know, by now you are snug You see, one day when I
and cozy in your own web discovered that my web forms
host's warm fail-proof would no longer perform, I calmly
server with megabytes oozing from reached for Mr. Bell's gadget to
every web page. inform the hosting company of my
little quandary. After all, I had
Right now your probably beaming been a star boarder for over two
with confidence because you know years and quite naturally was
that your web host considers any under the silly impression that
technical glitch appearing on all my problems would be quickly
your website, as a personal dispatched, instead I was!
affront. I am sure also, that you
are benefiting from the It appears my web host had
spaciousness of a 'gig' or two of recently decided that tech
roomy server space. service was just too trivial and
bothersome to be of importance.
This, you no doubt demanded to
accommodate the throngs that are In addition, I had the audacity
attracted magnetically to your to relate such an insignificant
website daily, while you topic by phone. I guess in some
reluctantly allow them to hosting circles answering the
purchase your wares. telephone is a real no-no.
Alas, I once knew that same I was briskly informed I must
tranquil feeling! Emphasis here send in what is called a "Support
on the past thence, for I Ticket."
recently was required to "trip
the Internet fantastic" in search A support-ticket I discovered, is
of a new web host. an email plea for help that gives
you all the confidence of waving
a distress flag in an empty room, image. And the phrase,
only mine was not as effective! ‘Customer Service' has turned
into more of a slogan then a
Meanwhile, my little predicament certainty. All too often the term
was beginning to aggravate ‘24/7 support' really means,
visitors, a feat which I must "Don't call us, we'll call you."
admit is fun at times, but
definitely hard on the However, even though this
pocketbook. eye-opening search had left me
"Google-eyezed," I had to admit
So in exasperation, I know you that there really are many good
won't believe it but I do get a web hosts populating the
little peeved at times, I packed Internet.
my collection of megabytes and
began my quest for another web Of course, while searching for my
host, along with a "Gig," or two new host I had to concentrate on
of server space. such seemingly mundane things as;
Server side includes, Data
As I skipped merrily along the transfer rate, and that ever
super highway via my favorite popular Secure socket layers.
search engine, it soon became
apparent that I could no longer Boy, I don't know about you, but
cling to my air of confidence, I certainly want all my sockets,
let alone dreams of frugality. especially the layers, to be
secure. And, get a load of those
Have you noticed lately how they ‘cron jobs,' sounds obscene
have twisted the meaning of that doesn't it! Moreover, are you
beautiful word ‘cheap!' As a sure Perl isn't a knitting term.
result it's getting harder and
harder for me to maintain my So my advice is, if you have a
good web host wrap your arms As for me, I've found the perfect
around your nearest FTP access host from which I'll never roam,
and hold on for dear life. A good who would - would you! Now it's
web host is money in the bank. blue skies forever. Yet I did
So, may I wish you many happy hear of one that...
uploads and profitable downloads.
About the Author:
Joe Myna is webmaster at http://anezbizz.com - http://ahow2.com and http://abbarn.com. Involved with direct marketing for the past 30 years. Mr. Myna first went online in 1996 and is author of several well know informative how-to books including "The cream of Home-Based Businesses" Download free at http://www.ahow2.com/
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