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16 comments

Comment from: brent oxley [Visitor] Email · http://www.hostgator.com
I'm the owner of hostgator and am more then happy to personally help anyone that joins us. To reach me just open a ticket and ask that it be assigned to "brent"
10/17/07 @ 02:19
Comment from: soy khan [Visitor] Email
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I'm satisfied with hostgator except for the fantastico installer which is always not the most recent version of software.
10/25/07 @ 00:46
Comment from: Karlz Bad [Visitor] Email
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I am actually here to find a site to switch away from hostgator. They may have the largest amount of transfer for the price, but they did not tell me that there was a 2GB cap on the file size being transfered. I am making a 4.3GB file available for download. They wouldn't work with me so off I go to find somebody who will. In addition to that there was whole disorganized debacle when they had server issues and support was like calling the IRS. You sit on hold forever to have some grumpy dude not know how to solve the problem. Overall, my experience sucked.
10/28/07 @ 06:57
Comment from: brent oxley [Visitor] Email · http://www.hostgator.com
Hi Karlz,


The 2gig limit you are talking about is the same limit almost every host in the world has. A good site that talks about it is http://linuxmafia.com/faq/VALinux-kb/2gb-filesize-limit.html

If you wish to purchase a dedicated server we would be more then happy to make this happen, but in a shared environment it just can't be done.
11/13/07 @ 04:00
Comment from: Safy [Visitor] Email
My experience... (I'm a new Hostgator customer)

My partner bought a .info domain, in order to test Hostgator. Everything was fine. So I've decided to buy a domain and a reseller account for a .com domain. (And maybe I'll buy a dedicated server in the future, if the Hostgator service continues OK)

Nevertheless, there was a problem that couldn't be fixed yet.

Problem(s):

My partner has an account (a dot info) (shared hosting)

I have another account, (a dot com) (plan: reseller + dedicated IP)

PRB 1- the e-mail containing my welcome (order info) was inaccurate (there was no IP address on it to log on, The IP was replaced with "...")

Nevertheless, the problem was quickly solved by one online assistant. Btw, It seems that a problem with my user name trigged that bug/prb. (User names can't have a "-" on it)

Problem 1 was fixed, but...

PRB2- This problem couldn't be fixed:

My reseller account was (because of a typo) linked to my partner's account. My .com is linked to my partners' .info account.

And my unique IP address is linked to the wrong Hostgator account (again, my partners' .info shared hosting).

I hope they can fix this soon, I can't fix it. (I've tried)...

Warmest regards,
Safy :|
11/20/07 @ 04:21
Comment from: Safy [Visitor] Email
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The above problem was fixed. I'm impressed. Hostgator support is the best worldwide. Excellent attention! (Something I don't find in big hosting providers)

Hostgator=THE hosting provider. :D
11/20/07 @ 18:03
Comment from: Alex filippi [Visitor] Email · http://www.webandrank.com
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I will take the resseler hosting plan now,about the support online and the chat information is professional and good.

cheers
11/23/07 @ 04:21
Comment from: xasma [Visitor] Email
i m here to find a good hosting company for my site i ll need a 1T plan so i found hostgator haven t purchase yet but hope i do! i don t think that the 2 gb limit is a problem but i want to be sure that the 1t of disk that is provited is true!

12/12/07 @ 14:18
Comment from: samer houri [Visitor] Email · http://www.kniotech.com
unlimited sites... that sounds good
12/28/07 @ 22:38
Comment from: Scott Marshall [Visitor] Email · http://www.eprosales.com
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I just recently signed up with HostGator. I have used live help once and had no issues. I will return to post my experiences once I have had a full opportunity to use their resources.
01/05/08 @ 12:38
Comment from: Francois Planque [Member] Email · http://fplanque.com/
We have a test site for HostGator where you can check their server speed on an application using a database.
01/31/08 @ 03:51
Comment from: Mike Jankowski [Visitor] Email · http://mjankowski.com http://thebuffalochips.com
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First, HostGator has the cheapest and most comprehensive plans available from anywhere I did research on.

Not only do they give you insane amounts of bandwidth and storage, they also give you so many free add-ons it would be impossible to install them all. I have never been with a host who has such a large variety of server apps available to their basic hosting customers.

I started as a shared plan, but now I moved onto the reseller plan and I'm currently hosting 6 sites of clients whom I manage their IT infrastructures.

Hostgator support is the best support I've received from any company, ever. They are fast and courtious and always side with you, so if you screw up badly, like I did at first, they will fix your issues and WONT CHARGE! Their transfers dept. is a little slow, and by slow I mean it took 2 days to get my account transfered to another server.. but that is nothing compared to other companies.

The speeds coming off my shared and reseller servers is FAST.. I haven't reached the limit yet, but I assume its around 2MB/s.. thats right.. 15Mb/s download speeds.

Overall my experience with HostGator has been nothing but enjoyable... eventually I will be buying several reseller accounts to host my clients on and will stick with them in the future.

The only thing I don't use HostGator for is Domain Registration, which I don't recommend anyone using anything but a dedicated company for that.
02/05/08 @ 00:44
Comment from: MP [Visitor]
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El servicio es "EXCELENTE" alojo varias webs en hostgator desde hace unos días y el servicio me ha impresionado, es realmente bueno. Después de haber estado en otros servidores, que por el momento no nombrare, ya que aún no termino de mudar todas los sitios, y no quiero llevarme sorpresas. Felicitaciones!

02/08/08 @ 02:46
Comment from: Cadence [Visitor] · http://valentinasphoto.com
There websites states: "FREE Website Templates - 4,500 Templates - Flash Templates - Absolutely FREE! - View Templates We spent a fortune on these templates so you dont have to. You can use these templates on all of your domains hosted with us." BUT THEY LIMIT A CUSTOMER TO 15 A DAY. That information is not provided until you contact customer support, and it is misleading.
02/09/08 @ 01:38
Comment from: Dave [Visitor] Email · http://www.eventurevideo.com
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I have been playing around trying to get Plesk with ModernBill5 and PHP5 set up with another company for over a month. I just wasted lots of time and money.

I finally bit the bullet and went with a small account on HostGator as a test. EVERYTHING I needed was right there.

CPanel
WHM
WHMCS
Perl5

I made the site fully functional with complete invoicing and automation in an evening.

I am certainly pleased beyond words!
02/18/08 @ 06:18
Comment from: Avarvari Daniel [Visitor] · http://poze-nunti.imaginivii.ro
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I'll sign up for a plan soon , I have used live help once and had no issues.
I'll be back here for sure with feed back for all of you...!!
:!:
04/04/08 @ 23:31

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