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1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery

 

I was tempted by 1&1 a couple of years ago for a semi-personal site vbut their offer was simply too good to be true.

I went with www.datagate.co.uk instead, that has been quite good. Apart from ther extortinate pricing for extra bandwidth. I went over my allowance by 1.5 GB one month last year and got charged something along the lines of £30.

 
  • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, PositivePaul, 24 Jan 19:09
    Over the last few years, business ISP costs have been tumbling to levels that seem too good to be true. But when things go wrong, the hidden costs can be huge and there’s virtually ...
    • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, Loz, 25 Jan 13:07
      I was tempted by 1&1 a couple of years ago for a semi-personal site vbut their offer was simply too good to be true. I went with (http://www.datagate.co.uk) www.datagate.co.uk i ...
      • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, StevePratley, 26 Jan 08:38
        There have been a number of similar discussions over at the A4U affiliates forum where a lot of site owners were hit by the recent 1&1 issues. We ourselves were without email for t ...
        • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, Loz, 26 Jan 12:55
          I've considered paying more for peace of mind but Rackspace are just too expensive for what I do as a hobby. I've chatted online to Rackspace and they suggested an Irish company ...
          • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, StevePratley, 26 Jan 13:45
            To be honest, if it's just a hobby, you may as well stick with 1&1. Whilst the outages this week and last were very serious for a full time online business, overall my experien ...
            • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, Loz, 30 Jan 15:30
              It's not the first time I've read negative reviews about 1&1. But you're right, no ISP can guarantee a perfect service. 1&1 seem to have particularly inefficient support, though, a ...
    • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, nickharrison, 23 Mar 00:44
      I have a 1&1 account and a server which, to this day has not caused any problems whatsoever. However(and this is a big however), I am likely to be markedly different from most ...
    • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, WebSecurity, 9 May 18:26
      Organisations should undertake some form of due diligence review before procurement... your online presence may depend on many suppliers and partners.  It is not always the case of ...
    • 1&1 service issues highlight ISP lottery, silver-surfer, 10 May 11:49
      I've experienced problems with 1&1 regards speed of access to a website that was on a shared server. We upgraded our package to avoid this but we still had speed issues, to be hone ...
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