Swiftway is a horror.

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by DIe$el, Jun 11, 2010.

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    They have switched off a server, removed hard disks and took them away, they have given us no notice and now we are without a server and without data from it. I don’t even have adequate words, only dirty words – all our scripts, all traffic have vanished. Indians work in their technical support, Alex ignores us, that’s a horror! Do not take servers there!
     
    DIe$el, Jun 11, 2010 IP
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    Are they still in business. This would make an excellent article for my blog. hoststadium.com

    I review good and bad web hosts. Even if I haven't experienced them. If they do things catastrophic like this they deserve a negative article written about them. Could you provide me a link to there homepage?
     
    CB - Matt, Jun 11, 2010 IP
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    RonBrown Well-Known Member

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    That's poor customer service. It's not a perfect world, and things do go wrong, but there's no excuse for no contact or explanation. Hope you get your data back. It's too late now, but make sure you backup your site and data regularly and at least you can recover with very little downtime.
     
    RonBrown, Jun 13, 2010 IP
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    HostXNow Active Member

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    Yes, making offsite backups using rsync technology is a very good way of backing up all your important data.

    I make backups with two different providers.
     
    HostXNow, Jun 13, 2010 IP
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    TTT for rsync. You have to include offsite backups with your hosting. If you don't and you are a client then you need to make sure you backup and download them to your pc or buy a data package at a data provider to use for off site backups.
     
    CB - Matt, Jun 13, 2010 IP
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    I've had issues with them as well. Never going to use Swift ever again, period.
     
    Youtube_Provider, Jun 15, 2010 IP
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    I can not wait to review this company! If they are as trash as people are saying the more reviews as possible regarding there lack of service the better. Why would they not just do good business? why?
     
    CB - Matt, Jul 3, 2010 IP
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    What website you have hosted with swiftway ?
     
    anands, Jul 3, 2010 IP