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- mindless2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+66Oh the Humanity! Look how much bandwidth the precious new customers will lose. What is wrong with them, are they crazy?
http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html
199GB to 198.5 GB!!!!! HORRIBLE! - jordon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28I agree with wuweing, I like to read their newest blog posts whenever they have them. Plus the fact that they are honest when they are having problems, and they offer http://dreamhoststatus.com running in a different datacenter.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32Dreamhost gives incredible value.. if they lower some of the limits, it'll still be an incredible value.
- snlildude87, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Any company that has a sense of humor is okay in my book.
And for those thinking about Dreamhost, my site has been able to handle digg traffic in the past. Take that however you want. - fitchmicah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22some people keep saying "wow dreamhost sucks BLABLABLA" but they have said NOTHING to back that up.
- SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -4/+229999 will give you 99.99 off a 1 year plan. 1 year basic plan with free domain cost me under $20. Works fine, I haven't had any problems yet.
- ddegner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Dreamhost has treated me better than any of the 3 other hosts I have used and it is by far the best value out there.
- Foma, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15For those who don't know how DH referral codes work: when an existing customer creates a code, they pick how much of a fixed "pool" of savings will go to themselves, and the rest goes to whoever uses the code. From the dreamhost promo code explanation:
"Now you can make your own DreamHost promo codes that new customers can use to get a one-time discount while signing up! Anybody who uses YOUR promo code when signing up automatically gets their referrer set as you (above all else).
The only downside is whatever discount you give them comes out of your $97 one-time rewards payment (anybody who uses a promo code will be set as a one-time rewards, not recurring). But hey, that's only fair! It's basically a way for you to share some of your rewards with the people you're referring."
So the promo codes were created as a modification of the standard "referral" rewards that come when someone simply gives them your email address to list you as a referral.
Because the maximum discount is $97, I don't think that the code mentioned above for $99.99 is possible (the person offering that code may have just remembered the details incorrectly). The promo code that I created a while ago, "JAMES", gives that maximum discount of $97. I get no direct benefit from people using that code, but I am listed as the new customer's referrer. This means that I end up getting $5 applied to my DH bill for every "sub-referral" (every customer that is referred by a customer which used my promo code). - colincornaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I've had a positive experience switching the Dreamhost. They have SVN, which you can't commonly find other places.
- inactive, on 10/25/2007, -23/+34Wow... I can't believe nobody's listed a refferal code yet.
"DIGGFANS" will chop off like $60
You may procede with burying and/or blocking now :P - sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13And if you act now we'll include this handy pocket sized Dreamhost AT NO EXTRA CHARGE!!!
ARE WE MAD?
We're giiivving it all away!! - nikkie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I heart Dreamhost. Their service is awesome, and though their reliability was a bit low for a while, it was great before that, and has been great since. I highly recommend them. Oh, and their newsletters are hilarious.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Psh my dedicated server was on digg twice at same time, reddit, delicious, and slashdot. 30 load average at peak with a PHP cache, and WP-cache. Beat that. Btw that seems good for a large host...
- Comatose51, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I've used them for a year now and haven't come remotely close to exhausting my allocated resources and my plan is the cheapest one. I'll renew even if the rates are higher and even if I don't need the resources because their service is simply AWESOME and they are innovative as hell. They don't just host your stuff. These guys know the stuff you have them host. They throw in shell accounts and version control services such as SVN as part of their plan. I'm talking about my puny economy plan. For a web developer like me, these guys simply rock. I've never had a host this good for so little.
- Guder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I love Dreamhost and after what 1and1 did to the blogger who was posting about Disney and their "shock Radio" station here in the Bay Area.... I'll be glad I got rid of 1and1.
I'd give a coupon code for Dreamhost, but I'm sure you can get one (if you really want message me, or visit my blog and I'll kick you a nice discount.)
I've had a few rough times (as had many this last summer) but it has been pretty good, and they've worked out some issues with me from a bad wordpress plugin that had slowed down my site. Plus they are the most flexible hoster that I've had to deal with in the last 6+ years. - Foma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Read the actual article, and also the one from a while back regarding "overselling" that is linked from it:
http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/05/18/the-truth-about-overselling/
This is not about them trying to actually save disk space and bandwidth. This is about them trying to change their reputation as "oversellers" by creating more of an impression that they place "realistic" space and bandwidth limitations on customers. I have a site hosted by DreamHost and it has been working better and faster recently than it ever has before, and I think it's safe to attribute this to the fact that they've recently added a lot more servers so that there is a lower number of customers on each one (my own account happened to be one that was moved to a different machine).
I don't know if tightening the limits for new customers is actually a good business move or not, but rest assured that it has nothing to do with DreamHost actually struggling with server load. - Blandyman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9colincornaby:
He has 1and1, not Dreamhost. That's why he's considering switching. - sc0tt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Most production servers would have loads similar to that.
- mobilebuddha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6what's TF traffic?
- Rocketmac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Wow, I've had my site there for 3 years (granted the first year was a wee rough) and have not had much complaint.
Would I host mission-critical/lifeline business with them, maybe not. However, for my uses and price they do pretty well.
To note, my site (rather images from my site) have handled HoFo traffic, TF traffic and some Digg traffic all with no problems.
As for the "press release", I think this is a good idea for them. - fac3less, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Be wary of both affiliates code posted.
If the affiliate code does NOT give you 97 dollars off the original poster is making money from it.
Just be careful. - gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8@Software2
Thanks for posting the code. I might just give Dream Host a try and see if it is like what people say it is. - adragons, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6No not necessarily 500megs X the supposed 300'000 customers they have = 150000gigs saved.
- EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Whats wrong with 1&1?
I have had 2 sites hosted by them for the last 6 months or so...and so far they have been great(especially for the price)... - bmwboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4To the user who said dreamhost had an F rating, they have a B, and for a good reason too!
Research, then post....
Thanks!
Bmwboy - JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11They should have a counter just like gmail, only showing the amount of space as it is decreasing.
And then when it gets to negative numbers it should start seeking out, attacking, taking over vulnerable web hosts and taking away their free space by filling it up with high quality TIFFs of goatse. - Cyanbane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Dreamhost F'n rocks as a host.
- noisebleed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, they did have some noticeable growing pains this year, but the only major downtime was related to the heat wave in LA that caused the cooling systems at their data center to go down, and that's hardly Dreamhost's fault. Even though it was extremely irritating at the time, they were at least very forthcoming about the issue and posted detailed updates on their blogs which is more than a lot of companies might have done. In my experience these guys are about as good as you get for shared hosting, which of course is never going to be perfect.
Also, that better business bureau rating is pretty specious. - audguy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Er the 9999 DOES work, I just signed up. it went from $119 a year to $20 SWEET!
- limbikity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5just checked the BBB site, according to them they have a rating of 'B'
- dygitaljoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Dreamhost has the highest quality of customer support I have ever met. They continually prioritize their customers over their own agenda such as adding built in features to the service at no charge. I've been a customer for the past 4 years solid. However, yes they had a power outage and they were down - but they have spent millions in getting reliable power and resources so they can provide reliable service. Beyond that, their service is highly reliable and speedy. (My website on their servers is http://www.joemanna.com)
- serra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Exactly what problems have you people had with Dreamhost? I've been there for over a year and a half now, and haven't had one single problem!
- b3mus3d, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Bet you work for a rival company ;-)
- Comatose51, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@colincornbaby: Ditto here. I found one company who would do it for $5 a month with some crazy limits on my repository. DreamHost gives you that and a bunch of other stuff for free. I learned how to schedule backup jobs of my MySQL DBs and SVN repos from reading their wiki. Can't ask for more.
- nogami, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10What an unusual marketing idea. Basically seems like they're offering less service for the same price in order to give older customers better service than you, as a new customer get.
The "until our precious rep is restored" bit also seems to imply there are problems with their service right now, which may not be particularly effective at drawing new customers.
N . - br549, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've been on Dreamhost for over a year. At least when they have problems they tell you the truth. I had more problems with another host and got nothing but lame excuses! Dreamhost has excellent customer service.
- Scotepi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Infinity - 1
- Foma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@nogami:
Read the article. This has nothing to do with what you think it does. - martypal2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well the two concecutive years they have charged you over 100 dollars.
- rbieber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I've been a Dreamhost customer since 2001. Sure, there have been some rough spots recently, but overall I rate them highly. I've rarely had problems and when I have their support has been excellent. I continue to recommend friends to Dreamhost because for the money, the service is great and its rare to find a company that speaks so honestly to their customers.
- kethraal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"Dreamhost has an F rating by the better business bureau."
That's because they have (as they have puclicly announced many times) decided not to ever respond to BBB complaints -- at least not the BBB. They _do_ respond to customer complaints, but they believe (and I agree) that the BBB is a waste of time.
And it doesn't actually suck that much if you have a moderate-high traffic site. I host a site on them that goes through about 50GB of bandwidth a week, and I've never had any problems. Of course, I'm not exactly running wildly CPU-intensive scripts -- if I were, I'd have to move to a dedi -- but that's not really a function of Dreamhost, there's just no way to have a ton of CPU-heavy scripts running on a shared host. - SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@Foma
9999 works because it isn't a user referral promo code, it's by Dreamhost to celebrate their 9th Anniversary. A year before they had 8888 which took off $88.88 to celebrate their 8th. - colincornaby, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9Why switch hosts? Already existing accounts aren't affected...
- eclipxe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2As many people mentioned, Dreamhost is great for developers. Free SVN with easy setup (built in auth editing, etc). Unlimited MySQL databases, FTP accounts, shell accounts...hell you can even compile your own software in your shell and run it in the background...Quicktime streaming, etc etc. So many great features for a kick-ass price. I love Dreamhost.
- SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ renzien
His site is fine, he just made an error typing the address. When you click the link it accidentally adds a ")" which makes the server not found. Remove it and there ya go. - fac3less, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Overall their reviews seem fairly decent:
http://hostjury.com/reviews/DreamHost/
This just looks like a marketing ploy if I've ever seen one. ;) They got on digg so I bet that has netted the several affiliates listed up there a boatload of cash.
Just remember (in my opinion) purchasing realistic packages is the way to go.
At those resource allocations the potential for nasty is higher.
Ever receive 'disk full' errors on dreamhost? I know several who do every day.
Overselling can be nasty. - butlershouse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'll dig the story because I use them. I am happy that they are smart enough to make tough choices and commit to them.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Important !! Le service Dedibox n'est ouvert qu'aux résidents en france métropolitaine.
Warning !! Dedibox service is only open for french residents (no international sales)." - robotz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4DreamHost are great if you want to get suckered in by all the masses of extras / disk space / bandwidth you apparently get. I recently closed my account there as it was coming up for renewal, and their performance during that time was utter crap. The server load was insanely high, the control panel would load only when it felt like it, the constant stream of downtime due to one issue or another really put me off. I would never host a proper commercial site there in my entire life (and I've built hundreds of them), it's just not worth the risk.
I have serious doubts over their actual technical ability in-house. Anyone who's site was stuck in the middle of the whole core router issue they had recently will have trouble disagreeing with this. Those guys barely know what they are doing, plain and simple, and probably grew too fast for their actual knowledge and abilities. All the work they need to put into re-building their network into something that can actually cope now just smacks of this. If you need to make money from your web site, one way or another, use a real host. If you just need a coders playground, I won't argue, they're a good choice for the price. - xigxag, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Oh, wow. I just bought a year of hosting for $119 yesterday....damn me for not doing my homework. I figured it would be a 10% discount (and I wasn't paying) so didn't bother. Funny that this is on digg front page the day after, timing meh.
I am digging the services at DreamHost. The automated unlimited email accounts (with webmail), the one-click installs of wordpress, joomla, etc. are very cool. The wiki was also very informative for all the services and software installs. Plus, I was able to sign up for hosting and buy a domain all on one page, without any upsell. This compared to the mess that is GoDaddy was very refreshing. -
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