This time around, it’s not my fault.
My Web Hosting providers suddenly got into their mind that Blogging was an activity they did not want to allow on their web servers. And for some reason they thought that my YouTube videos were hogging their bandwidth. So they suspended my account.
Just like that.
Without information, without notice, without anything. And this happens right in the middle of a post submission!! No prior intimation, no update, nothing! So I did what anybody would do. Got myself pissed and mailed them immediately. 11 emails and 3 days later, i.e. today they ‘relented’ to my questions and ‘unsuspended’ the site.
Just like that.
In the course of the email exchanges I learnt that my site was blocked because of streaming and blogging activity. Huh? Blogging is a perfectly acceptable activity for a website. In fact I choose to use my blog as a website, instead of the other way round. As for streaming, the only streaming came from the YouTube video, which streams directly from source!
What irritated me further was this line in their Terms of Service Agreement:
Denial of Service: We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at any time for any reason.
That line just absolves them of all liabilities, doesn’t it? So tomorrow, if their system admin turns out to be a BOFH, I stand to lose all my content?
Silly of me to give them ideas, isn’t it? But what irritates me is this fine print in the legalese. Why should one shirk from responsibilities? If it is an error, it IS an error. Accept it like a man, make amends and move on. Is that so difficult to understand?
Sigh, seems like a classic case of the Friday blues to me…
(Not to be taken seriously)
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January 5th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
bad. wish these ppl would put their issues on the table right at the beginning. atleast one has an idea of the possibilities! so ‘down with fine print’ i say!
sigh! fond hopes…
and ahem… i believe that they would be ‘absolved’ of liabilities. unless ofcourse, they be water soluble…..
January 6th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Ooops, stupid of me…
Thanks for pointing that one out. Proves yet again, that one should not write when one’s pissed.
Anyway, now that we are back online, let’s hope things get better. Or I may have to look for options…
January 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Awww… I was THIS close! And there go all the hopes that this year will be any better. Sigh.
All my love,
Yours forever sthupitly.
January 8th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
THIS close to what?
Huh? You are not making any sense there… Or I am partially losing my sense of comprehension.
Which one is it?
Regards,
Shri.
January 9th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Monday, January 08, 2007
Along my journey in Blogland - from Blogspot, Typepad, Wordpress and now finally cruising - steady as she goes - on Movable Type 3.2 the question of a decent host was encountered.
I did a lot of scouring the webworld and finally settled on LivingDot.com - my hosts. Not the cheapest of cheapos, but for the support I get for the money I spend, they are well worth it.
Since I have been with them, nearing a year now, the question of Host services is something I don’t need to worry about.
disclaimer: I don’t get one ‘phuti kodi’ for my recommendation of Livingdot.com!
January 10th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
of saying au revoir!
January 11th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Interesting
January 11th, 2007 at 8:40 am
By the way, who is your Web hosting company?
Regards.
J.
January 17th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Max:
Thanks dude, but you don’t have to be so laconic…
J:
I would have named them, but I don’t want to give then unnecessary publicity, especially not after what they did.