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Old 01-20-2008, 08:28 AM What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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I was searching for a web host that would host my Site soon. While scanning, I found the site, WebhostingPad.com. And looks good to me. But I'm still in doubt if that host will be reliable or not. Do you have any Feedbacks on that Site? Or can you just suggest me for a Reliable Web Host?
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Old 01-20-2008, 12:35 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Never heard of them but the domain was registered in 2005 which suggest they have been around for less than 2 years. The fact that they're offering "all you can eat" for 4.95/mo makes me think they're overselling a tad so look at their T and C's very carefully.
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Old 01-22-2008, 02:08 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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WebHostingPad are part of Omnis, you can get a $25 discount with their WebHostingPad coupon code





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Old 01-22-2008, 06:08 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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What's Omnis, I wonder?
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Old 01-22-2008, 06:49 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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That's Omnis Network(omnis.com).

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Old 02-15-2008, 05:15 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Do search in google and on WHT tp find out more information
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Old 08-28-2008, 07:43 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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I was a subscriber of webhostingpad.com

They had an enormous server crash about a month after I initiated service with them. They were to backup all websites every Sunday, but mine was lost.

I asked to cancel my service as a result of the server crashing. I certainly could not invest that much time into building another site with fear it would happen again.

They did not issue a credit. I had to follow up with them, and they had lost our communication history and told me I never cancelled. I had kept record of our emails and had to forward them, so they would believe me. It was an odd experience, for sure.

Then they said they would issue a credit, but were still going to charge me the settup fee. That is how my experience ended.
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Old 09-02-2008, 10:08 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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After listening all the reviews and comments, try to do a search in some forums including WHT. Best of luck.
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Old 09-04-2008, 04:25 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Old 09-04-2008, 11:20 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Old 12-01-2008, 06:53 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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I signed up for 2 years with webhostingpad to get the best price per month. Their support answers quickly, but they tend to forget about me often, making the chat sessions unnecessarily long. The couple of phone calls I've made to them revealed that they only had one (or a few more) people answering phones - and I got the same guy on chat. He wasn't helpful or friendly. When I chatted in (today even) with an issue adding domains, the chat "Technical Support Agent" answered that I had to email someone else. What's the point of chat support?
During my first month (the month where you can get your money back if you're not satisfied) my site was quick and I didn't have any problems. After the first month, it got much much slower. I only use the site for a family website running wordpress, but it is almost unusable. I suspect they put the new accounts on the faster servers, and the older accounts (that are now stuck without an "out") on the slower/more congested servers. Others have indicated likewise.
Before I was aware that it was not allowed to host copyrighted materials on their server (so, music, videos, etc) I uploaded my music library for remote access. After weeks of uploading on a slow DSL connection, my media folder is missing. Just gone. No warning from support, no email or anything. Gone. I called and chatted in, (getting the same guy of course), and he denied that there ever existed a media folder like I described. I understand them deleting a folder that breaks the TOS, but to say nothing about it and deny it vehemently, even though logs are available that indicate otherwise, is asinine.
Lastly, and most alarming, prompting me to spread the word on this terrible company, is the issue I experienced today. I had a folder titled "backup" where I placed a couple multi-volume rar-backups of some important documents. The files themselves were encrypted, along with their contents, so in no way could the company see their contents, so this was NOT against the TOS. Last month it was there, and my disk quota was around 1.7 TB I believe, very large. Today, my disk quota has been bumped down to 10GB, and my "backup" folder is completely gone. My chat with the agent is pasted below for your enjoyment:
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Date : 2008-12-01 16:02:00
Executive :Brian Henson (Support)
Name : Bradford
Email : *******@yahoo.com
Chat transcription :-
Bradford: In Cpanel my "Disk Space Usage" shows as 2722.94/10000 MB
Bradford: Why was it lowered?
Bradford: And why were my files deleted?
Brian Henson: We do not just go delete files from the server.
Bradford: That's what happened.
Bradford: Twice now.
Bradford: Plus, you can see, my disk quota has been changed
Bradford: It was much larger a little while ago. I just noticed today.
Brian Henson: We start everyone out now at 10 gb, as they need more, simply request it and we will upgrade it.
Bradford: I was already a customer with a large quota. I log in today and see that it was made much smaller, and my folder /backup/ with all its sub-files and directories is gone
Brian Henson: I am unsure of why this would happen, once again, it would be something to talk about with our system admins.
Bradford: How do I get in contact with them? I had the same problem 6 months or so ago, and the person I spoke with on the phone and on chat said that YOU guys didn't do it. I sure didn't. I don't want to get the run-around.
Brian Henson: Please contact admin@webhostingpad.com
Bradford: What is their phone number?
Brian Henson: There is not a phone number
Brian Henson: they are in the datacenter and are not allowed to take phone calls.
Bradford: Aren't you support?
Brian Henson: This is level 1 technical support, as this livechat is meant for this, level 2 and three support is all emails that are directed to the datacenter.
Bradford: I'll try to email them, but judging by the response I am getting now and the response I've received in the past, I don't expect much. I am going to use this chat as an example on any webhosting review site I can find to show how poor your support is. Deleting large files and then denying it is piss-poor support, and probably criminal according to your TOS, though I'm sure you've covered your asses. I know you're just a peon (I've worked support too) but please pass this on to your superiors.
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I hope this serves as a warning to others. Please avoid this site, or at least start a month-to-month plan with them to get better service. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO ANNUAL OR BI-ANNUAL.
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Old 12-02-2008, 04:53 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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yes that is some kind of warning I have to say, but that is also your opinion and your point of view. And I think that other people will have better luck with them
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Old 12-02-2008, 03:02 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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or at least start a month-to-month plan with them to get better service
There's no such option there.

Your story is indeed pretty interesting. It looks like you were "upgraded" to the new unlimited package, with its 10GB initial limit. A ridiculous upgrade approach, to say the least. Deleting your rar files probably falls under this policy:

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Webhostingpad servers are also NOT be used as a backup storage and is only intented for hosting web files.
http://www.webhostingpad.com/terms.html
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Old 12-03-2008, 08:06 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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I assume the open poster in this topic did specified details about them. That was about one year ago
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Old 12-03-2008, 11:52 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Webhostingpad is known for their low cost, more freebies and bad service. You would better look at lunarpages which has been arond for quite a while if you are looking for affordable web host
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Old 02-25-2009, 05:57 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Webhostingpad.com took my money and give me nothing. I still can not access the server. They not answer my emails. They are sending automatically emails with links to support ticket and when I click the links my firewall are blocking the links telling me about spayware look like this ert47.a1.wrs. so I decide to cancel the account. I have used the cancellation request form but still not receive any response from them, only automatically links to the support ticket with the spayware link. My website look like this ,Simpson's not accessible start page.
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Old 03-04-2009, 01:29 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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I have a webhostingpad hosting account more than two months. so far, it's ok to me. Their prices is very low.
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Old 03-04-2009, 02:40 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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The price is the price The service quality is service quality. I hope you do understand that. And in general there are no the best company ever for everyone
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Old 03-05-2009, 04:17 PM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:02 AM Re: What do you think of WebhostingPad.com?
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WEBHOSTINGPAD.COM IS REALLY BAD NEWS!

I used them for the last year. Their service was OK although I experienced many times when the site ran realy really slowly. I usually took a couple of back and forth exchanges with tech support to clear it up which meant the site was running poorly for several hors at least. Either that or sit on hold for 30 minutes waiting to speak to someone.

SO, here's where it gets REALLY BAD.

I decided after a year of this that I had prepaid for that the company wasn't suiting my needs, so I did not want to renew. When renewal reminder e-mails came in I tried to reply saying I wasn't interested in renewing. They bounced back.

12 DAYS LATER I STARTED RECEIVING COLLECTION CALLS AND A LETTER FORM A COLLECTIONS AGENCY. YES, THIS COMPANY SENT A COLLECTION AGENCY AFTER ME FOR SERVICES THEY HADN'T PROVIDED AND I SAID I DIDN'T WANT.

The billing department rep was rude and unresponsive to any discussion about trying to resolve this in any other way than paying this full years prepaid fee.

My attempts to reach the president of the company to try and discuss this have been blown off.

JUST FYI.

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