Comments on: How To Change The Default Document on Easy CGI Hosting http://www.thewebhostinghero.com/tutorials/easycgi-default-document.html Web Hosting Reviews & Coupons Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Web Hosting Herohttp://www.thewebhostinghero.com/tutorials/easycgi-default-document.html/comment-page-1#comment-10047 The Web Hosting Hero Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:09:50 +0000 http://www.thewebhostinghero.com/?p=2903#comment-10047 This is why it's a good idea to always buy your domain names from a registrar rather than from your web host. This is why it’s a good idea to always buy your domain names from a registrar rather than from your web host.

]]> By: jonashttp://www.thewebhostinghero.com/tutorials/easycgi-default-document.html/comment-page-1#comment-10044 jonas Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:41:06 +0000 http://www.thewebhostinghero.com/?p=2903#comment-10044 I was a customer with easycgi for many years (as well as a reseller), when i started receiving notices that some domains were due for renewal i did the logical thing and tried to navigate to the renewals page, but wait... it didn't exist? they had somehow deleted that page so i notified them via email & support ticket only to have them tell me it was a fault at my end, like every single computer & browser i checked all had the same fault.eventually they told me they would fix it and i should check back in a week (when my domains were about to expire). a week went by, i checked back, the page was up "hooray" i thought, but no. the renew button refused to function. it was there, almost like an image left to taunt me that i was about to lose my domains to the abyss. i also noticed i wasn't able to change any DNS or other details (admin, tech contacts, etc).i opened more support tickets & sent more emails, eventually i got my domain renewed, but boy was it a headache. i started transferring all my domains away from easycgi apart from one which had been registered less than 30 days before, i also cancelled my hosting account. keeping in mind that as soon as possible i had to transfer that last domain away - of course it slipped my mind.little did i know, during the cancellation of my hosting/reseller account easycgi's team had taken it upon themselves to... change all my admin/tech/contact information to something i knew nothing about. so when the domain came up for renewal again this year, guess what, i wasn't notified and i lost my site & email for days, then was told it was my fault the info was wrong and i had to pay easycgi $170USD to get my domain back or i would lose it to the highest bidder. after THEY changed my information without my permission.there has got to be some law against this sort of extortion, if it's illegal for the mafia, then it should be illegal for easycgi!if anyone wants to launch a class-action suit against easycgi, count me in. worst host in the history of the internet. NEVER use easycgi. I was a customer with easycgi for many years (as well as a reseller), when i started receiving notices that some domains were due for renewal i did the logical thing and tried to navigate to the renewals page, but wait… it didn’t exist? they had somehow deleted that page so i notified them via email & support ticket only to have them tell me it was a fault at my end, like every single computer & browser i checked all had the same fault.

eventually they told me they would fix it and i should check back in a week (when my domains were about to expire). a week went by, i checked back, the page was up “hooray” i thought, but no. the renew button refused to function. it was there, almost like an image left to taunt me that i was about to lose my domains to the abyss. i also noticed i wasn’t able to change any DNS or other details (admin, tech contacts, etc).

i opened more support tickets & sent more emails, eventually i got my domain renewed, but boy was it a headache. i started transferring all my domains away from easycgi apart from one which had been registered less than 30 days before, i also cancelled my hosting account. keeping in mind that as soon as possible i had to transfer that last domain away – of course it slipped my mind.

little did i know, during the cancellation of my hosting/reseller account easycgi’s team had taken it upon themselves to… change all my admin/tech/contact information to something i knew nothing about. so when the domain came up for renewal again this year, guess what, i wasn’t notified and i lost my site & email for days, then was told it was my fault the info was wrong and i had to pay easycgi $170USD to get my domain back or i would lose it to the highest bidder. after THEY changed my information without my permission.

there has got to be some law against this sort of extortion, if it’s illegal for the mafia, then it should be illegal for easycgi!

if anyone wants to launch a class-action suit against easycgi, count me in. worst host in the history of the internet. NEVER use easycgi.

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