Comments on: Stay away from 3ix.org

By: Ray Strong

Ray Strong — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:10:21 +0000

3ix are not inexpensive. They are cheap. There is a massive difference.

If you want to have a domain that keeps going offline, that gets hacked with malicious scripts which try to install trojans on your users machines whilst all the time "enjoying" abusive and throughly poor technical support use 3ix.

3ix are cheap for a reason. Using them was my worst hosting experience ever.

* AVOID 3IX LIKE THE PLAGUE *

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:47:20 +0000

Not bad at all. You’re at the top of my list when I get to managing switching hosts.

By: Kevin Paquet

Kevin Paquet — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:21:00 +0000

@Peter – check out http://stronghub.com
You can check all of my domain names, kevinpaquet.com pinoyteens.net poeticnotes.com via whois tools, all point to their name server. I haven’t had a problem for weeks now with them!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:01:44 +0000

By all means, please let me know your suggestion.

By: Kevin Paquet

Kevin Paquet — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:22:04 +0000

@Peter - I could recommend one good host, tell me if you are interested!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:38:15 +0000

I thought I would get an uber-cheap host while developing the beginnings of a game development company.

Unfortunately, my research led me to 3ix. In the months since beginning my account in May, I have had the pleasure of dealing with the following frustrating problems:

- Invoking traffurl.ru before page loading, which caused a delay on any page loaded. Solution: Support “did something”, and it worked.
- MySQL database wipe, and support’s inability to restore from a backup. Solution: I had to redo part of my website. I implemented my own custom backup system “just in case” it happened again.
- Inability to send email to my Mailman mailing list. Solution: Tech support “did something” and it worked.
- Inability to send email with a mail client configured on standard SMTP port 25. Solution: Support suggested I reconfigure the mail client to use port 26. Still fighting on this one.

All I can say is, you get what you pay for. I will not renew my account with 3ix, and I am in the process of finding a new host.

Best regards,
- Peter

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:33:55 +0000

i had over 10 sites with 3ix…bloody useless….their server crashes every second day, their chat people are bloody rude as hell
they should not be in hosting, as they know nothing about hosting….bloody useless

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:25:28 +0000

I have been with 3ix for a few years, happy with them, there can be problems, but that is the same as any hosting company, I have found 3ix work hard to resolve issues, it’s just not true that 3ix is a scam they have more than 50,000 clients, sure I see a few complaints online, but the majority of their clients will be happy with their price and service.

Thanks

Janet

By: Isles Tech

Isles Tech — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:58:00 +0000

You should write a post describing your displeasure with computinghost. Then at least other Filipino bloggers could be warned.

By: Rai

Rai — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:24:20 +0000

Sorry to hear that. You might want to consider a more expensive but more reliable web hosting provider. Don’t waste your time and money to these “cheap” hostings.