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**icanx** · 02-23-2005, 05:02 PM

Hello Everyone,

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How does this plan work?
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Why this plan saves you money?
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icanxhosting.com
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**The Jasong** · 02-23-2005, 05:09 PM

What a joke.

**icanx** · 02-23-2005, 05:33 PM

Why is it a joke?

**The Jasong** · 02-23-2005, 05:47 PM

Well, first it doesnt look good when most of your content is stolen from other webhosts, including your entire TOS.
Second, you cannot offer me hosting for fifty years for $99.
Sorry pal, this isnt idiot-talk.com, its webmaster-talk.com.

**Gaffer Sports** · 05:59 PM

I agree with The Jasong. You are offering a service that, in my opinion, you cannot possibly commit to.

If I were 16 years old, would you outlive me? If you do not outlive me, do you have arrangements in place for the service to be taken over and all contracts honoured (assuming you provide a contract to state the hosting is for the life of the holder).

In my opinion, your offer will be laughed at by many who have experience in web administration and here was not a good place to advertise it. I also note that this offer is not available to visitors on your website, so is it free publicity that you are after? If it is, you have just gave yourself negative publicity - something that can be a killer to companies such as yours, that fight in a very well populated business.

Steve.

**shabbirbhimani** · 02-24-2005, 01:18 AM

I have different thinking from other who posted reply to this thread.

First and foremost lets assume he can afford that cost by revenue that he is initially gathering more amount like $100 than others like $10 or so by the interest that he gets from that amount when the business is high.

Then come the question of our risk as what happens when he goes bankrupt.

I guess he has a brilliant idea for hosting but he need to be more lawyer here as what is considered as LifeSpan of person i.e. No of Years.
Yahoo/Gmail tells Unlimited Space in mailbox but then also they maintain an upper limit.

If any big Co like Yahoo, GeoCities implements this they can be in a more better condition to exploit the market then a new co like iCanx.

Thanks
Shabbir Bhimani

**Anacrusis** · 02-24-2005, 08:42 AM

This is ranked right up there with unlimited space/bandwidth for $1/month.

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iCANx Hosting would like to introduce to you a new concept in the web hosting industry.

This concept is not new, I've seen it many times. It's just not something alot of companies do simply because it does not work.

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we belive web hosting should be like buying a good, not a service

But it IS a service. You are paid to keep the server running and the software up to date. Your paid to make sure the server is secure and to help your customers in their times of need. This all costs you money each and every day, that is why most hosting companies have a recurring charge.

Although I don't believe in your business model, I do wish you the best. Be sure to let us know how's it's all going in a year.

**The Jasong** · 02-24-2005, 11:54 AM

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I guess he has a brilliant idea for hosting but he need to be more lawyer here as what is considered as LifeSpan of person i.e. No of Years.
Yahoo/Gmail tells Unlimited Space in mailbox but then also they maintain an upper limit.

If any big Co like Yahoo, GeoCities implements this they can be in a more better condition to exploit the market then a new co like iCanx.

Think for a minute buddy.
Every time somebody goes to yahoo, geocities, gmail, etc, those companies make money through advertising. Therefore, they can offer as much as they like because they have managed everything so they make money for every view. This is how they can offer so much.
This childish fraud Mike Barry is giving you a lifetime service, in which not benifit is returned to him, save for a onetime set of $100.
You cannot give a customer hosting for 50 years for $100. It's not possible.

Mike Barry is attracting the new comers to his hosting scam, taking their money, and will then leave and start a new site in a few months.
Can you guys not see it?

**Anacrusis** · 02-24-2005, 01:19 PM

I think you hit the nail on the head Jasong.

**SilatPupil** · 02-24-2005, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Jasong

This childish fraud Mike Barry is giving you a lifetime service, in which not benifit is returned to him, save for a onetime set of $100.
You cannot give a customer hosting for 50 years for $100. It's not possible.

Mike Barry is attracting the new comers to his hosting scam, taking their money, and will then leave and start a new site in a few months.
Can you guys not see it?

Thats a serious accusation about a person you know nothing about. While I'm not agreeing that it is viable, I also say if he wants to do it, and believes he can make it work, that is not a reason to start flaming him.

**The Jasong** · 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SilatPupil

Thats a serious accusation about a person you know nothing about. While I'm not agreeing that it is viable, I also say if he wants to do it, and believes he can make it work, that is not a reason to start flaming him.

But it's simply not possible, I guarantee it.
If he truly believes this, then he has no experience in hosting, an has no business being in the hosting business.
Either way he's wrong.
If he felt he was right, don't you think he would be defending himself now?
He knows we caught him, he's keeping his forked tongue behind his teeth.
I'm a pretty nice guy, and rarely do I flame, but when people try to cheat innocent people out of their money I get mad.

**Gaffer Sports** · 02-24-2005, 07:15 PM

Jasong, as much as I agree this guy cannot provide this service for the money he is asking, you cannot go about slandering his name, bud.

What you have said is your opinion, and it matters not what others think, but you should not slander a name. Bill Gates made a bit of money in the early days from such actions.

Think before you post, bud.

Steve.

**Duport** · 08:43 PM

Hover over the Order and you can see that its a gmail account. Would you really buy from such a site?

- They will be gone once they have made some money

- The site is of another large company which has been copied on
the above name, I have seen it in the past however I cannot
remember the domain

**icanx** · 11:13 PM

I assure you this site has not been copied and is all original content.

In response to everyones ideas about this model, I have a lot of experience in the hosting industry. I know what it takes to keep servers up and provide support to customers. I run a free hosting company, and a paid hosting company in addition to the lifetime hosting.

You guys must understand that this is not our only avenue of revenue. We make money from advertising on our free host, and paid subscriptions on our paid host. The lifetime hosting is simply to raise capital. We get quite a few people who actually signup for the lifetime accounts. We use the money we get from these signups to fund advertising for our paid and ad supported hosting accounts. As a result of the advertising, we receive regular paying customers. This is how we are able to support our server costs and operate at a profit.

The majority of people who signup for these accounts also do not have large sites, the resources used on the server is minimal. Anyone who has managed a ded. server knows that you can fit enough accounts on one server to easily pay for the cost of it many times over.

I am sorry if the word "DIE" in the original post subject offended anyone in the forum. I am simply trying to capture attention to the thread. I call it a "shock and awe" techniuqe.

**SilatPupil** · 02-25-2005, 04:32 AM

I understand ya mate. This is exactly why I defended you in the first place. Now your plan sounds more practical with some background information

**Gaffer Sports** · 02-25-2005, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SilatPupil

I understand ya mate. This is exactly why I defended you in the first place. Now your plan sounds more practical with some background information

Does it?

Quote:

I call it a "shock and awe" techniuqe.

I call it a scam!

**SilatPupil** · 02-25-2005, 05:49 AM

I call it Cheap advertising!

Hes already providing free hosting, this is basically the same, but with a one-off charge. If the customer decides to change host after that, thats up to them. I can 'see' wheres he's coming from. Not necessarily saying I take the deal, but I can understand his proposal.

**The Jasong** · 02-25-2005, 11:54 AM

I can see his point to, and understand where he's coming from.
But point is, he cannot provide hosting for life.
I bet you all ten million dollars, if you com back and look at the site in thirty years, do you think it will still be there?
He's promising something he cannot provide.