Thinkhost.com

[I'll repost my reply for Vladislav.]

Here's what I think Thinkhost would benefit from [edited out the second one. ^_^]

XML Support. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I do not host with Thinkhost.
XML is becoming an integral part in my web sites, and as such I benefit greatly from having it.

Oh! I forgot one thing.
I need a reseller program. I'm a web designer, and this is something I'd need in case the cleint was starting from scratch, or wanting to move over onto a new server.

[Edited by TheGraphicsExperience on 07-12-2000 at 04:40 PM]

What can I say? Seems like their clients like them: http://www.hostsearch.com/showcomment.asp?Companycode=1795

What can I say?

Rachel,

I apologize for deleting your post... That was not my intention. Your post was completely valid - it is rare that posts are made praising a host.

Your post was deleted because I made a mistake (I meant to delete one post and instead deleted the entire thread without thinking about it). I was being asked to delete/close the thread by several people because of it's nature.

Thank you for the explanation Chad. After this thread, I doubt I will be returning to this forum again however..

Chad,

"it is rare that posts are made praising a host."

Ths title of this forum is WEB HOSTS - The good and the bad, no?

and here I am feeling like the dummy for suggesting you come here.

Yeah, it is called that, but usually people come asking what people think about a certain host. It's not often people come starting a new thread praising a host. There's nothing wrong with doing that though.

Now I've been sitting here thinking about this little conversation between DigiGal and Rachel. Should I say: "DIGIGAL AND RACHEL: just shut up!" No, because then everyone would think I'm a snotty little immature prick (though some already think that). I'm not, I promise you that. All you two did was post a controversial subject here at TWF, and I expressed what I thought. TWF is really a great place; but you need to learn that you migth start something talking about ThinkHosting or Joseph Bannon.

TheGraphicsExperience,

Since you have asked a question directly about my company, I will respond here.

Quote:
XML Support. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I do not host with Thinkhost.
XML is becoming an integral part in my web sites, and as such I benefit greatly from having it.

Yep, XML is definitely one of those things that many of our users could potentially benefit from. If you can give me a URL where I can read up as to what has to be installed on our end to support it, we'll look into this. As long as the software
passes our security/stability checks, we'll go for it.

Quote: Oh! I forgot one thing. I need a reseller program. I'm a web designer, and this is something I'd need in case the cleint was starting from scratch, or wanting to move over onto a new server.

Already available, please contact us for more information. I assume thats what you meant by custom plans in your original post.

By the way, per your original post -- if you don't want FrontPage extensions, don't install them on your account! They don't come installed by default, you have to request that we install them (and starting next week it'll be a part of our new control panel).

I hope this answers your questions.

Sincerely,

Vladislav Davidzon
Senior Network Administrator - ThinkHost Web Hosting Services
http://www.thinkhost.com - honesty, reliability, trust.
We are the smart choice for all your web hosting needs! (TM)

D'OH!

From checking my sources, XML -should- already be on the server. See, it's not a server dependant scripting language.

All you need to do is grab an XML file and slap it onto the server and then see if it runs.

Please contact me -- I need to discuss something with you.

[email protected]

Rachel,

You are correct on the definition of this forum... Unfortunatly, people are far more likely to post about a bad hosting experience than a good one. Thus, good experiences are seldom mentioned, though they deserve more credit. It is rare to actually see a good experience as only the bad ones are posted, most of the time.

I am sorry to hear that you won't continue to benefit from all the knowledge that TWF has to offer.

There is a slight problem that most people do not realize. Let me see if anyone who reads this understand, by looking at the following:

- NSLOOKUP on ThinkHost.com:

NS1.THINKHOST.COM 64.23.3.22
NS2.THINKHOST.COM 64.23.8.57

- ARIN WHOIS on 64.23.3.22:

SkyNetWEB Ltd. (NETBLK-SKYNETWEB)
3500 Boston St
Baltimore MD 21224

Netname: SKYNETWEB
Netblock: 64.23.0.0 - 64.23.63.255
Maintainer: SKWB

Coordinator:
Ryker, Phillip (PR240-ARIN) [email protected]
410-563-6384

Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

NS1.SKYNETWEB.COM 208.231.1.34
NS2.SKYNETWEB.COM 208.231.1.35

ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE

- ARIN WHOIS on 208.231.1.34:

SkyNetWEB, Ltd (NETBLK-UU-208-231B) UU-208-231B
SkyNetWEB, Ltd (NETBLK-SKWB-UURID-7) SKWB-UURID-7
UUNET Technologies, Inc. (NETBLK-UUNET1996B) UUNET1996B

Note the last entry, UUNET. In resume, ThinkHost is a little bit down the line on a chain. Call me paranoic, but I would rather go for one that is just one step away from the Mother Internet (Verio, ATT, Sprint). That is personal preference though...

Hi,

That is correct -- what problem are you seeing here? We outsource our network connectivity to SkyNetWeb and are thus able to focus only on what we do best -- running our servers at top performance, and customer support -- nothing else bothers us. We own all our hardware, and will be getting a fair sized block of IP's from our upstreams later on to allow full flexibility when we build our datacenter down the line, and thus to assure that our users' connectivity will be uninterrupted.

The servers are connected to a 100megabit network connected to two DS-3 lines to AlterNet (uunet) and Level3.

Exactly what are you pointing out that is a problem?

Our connectivity is top-notch, we have had zero downtime since we have gone online, aside from a reboot of a server here and there for a kernel upgrade -- reboots take just a little over 30 seconds.

Please explain.

Sincerely,

Vladislav Davidzon
Senior Network Administrator - ThinkHost Web Hosting Services
http://www.thinkhost.com - honesty, reliability, trust.
We are the smart choice for all your web hosting needs! (TM)

[Edited by thinkhost on 07-12-2000 at 09:13 PM]

Ok, I did not tracerouted thinkhost.com. It looks like they are just afew nodes nodes away from alter.net, which is quite good (81 ms is not that bad). Two little things: you named is open wide (not discreet at all) and... you are still using BT or BP (forums.thinkhost.com). No good.

PS: Thanks for the "sincerely"

[Edited by dr_unixman on 07-12-2000 at 09:36 PM]

Welcome dr_unixman! Both of your posts so far have been pretty interesting. But what do you mean by 'your name is wide open'? I was wondering what that forum software was. EWW!

If you do a nslookup on thinkhost.com, such a 'nslookup - socrates.thinkhost.com' and then at the prompt you type 'ls -d thinkhost.com' (both without the '', of course) you will get a list of all entries on your DNS. That is no good. Btw, you should update your serial. It is reading 1997, unless thinkhost.com has been up since then AIM Naganu is you want to chat a bit before I go to sleep.

Hey man!!! Didn't recognize you at first!!!
[Unixman and I go waay back!!!]

Thanks as usual Fixed this little thing... Granted obscurity isn't our #1 priority, but every little bit helps Hiding publically available information is always fun, but never hurts.

Thanks!!!!

Nice chatting with you, Vlad. I will be around...

definitely.

This Deletion of posts, Even if its a good praise about a host, shouldnt be deleted. I mean ive seen stuff in here then worse then a simple priase be kept around. And if your asked to close a post because of its nature, look it over and get all the datails before you do, i mean c'mon, this turned out to be agood thread.
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Ken Prescott
http://www.21studios.com

I plan on using ThinkHost as my host when our current host expires in early 2001. I've heard great things about them and hope they maintain their level of excellence by the time I sign up.

I agree, I'm a huge fan of ThinkHost's...best service I've ever had, and I've yet to meet anyone dis-satisifed with they're service.

So Chris, are you gonna continue posting here or not? Still mad at the way me and Chad feel (and maybe more) about ThinkHost?

Well Justin, in this case alone I felt the need to support ThinkHost, I still have no plans to return to TWF, but may in time.

Yeah, I'm definetly bothered by you're opinion of ThinkHost and everything related to it, however I may post here again at some point despite that.

I just want to make sure everyone understands that I have nothing against ThinkHost. Of course, in a business sense, they are a competitor but competition is good. We did have a disagreeance but it happens and we have since dealt with it.

I understand....simply a matter of respectful disagreement.

Eyiyi..

Good choice on thinking about going to ThinkHost!

....*Beats the dead horse some more.*

...Notice the resemblance?

The beginning of this thread sounds like it was made to advertise ThinkHost.com.

[Edited by [email protected] on 07-21-2000 at 11:40 AM]

Yea it does look like a plug for thinkhost.com.

Ugh, we've been over this before...I'm not going to comment on whether or not it was a plug, after all, I won't change anyone's mind and it'll only start a fight...let this thread die a dignified death.

Quote: Originally posted by [email protected]
The beginning of this thread sounds like it was made to advertise ThinkHost.com.

It was a positive experience, and I believe a genuine one unlike your post Brendan. I can see how you might be suspicious though seeing as how you've done this.

IP: 63.96.48.67
Brendan Brader http://www.hostrocket.com
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000036.html
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000042.html

IP: 63.96.48.67
[email protected]
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000407.html

Hey Chicken,
Heh, lay the smack down, nice job...
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Ken Prescott
http://www.21studios.com

Smack laid HARD

Pretty damn bold to insinuate this from someone who does it. Amazing. Guess some hosts get jealous when other hosts get a little legitimate praise?

chicken: I don't follow...did HostRocket post under two seperate names or something?

Well Reyesj9 says he just posted from his boss' computer (brendan of hostrocket)

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000386.html

Nice his boss lets him surf the forums from his computer. I know my bosses never let me do this, nor would I *ever* let one of my employees touch my machine, but maybe things are looser over at hostrocket. I say this not to be mean, just as an observation (which I think most people might agree with?).

I'd hate to be wrong here (specially since I posted that message a few times ), but if nothing else, it was an employee recommending the place he works for, using a hotmail account, and not mentioning that he was employed there. I've seen that other poster under him (mochman) recommend hostrocket also (with just about the same message, so I am a *bit* suspicious if there are multiple multiple personalities).

Searching Sitepoint's Web Site Reviews for the user name mochman brings up a table with a post that doesn't seem to be there, dated July 21, 2000 (the topic is not the same), but if you click on it, it is a post by Brendan of hostrocket about the hostrocket site. Ehhhhh? Any thoughts?

Well i posted that I used hostrocket and then the person from thinkhost accused me of not being hosted by hostrocket. Well, the owner of hostrocket proved that i was being hosted. So the guy from thinkhost made an apology and then all the posts under me got deleted. Hope this clears up any questions you might have had.

Not that it is really any of your business at all, but that post was made buy a customer of mine whom I work with at my other job. And yes you caught us, we both access the internet through the same gateway server while at work (hence the same IP). Do you know what a gateway server is? Thank you for so politely pointing that out in a public forum as opposed to maybe emailing me and asking for an explaination which I would have been happy to provide. As for your comments about me deleting posts in other threads I did not do this and do not know who did, but I assume it was a moderator of this forum who also is not aware of the possibility of say, 250 computers in the same building appearing to have the same IP to the outside world.

-Brendan
[email protected]

Just to head this one off at the pass, Im sure youre going to notice that mochman has the same ISP as me when I am at home, and start spouting off about that. Yes it is also possible for web hosts to have the same broadband service (roadrunner in this case) as their customers. And no I am not running around breaking into peoples houses to use their static IP roadrunner accounts to post messages, although im sure ill be accused of that next. These people you are insulting are my customers, and people that I deal with and real life. They do not deserve to be treated this way. Is this how you welcome all new members to your forums?

Everyone goes on and on about this 'is this how you welcome new members to your forums?'

I don't see what your point is. Perhaps you can't see that Chicken is making a very valid argument. And, what he is also saying is that your story changes in ways that get more strange/legitamate each time. He's also talking about IP's, not ISP's.