Blue Host positive review #12166 by S Hammontree (scotte68@s...)
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S Hammontree ( scotte68@s... )
I have a shared hosting plan. I am using MODx and Wordpress. My site is currently under constructions. BlueHost does many things right. I really like the cPanel and the customer service is good. I have no complaints about up-time. My site has never gone down.
However, there is one thing that is NOT GOOD. CPU Throttling. I have absolutely zero traffic on my site and my account is being Throttled constantly. It causes periodic delays while I'm making changes to my site. What is going to happen when I start my marketing campaign and I actually have traffic on my site?
I am not doing anything fancy. I loaded MODx and WordPress and I have one custom PHP script running as a Cron Job twice a day and my account is being throttled numerous times. Despite what Blue Host says about throttling, I notice times where my site does not respond for long periods (15 to 20 seconds). Again, please let me emphasize - I HAVE NO TRAFFIC on my site yet.
8/23/2010 - WARNING: During the past 24 hours your account has been throttled for a total of 141.763 seconds.
When I asked Blue host support that question the reply I received was startling. The do not research "CPU Throttling" issues. I am seriously considering other hosts. I heard Host Gator was better and they do not Throttle an account.
NOTE - Before I was with Blue Host I was with HostMonster. I heard both companies are under the same management.
For the record, I certainly can see how CPU Throttling would be a good thing, but my current experience suggests that CPU Throttling is not working as it should.
Sincerely,
B.Rgds,
S. Hammontree
However, there is one thing that is NOT GOOD. CPU Throttling. I have absolutely zero traffic on my site and my account is being Throttled constantly. It causes periodic delays while I'm making changes to my site. What is going to happen when I start my marketing campaign and I actually have traffic on my site?
I am not doing anything fancy. I loaded MODx and WordPress and I have one custom PHP script running as a Cron Job twice a day and my account is being throttled numerous times. Despite what Blue Host says about throttling, I notice times where my site does not respond for long periods (15 to 20 seconds). Again, please let me emphasize - I HAVE NO TRAFFIC on my site yet.
8/23/2010 - WARNING: During the past 24 hours your account has been throttled for a total of 141.763 seconds.
When I asked Blue host support that question the reply I received was startling. The do not research "CPU Throttling" issues. I am seriously considering other hosts. I heard Host Gator was better and they do not Throttle an account.
NOTE - Before I was with Blue Host I was with HostMonster. I heard both companies are under the same management.
For the record, I certainly can see how CPU Throttling would be a good thing, but my current experience suggests that CPU Throttling is not working as it should.
Sincerely,
B.Rgds,
S. Hammontree
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