is this a scam

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by mybluehair, Aug 6, 2007.

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    i found this hosting sevice for 5 bucks a month that offers:

    » 300,000 MB of web storage, 3000 GB monthly data transfer,
    » UNLIMITED Domains, subdomains, FTP, POP3, IMAP e-mails,
    SSH Access, PHP 4/5, MySQL & PostgreSQL, SSL, Perl, etc.

    dosnt that seem like alot for only 5 bucks a month?
     
    mybluehair, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  2. samantha pia

    samantha pia Prominent Member

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    yea but they restrict you in other ways, like limit the ammount of database quires to 50,000 an hour and throttle your ftp upload speed so it dont affect others on the server, limit file size to 30mb but let you upload 100mb files, the movies will only play the 1st 30mb. and SSH access is something they need to see your ID before they give it. but the rest looks normal
     
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    shaun12345 Banned

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    I agree with sam on this one there should be some sort of misleading sale fine for this i think
     
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    hamish Peon

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    I always enjoy the ones who offer 3TB/month in transfer, but then throttle your site to 100k/sec... It could take an eternity to get 3TB transferred :p

    If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't, or they'll belly up in a few months. I made that mistake once, and won't do it again.
     
    hamish, Aug 6, 2007 IP