or lock me out.
Three months worth of “security and backup” enhancements. I use Cloudfare for security. $12.00 per month.
Cleverly set me up, and I didn’t notice I had to opt out. Same way (only worse) that cell companies and cable companies tack crap on.
This hosting company has over 2500 complaints with the BBB. One of them, a guy sold a domain for 1mil, and was charged 150k to release it.

Thank you for everything you do to keep this board running!

There is no way you can switch hosting companies, or even host yourself at some point?

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 7:34 am**

Bulldawg wrote: ↑April 16th, 2025, 7:18 am
GlendoraRam wrote: ↑April 15th, 2025, 4:43 pm
Sort of had me by the balls, pay up for stuff I never agreed to or lock me out.
Three months worth of “security and backup” enhancements. I use Cloudfare for security. $12.00 per month.
Cleverly set me up, and I didn’t notice I had to opt out. Same way (only worse) that cell companies and cable companies tack crap on.
This hosting company has over 2500 complaints with the BBB. One of them, a guy sold a domain for 1mil, and was charged 150k to release it.
Thank you for everything you do to keep this board running!

There is no way you can switch hosting companies, or even host yourself at some point?

I will definitely looking into switching at the end of this month. Self hosting would be very expensive in terms of the hardware. There are some really good alternatives, I will choose one of the emerging alternatives.

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 7:39 am**

GlendoraRam wrote: ↑April 16th, 2025, 7:34 am
Bulldawg wrote: ↑April 16th, 2025, 7:18 am

Thank you for everything you do to keep this board running!

There is no way you can switch hosting companies, or even host yourself at some point?
I will definitely looking into switching at the end of this month. Self hosting would be very expensive in terms of the hardware. There are some really good alternatives, I will choose one of the emerging alternatives.

Is that because of performance, security, redundancy, etc? I have seen people run blogs/forums out of their house. (I don't really know any details.) It's not like the board has to be up 24/7 if the power went out, etc. I just always find this nerd stuff intriguing. I just can't imagine bandwidth being a problem, but what do I know. Do you own the laramsfans.com domain name?

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 7:52 am**

The hardware would be costly. The server itself, and I would definitely need to have more bandwidth. I use Cloudfare for DNS management and security. They provide GREAT service.
Yes, I own all the domain names. TheRamsForum.com, LARamsFans.com, and LARamsNews.com
I maintain the site and do all the add-ons and customization.
I am looking into a good VPS solution.

Posted: **April 16th, 2025, 1:22 pm**

GlendoraRam wrote: ↑April 16th, 2025, 7:34 am
Bulldawg wrote: ↑April 16th, 2025, 7:18 am

Thank you for everything you do to keep this board running!

There is no way you can switch hosting companies, or even host yourself at some point?
I will definitely looking into switching at the end of this month. Self hosting would be very expensive in terms of the hardware. There are some really good alternatives, I will choose one of the emerging alternatives.

If you need some extra to make the move and get set up DM me

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