After the major server crash and no replies from GISOL I did some research on GISOL it self. Now for me I never signed up with GISOL! I want and need everyone reading this know that, I need that for my reputation
I signed up with Ireg.com for a hosting package that was back in the day (year 2000) the best deal. And they were good! Ireg (I believe it standed for ‘Iregistered!’, back then a big deal to register your own domain) they delivered what they promised and never really had a big issue with them.
Then Ireg became ‘Ampira’, and Ampira even wasn’t all that bad, although they had some blackout issues now and then, but their uptime was still above 90%!
Then Ampira became GISOL.
Global Internet SOLutions was the new web hoster for my website cyrell.com (year 2001).
Then all shit started to hit the fan! Horrible customer support, poor uptime (lucky if your website was up 20 days a month, with slow server speeds), and server crash galore. Almost like if it was some kind of dude, lonely sitting in his basement with an old server that he bought from a yard sale and hooked up somehow, providing ‘customer service and hosting service’.
Of course I don’t know for sure it’s a one man operation although I’d like to believe that, but I do know that he uses several different names in ‘live chat’ support. (the same person)
Yes! Almost like someone with multiple personality disorder, hehe
. Sometimes I catch him saying information that only a ’senior techician’ would know and the next day he pretends to know nothing about databases or, even simple html setups.
But in the end you always try to be a good person and think; ‘the guys prolly busy’, or he must have had a bad day.
Until you type GISOL in GOOGLE
hnmmm
let’s see, first search result,.
gisol.com “Global Internet Solutions offers affordable web hosting with powerful servers. Our current SPECIAL for $7.95 offers you 100MB of space, 90 DAYS FREE, …“
alright,.. the main site to gisol.com, nothing weird about it, just to promote their business.
second:
GISOLSUCKS.com
They said there was a court order to take down gisolsucks.com as well as other anti-gisol websites. I called my ISP a few days ago and they said it wasn’t …
gisolsucks.com? let’s have a look! It’s about this poor guy having all sorts of issues with GISOL.. I’m starting to sweat, because my precious website is hosted with these ^$!%$#@ !
oh well, maybe it’s just an angry dude that did something stupid and never got his money back because he went over the ‘90 days money back guarantee’ line..
3rd result
Global Internet Solutions – incompetent!!! GISOL.com – awful web … – Sep 9
GISOL (Global Internet Solutions) is a terrible web host!!! GISOL DIDN’T deliver its 99.999% uptime guarantee; The servers were always down.
holy crap! the first couple results were not all that positive about this webhost…
how about the next:
Ahh,.. a hosting review site:
OMG,.. all lawsuits against GISOL
“This company needs legal action taken against it. If you have had bad dealings with GISOL please report it to the LA better Business Bereau, the LA District Attorney’s office, the FBI’s IC3 internet crimes unit and whomever else will take a complaint against these thieves.
This company thrives on unethical and fraudulent actions. They charge your card with out warning, bait and switch plans. Hijack domain names and avoid all calls like the plaque.
I have had two accounts suspended without warning for so called AUP violations. Hosting multiple apparently are a no-no even though the plans i have state unlimited domains.”
and mind you there are about 50(!!!) negative reviews!! (sweating more!)
nervously I click the back button on my Firefox tool bar,.. back to the search results: because maybe, just maybe some has something positive to say about my hosting company that’ll make me feel good, and I can finally get a good night’s sleep.
“Beware of GISOL (Global Internet Solutions)
I can’t believe the things these crooks are doing to their customers. Read the story, but more importantly, read the comments, and see how many people they’ve swindled. They should not be in business. Please spread the word about them. It’s just not right.”
by raoulpop
by now I realized that my website is doomed! The first couple of search results are so incredibly awful that I can’t believe my eyes!
I’m not making this up,.. search GISOL in GOOGLE and see the results for yourself, if that many people, including myself have that much trouble with a hosting company how the hell can they still be in business??! In my opinio, GISOL is a scam, and I can get out of it because they hold my domain cyrell.net hostage. Hopefully they will do better in the future, but for about 4 years now they have made my hosting hellish with them.
People need to be aware of this! If you want to create a domain and hosting, please do yourself a favor and save yourself alot of trouble by signing up with…. I don’t care, Yahoo or 1&1, or even GoDaddy whatever the case is never, ever, ever sign up with Global Internet Solutions (GISOL),……
unless you want to talk to Neo (the technical support guy that always refers your to his ’senior technicians’)
then it might be a good idea,. but he is not very friendly past 11am PST.