oj2
@attbi.com
| Hosting services at DPN?! NOT!
Have you ever heard of a hosting company that do not allow software distributions?! I am talking about distributing legit softwares not wares or the alike. Well, DPN (DataPacket.Net) is the company!
To my surprise, after they have cleared my payment for a full year (it's just passed 30 days - let me tell you, I truly reget paying them for a full year. I should have selected the monthly option then I would just be done with them and go with someone else) they removed all files with *.zip, *.exe on their servers without any notifications. Of course, my clients couldn't download our setup files. So, I opened a support ticket. Guess what reply I got back from their support, "We do not allow software distribution from our servers." Isn't this crazy or what?
Well, I have sent them two more support requests. It's probably going to take a week to get a reply back, if that. This certainly has taught me a *BIG* lesson, "DO NOT USE DPN".
I have found a few hosts who charge $5/mo more but would not hinder any legit businesses to do business on the web. I will see about getting a refund from DPN (probably should not hold my breath) and report them to the Better Business Bureau, and attempt to warn all from this potential trap.
Anyway, for anyone of you out there that are looking for hosting, do consider hard before signing up with DPN. If you do plan to allow your users to download files, DPN is not the place for your hosting.
-oj | |
bbennettdpn
join:2002-02-04
Apopka, FL
| Whom ever told you this was wrong or you misunderstood what they were saying. DPN does allow distribution of legal files. Secondly it is perfectly acceptable for any host to not allow something.
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1st2thirdcom
@39.charter-st
| reply to oj2
I put all my customers on DPN in January.
I attempted to contact DPN to cancel 3 weeks later (PRIOR TO MY ONE MONTH) surprisingly it was to late and i couldn't get my money back.
So now im losing my clients faith in web hosting and other computer consulting, i am currently moving over clients to another server, which i might add is great. But for the money i spent on DPN i have already lost 10 times that in what i have made from the clients i have lost.
DPN is in my mind the worst HOSTING SERVICE AROUND.
1, Tech Support is very bad.
2, the sites go down atleast once a week, and at least for a whole day once a month.
3, they keep changing there prices, and hosting packages because they arnt settled in yet.
4, it takes atleast a day for anyone to get back with you on a problem.
5, they take down sites for SO CALL MANTAINCE in the day time and in the middle of the week.
I only have a handlefull of web sites left to transfer over but i cant wait till i get rid of DPN all together.
DPN also goes Under Datapacket.net and Duronnet. so watch out.
Kevin komlosy
HttP://www.1st2third.com | |
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