110mb Hosting What happened to FREE hosting?

110mb

 

A big name in the hosting world today, indeed.

 

I remember back in the days, 110mb offered LOTS of amazing features, despite the fact they couldn't keep them. I talked to support, they were about 2 - 3 people controlling it all. It was nice ! Don't get me wrong, anyway. On to my POINT.

 

 

We all (or some of us) remember 110mb as the best host possible! (Sorry, even better than Xisto :XD:) But what it has become now is really bad.

 

First of all - They brag too much about their "amazing" offer.

They offer things such as:

 

2 GB FTP100GB Bandwidth10 SQL DatabasesFTP Access110DBManager (better then phpMyAdmin)

Etcetera etcetera. Let's take a look!

I have an account on 110mb, i log in to my panel. And i see a FRESH REDESIGN of the LayeredPanel script. (they also talk a lot about them recoding it all etc, CARE!)

 

Regarding the new LIMITS, due to "hackers" and "abusers", they had to lock down the entire list of REGULAR features you can get ANYWHERE.

Now - You must PURCHASE (What happened to FREE!?) access to one and one feature! Here's the list:

 

Sendmail ON - 5$

Register_Globals ON - 1.50$

Turn ON MySQL Database Support - 9.95$

Turn ON .htaccess Support - 5$

Turn ON CGI/Perl/Python/Sendmail/Htaccess - 9.95$

 

Total Ammount of money needed for all features: 31.40$

 

So.. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR "FREE" IMAGE?

The moment i saw this, i was outrageous! Oh yes! MAD and FURIOUS!

I liked their host the way it was.

 

Sure - They get problems with abusers using SENDMAIL to abuse etc, but that's no big bomb! I'd certainly pay a buck or two as "insurance" for that I won't abuse anyone with my website, but the fact I need to pay for ALL OF THESE (STANDARD) features!? HELL NO!

 

110mb - I just don't understand WHY... WHY RESTRICT the MySQL Databases to 10$ ? (ok 9.95, whatever.) For 10$ - I could get almost 2 months hosting at the world's best host (*at the time posted, it has the highest rated reviews*), and they offer 8 times more than you do!

 

Why did you TAKE AWAY your GREAT looking "FREE 4 LIFE" brand - And replace it with pesky price tags for normal features?

 

Seriously 110mb, you just lost one valuable and loyal customer. And he's not returning again, unless you improve. (Then again - Why listen to 1 free user's complaints, move along! The others will surely use 32$ on FREE hosting *cough*).

 

Just my 2 cents... I just needed to get this out, to everyone.

 

-Atthack

As a Migrated Former user of 110mb, it pains me to say you had to post 350 comments on their forum to activate the MySQL.But the thing that angers me even more is the fact that they still offer MySQL as a part of the free package advertisement on their site(I think they added an "*" now)And what angers me the most is that they offer fantastico scripts, all of which need a MySQL...what the?Plus at random times, at night the FTP went down for me.This makes you think, back in the day 110mb used to be the best out there, and when people started to sign up an incredible rate, their costs went up, having to take out some features, my worst fear the same cataclysmic effect will be repeated in trap 17, when the cost to host free with all these features take their toll on Trap 17...

Edited August 19, 2007 by birudagmawi (see edit history)

Hi there! I am also a former 110mb.com user. I also left them as they hardly keep any thing free now.

 

THey are a good host but I think they are now shifting to be a paid hosting site now. though they are doing it slowly. It seems that they are upgrading the whole system but in a very unclean manner. every time you visite there site you will surely find a message that some box is down for some time. this is very bad.

 

If you are looking for some free host then you have come to the right place. Xisto is up for two years and just increasing there features in the list. you will just have to be active in the forums. and the good news is that it's based on the credit system. so you can also go offline from the board for some time.

 

plus you can also go for qupis.com they are also a part of this site. but they display a ad at the bottom of your page. but they don't require forum activity.

 

Xisto Readme

Edited August 19, 2007 by Codemaster Snake (see edit history)

thanks for the site man i actually signing it up now...just want to try their hosting plans if good then i will try to stay there...i really also got a good hosting plan but i want much unto it with free of charge =)

Yep, glad others see the problems with 110mb as well.And I wasn't aware of the MYSQL thing and forum stuff, but the thing is - Why should you post for something when it is "FREE" hosting? Before - You got everything neatly set up, and the minor bugs were nothing because of the great features we got.Now - I feel they've become too "popular" and they think so themselves. They've become too greedy, and we all know paying for features that are at such a low standard as MYSQL or REGISTER_GLOBALS ON is WEAK.Xisto is a nice community, and i'll definately be seeing if i won't get myself some hosting here :XD:Thanks for your feedback everyone, anyone else have something they want to share ?

I remember these fools, I believe I used them back into 2004 when I was looking for php hosts. Of course I never like their admin panel either, but now I have Xisto to keep me warm at nights :XD:.

Why should you post for something when it is "FREE" hosting?

To answer your question: It's the activity that keeps the service up. I guess this could be said for any business. And i guess you can say Xisto pays back activity with their own activity. :XD: The forums used to have advertisements that would help pay for the Xisto service. But ever since Xisto - Web Hosting (another Xisto service) has been doing great, the adverts have been removed and the income that pays for Xisto comes from them. Xisto had become a big community before then, it would be unfair and odd to discontinue the forums. By the way, i hope you're enjoying your stay here.

Yes, definately am Truefusion.And I've never really been fond of the community in 110mb. All i'm saying is - It's unfair that they've changed in a bad way.THE LEAST they could do is actually stop bragging about the great features they provide (even though they've placed a simple "*" next to it) and actually say that you must PAY for these features. (But then again - What is that to do with FREE HOSTING?).Here you can post and get EVERYTHING in one.Not "post a bit here, and pay a bit here, and it'll all solve itself!" That's the WRONG APPROACH, if you ask me. (< That was to 110mb.)Finally - I guess I had a bad start with Xisto, as the first time I was hosted here I went to Cyprus for 2 weeks , and posting here was impossible. And since I came back stuff just went out of hand.But I'm willing to give it another shot with you guys!Atleast - As long as It's FREE for me, it's one more user for you :XD:

Yeah it's true that they have changed a bad way! I don't know why is this?May be that they want to earn money also. I don't say that they have no right for earning money. But they should have done it in a decent manner. They always force some new rules.

mysql have charge :XD: i tot its totally free my old host is better where i what i am using ryte now, just need more db space due to big amount of data to be stored in...i am really looking for a nice hosting site which has free of charge:)

110mb was the reason I came to Xisto, cause Xisto means what they offer. I only used 110mb for a day and then found this. So basically Xisto is the only host I use.110mb is impossible to save a page too, some of you might know how to, but I don't. Once you try and edit it again it just disappears. Terrible.

Yep, 110mb has become really CRAPPY!Usually I would tell my friends to sign up on 110mb if they wanted great free hosting... Now - I'm really uncertain at all.Xisto is good and stable and all, but yeah. Maybe it's just not in my "blood" to "POST4HOSTING".It's still rewarding however! But 110mb you're WAY OUT OF LEAD, get some good ideas or something! Don't take advantage of all your customers... :XD: Argh!

Edited August 19, 2007 by Atthack (see edit history)

I can't say Xisto is the perfect host for me yet. I haven't been with them for more than a week yet!Of course, the forum looks promising, and it's much better than the one at 110mb. They actually used to be the best - yes, better than Xisto - until they started becoming a paid host, like other members have already said.To the person who hopes that Xisto won't become like 110mb, it won't. That's because only people who really care about belonging to the community will actually get the hosting.I believe the reason that 110mb has started to take away all the features it has is because it has a lot of dead members. Not dead as in deceased, but dead as in they don't visit the site or the forum anymore. If they had a post-to-host credit system like Xisto does, then they would probably still be completely free today.

Edited February 7, 2008 by tricky77puzzle (see edit history)

Wow, 32 bucks for those features. And doesn't Xisto - Web Hosting charge roughly that amount for one year of hosting, plus features that 110mb wouldn't think of having? Yeah, that's what I call a big time scam, as you can see 110mb is struggling, so there forced to do something, but I cannot see how that helps.

Well some of us from back in the days had some of those features. I sent my ID and had made over 50 posts on their forums, so I have 99 MySQL databases and Sendmail enabled. The account is actually worth something and I dont even use it. I use Xisto for my hosting, but I still have access to the account. 110mb.com almost destroyed my forum, so I moved here. Amazingly I still have the same Database, I had to export the data section by section of each table in CV form. Thats how messed up it was. Retrieving over 200kb from my database was impossible. Though they're better now, I had to move.