What would make you switch?

[iPhonefreak]

What would make you switch hosting providers?

Please tell us your current host, how much you get, how much you pay, and what would make you switch to another host.

 

[Black Angel]

I think that I would switch my host if I felt that I wasn't getting the same quality of both services and support that I had been enjoying.

This is often the case when a company changes hands. I've noticed this with Forumer's IPB forums. They ineffectively managed their IPB forums and when their company was purchased, all of the IPB forums became Yuku forums.

I think that if my host owner ever let quality suffer to that extent, then I would most definitely change providers.

I'm on a free host now, and although I've discussed moving to paid hosting with my members and staff, I havent really committed to doing anything as of yet as I don't feel like I am missing out on anything by sticking with my current host. My members often feel the same way and newer members are surprised that it isn't paid considering the level of freedom we have with mature content and the fact that I have free access to my forum's database and can back up my forum at any time and take my exported SQL file to any host and convert it to any software I choose..

 

[death180]

Uh, speed right now, it's not the greatest.

 

[Hitakashi]

What would make you switch hosting providers?

Please tell us your current host, how much you get, how much you pay, and what would make you switch to another host.

The only reason I would switch is if the host would close.

I'm currently with BuyVM. I get these specs (Swap is Burst) with a External and Internal IP (Which I can use to communicate with any other VPS within their network, If needed and not get counted against my bandwidth). I pay $15 per year.

I also have a 2 free VPSes that I use for development reasons, One with 368MB/720~MB RAM/Swap and a 128MB/256 RAM/Burst

 

[Cat]

I think that I would switch my host if I felt that I wasn't getting the same quality of both services and support that I had been enjoying.

This is often the case when a company changes hands. I've noticed this with Forumer's IPB forums. They ineffectively managed their IPB forums and when their company was purchased, all of the IPB forums became Yuku forums.

I think that if my host owner ever let quality suffer to that extent, then I would most definitely change providers.

I'm on a free host now, and although I've discussed moving to paid hosting with my members and staff, I havent really committed to doing anything as of yet as I don't feel like I am missing out on anything by sticking with my current host. My members often feel the same way and newer members are surprised that it isn't paid considering the level of freedom we have with mature content and the fact that I have free access to my forum's database and can back up my forum at any time and take my exported SQL file to any host and convert it to any software I choose..

Speaking of Forumer, I used to have quite a successful PHPBB board with them back in the mid-00s. Eventually activity died out and I moved onto other things, different board software, etc. Recently I decided to go back and look over the old stomping grounds, only to find it had been removed completely and I was taken to this Yuku place's homepage. That was a bit sad for me. 🙁

OT: I'd switch if I was no longer satisfied with the services I was getting. Or if I found another provider offering better services for less money. Assuming they were reputable, of course.

 

[Beverly]

I'm pretty happy with my current host company. Though I would probably switch if I could get unlimited Softaculous script installs. Currently, I'm limited with how many it will auto install and then I have to install the others manually. It's not a huge deal for Wordpress. But some scripts take hours to install.