BEWARE of switchfusion

[wendalee76]

pls beware of their services.

i hv 2 frens w them & they told me tt their servers always go down. 3-5 times in past few months. even email down too. lucky they told me or i would hv signed up already.

when u write to support, they take 1-2days to reply.

[Duskette]

my fren's fren's fren also said u are flaming them...

why not u provide evidence?

[wendalee76]

go to groups.google.com and type in switchfusion

all the evidence is there.

the url link is too long. hope it works.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&threadm=8152fe70.0210010559.5eda28ed%40posting.goo gle.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dswitchfusion%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3 DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26selm%3D8152fe70.0210010559.5eda28 ed%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D1

[fred]

interesting link.... i never explore google group b4 hehe.... 3-5 times for past few months.... if not long still acceptable ( for example restart server or some service).... may be should ask them why first ......

[alva chew]

sounds like switchfusion is getting into alot of bad publicity...
is this good example of "dun ever cross your customers"?

[Heng Chai]

Very bad for business if they don't clear up the situation. All hosts have some problems or another. Explaining to your customer that the fault is unavoidable AND apologizing that you are already doing your best but understand that its not fast/efficient enough. A lot of hosts aren't honest and neither humble to do that, and they don't clean up the mess either.

Anyway, from what I know SwitchFusion went down cause 8 to Infinity moved from Starhub to 1-Net, hence the downtime. But either way, they should use backup servers to migrate the sites, move the original servers then reactivate the original servers. That is the CORRECT procedure for any network migration of servers. Having backup servers on hand for migration or if there is hardware fault is VERY important if you want to be a reliable host.

[ck]

You might want to take a look @ http://www.sgwebhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=186&pagenumber=3

My two cents worth says if a webhost goes down, give them the benefit of the doubt that they are trying everything within their means to bring it back up. If they are shifting datacenters, it is an inevitable thing that they have to go with.

however

If they start lying, it is not a very good sign.

[Oinky]

Thanks wendalee76. I was doing a search for hosting actually, and found all the threads about this switchfusion. Very scary. Anyway, thanks for sharing. ;)

[bluelights]

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=switchfusion&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0

There are people who want to report this host to Small Claims Tribunal and CASE.