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50megs.com billing me for old account

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I dropped 50 megs from my website host, probably 4 years ago.

I didn’t like the small storage I was paying for and limited function and limited … well everything.
Today I looked in my spam filter and see that 50megs has been trying to contact me to get billing issue resolved.

Here’s the email I found from them:

Dear TruXter,

The credit card we have on file for your service subscription was declined when we attempted to bill you $47.85 on November 07, 2012. To avoid any interruption of service, please update your credit card information as soon as possible. Just go to your Member Area and click on the Update My Billing Info link to access your billing information.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Billing Department for assistance

Phone Support Hours: Monday – Friday, 9AM-9PM EST
US Toll-Free Number: 1-800-396-1999
International Number: 1-585-295-0885

Sincerely,

50megs Customer Service

 

 

and here is what my webhosting is actually registered through

 

Why would they try and bill me for something I don’t use them for anymore?
did their servers crash and they back up a broken file?

Well I use Powweb now because it’s cheaper and unlimited with way more function.

 

none of my site is through 50megs. Not my domain name not my storage, nothing is on their servers .

Low Cost Unlimited Website Host

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The webhost I use has been offering 2 years of website hosting for under $100. Through windows I call [[Unlimited Website Host]]. When you click that link, scroll to the bottom of the page. Prices are at the bottom.

When most webhosts charge you $140 (or close to give or take) a year, you must know that you are saving quite a penny by at least giving this place a try. They are fast. The email is imap or pop, your choice.
They are not saying hos much longer this deal will last but they did recently announce another deal. Typically that would mean all past deals would phase out soon. Though the new deal sounds great, I am not sure if my code will allow half off of the new deal. So you could land at paying slightly more than what I can get you.

I have been with this company for , coming up on 5 years now.  I am very pleased with their service and the quality of their operations. Customer service is easy to speak with and very quick at getting problems solved.

You will get unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage, unlimited emails,unlimited ftp users. Anything I can think of, is unlimited.

 

I hope you give their [[Low cost Website Host]] a try and respond below about your experience with the company. Two years for less than $100, It’s worth a shot.

 

Yes I do get paid when you click the Powweb links on my website. And yes I do use Powweb’s service and I recommend it, to family, to friends, to anyone who wants to know what a good webhost is. I even got the company I work for on Powweb. I even have a few co-workwers on Powweb.

Low Cost Website Host

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I Use Powweb Domain and Website hosting. ( in that link, Scroll to the bottom and see what the cost is. [$95 bucks two years].)
Simply because the cost is very low, and the storage is UNLIMITED . When they say unlimited, they mean it. I have well over 40 gigs worth of work online. My friends and other web designers who share tips and ideas with me, download and upload files files from my servers ftp channels, all of the time, at no extra cost to me or to them.
When you first register, the cost is half of their regular low price. I recommend you sign up for two years of the web host service from powweb. One year of service is very low, but after that year is gone, you back to the regular price of (not specific or 100% correct) just under $130 a year. So you register for two years and you come out dirt cheap for two years. and won’t have to mess with your domain updating for another year. Plus, search engines love websites that look like they will be around a while. Click the Low Cost Webhost link and just look at the cost.
It’s near impossible to beat that price. Unlimited emails,unlimited php scripts, Ftp logins you can build as big of a website as you want, with no limitations. You can build your website or have someone build your website for you, and never once be told that you can’t do something. You are fully unlimited on powweb.
This isn’t any Go-whatever Website with spammy banners. Don’t want banners? Fine, don’t make them.

If you have any questions of how to build your website Feel free to see my Webmaster tools Use that and come back as often as you need. I have many tips for website building.

 

Domain Storage Half Off May 2011

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It seems that Powweb is running a half off sale on their Website domain storage and free domain name sale.
I did not know this until I was at work and getting my boss off of our ten year old dedicated host server that kept crashing and only gave us like 200 mb of storage. My boss was paying $1800 a year for such service. We do not need that kind of server with that little of storage. Sure if they had given us 5 gb of storage, then a dedicated server would have been perfect. Then we could have put customer files on the server and gave them access to the files at break neck speeds. instead we had enough space for a 20 page website with one repeated flash image, and we were maxed out. 200 mb of storage does not go that far. On top of all of that, we had 250 mb limit per month. With no ability to run any scripts because the server was built in 1998 and only updated as far as it’s obsolete operating system is worth.
I called tech support to see if I could get anything done. The fees became unbelievable. That company was bad for the company I work for. Useless for creativity, and far antiquated.
So I mentioned that I use powwebto my boss and that I pay $130 a year, with unlimited emails, unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage. That’s for domain name renewal and storage renewal. My boss was amazed at how I knocked the bill into less than 1/10th the cost of previous server bills. I requested he clicked the link on my website for the domain host and he just handed me the credit card and put me on it. While I was filling all of the totals out, I saw that I could get him 2 years for $93.12 on his domain storage. This of course I noticed when at the end it asked “did any refer you?” I selected “other” and then typed in my website address ( TruXterTech.com) and it knocked off an extra $5 off of his bill.
When I showed him that he now has unlimited website storage and unlimited bandwidth and unlimited email accounts, he just grinned. didn’t say much after that. Kind of creeped me out but hey, I did good.

If you will notice, TruXterTech.com loads super fast and is rarely ever down. Then you know with everything unlimited and at half price, you are getting a great deal. Hope you do the wise thing and select more than one year because this sale will not last forever. I don’t even know if it will be on next month. They don’t really say much about that. probably a good idea to select two or more years. Imagine getting 5 years at the cost I pay for two. For five years you wouldn’t have to worry about your website storage, at all.

I can tell you that I have called their tech support and the phone was answered in seconds and the issue was resolved in a matter of minutes. And yes it was my fault for “learning how to do stuff” when I shouldn’t have been messing with stuff. but they restored me for free and got me running again in minutes.

How to get Traffic to your WordPress

Posted onAuthorTruXter

Well , Once you install it, do not change any settings that refer to the way the urls are submitted, except for date and time format.
Because you make it not show a date and somehow , no one comes to your site. do not under any circumstances change that after. because all your submitted links prior to change, will be dead.
Pings, well you are best off using feed burner or ping-o-matic.
They know the right places. but you can submit via This WordPress Ping List.
That works also, just to much at once get you blacklisted from searches, especially if qny of those use the same serves.
Write short titles.. Ironic I know, this post has a huge title.
Keep tags correct, and keep Categories full and precise, or no one will find you when they search.
Write well enough, they might just bookmark you.

Good luck and happy writing.

What is a good webhosting service?

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I’m happy with my current host, and about to recommend a friend there.
but i am wondering what company gives the least amount of frustration?
bluehost?
justhost?
powweb?

I do plan to use php and mysql while working on their site for them.
so please any and all information is good.
Should I get justhost? all the sites say it’s great, but all the blogs and forums say it’s only a year old and a rip off. but i do not know. what do you think of justhost,bluehost,powweb ?
something other?
comments section is wide open you do not have to create an account to comment.

like this site says they are wonderful (read closely)
and they teach you how to search the internet to see if they “suck”
but I tried to search for something else
I found this when I searched “Scam”

Of course I found this when I followed their rules

But then again, we are talking about a tech community. Techies do pick and peck at all details, especially when worrying about income and monetizing the internet’s activity.

So people, tell what is good
Bang for buck, what is the best hosting plan
I personally Like Powweb, They seem to have the lowest cost and most options.

Domain name Hell

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After getting a bill for an automatic update to my domain and storage.  Well I freaked out and started to cancel. then I remembered that my affiliate settings are signed up  through that domain name. I decided that it would be best if just transfer my domain name over to my pow web account.. well when I called the 1800 number to get the refund, “Rodney” (clearly not his name) Some guy I am assuming is somewhere in the middle east answered the phone. Hey I am cool with anyone at all times. but for god sakes what are saying?. I was so excited I got my refund and all I just hung up the phone.. Well “Rodney” closed my account intirely. I still have 4 months left on the storage and a year and a half left on the domain name. Well I call again, this time “joey” answered the phone.. Um this dude sounded just like Rodney..

Well I get go through a huge hokey pokey and finally I get my website signed up to my new host.

I am the poppa of

truxtertech.com

iworkwithtech.com

iworkwithpeople.com

For now they all point to the same spot. I am recreating  iworkwithtech and iworkwithpeople . I have miniature plans. Lets see what I can come up with.

I suggest you do your research.  It is a battle to leave 50megs.com. who by the way is owned by mysite.com who is owned by freewebs.com.

who is owned by  BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. It goes on for ever.  Fact is, 50 megs gives you 1 gig of storage

Most new domain places out there like blue host, powweb and on and on give you 15 TB or more.

New Domain

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I looked around at hosts today and did a search to check up on them.

I find the easiest way to find out if a host is good or not is type the host’s name, and then “sucks” right after it.

Well I found one with the least amount of what I would call “valid complaints” such as major downtime and such.

Look at me rambling without giving my sites a plug.

iworkwithpeople.com
iworkwithtech.com
truxtertech.com <—– My new domain name.

I forwarded iworkwithtech.com to the same location, so they are both going to be the same for a little while until I get done splitting them into two . I do have plans. Other wise I wouldn’t have pitched out money like that.

as I was looking at hosting sites. I noticed a lot of the sites like blue host, you you know , the ones that claim unlimited storage space and bandwidth for like 7 dollars a month. They all had tons of complaints. I stopped on the one I got when I saw realistic numbers.. Well to me they are unbelievable, considering I’m a bit old school.

15,000 Gigs/Month
(500+ Gigs/Day!)

Disk Space (Raid Storage) 1,500 GB

Can you tell I copied and pasted that from the site?

well 49 bucks a year for that , not so bad.

PHP capable. That alone stomps all over my old out dated host 50megs.com.

I can’t believe the crap I was accepting. 75 a year for 1 gig storage no scripting no ht access, nothing. Each thing I would want turned on like “security and registration privacy” add 3 dollars a month for each upgrade. on top of that, their name server is “freewebs.com” WTF!!!!!!? you can’t register that crap with anyone, no one takes that junk serious. freewebs, come on man.

Well I went on with powweb . I am happier with this move over where I was. So if you have any input such as “oh man you should have gone to…” blah blah blah. Don’t bother responding. The bill has been paid, I’m gonna camp a little while.

Working on website

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Well everyone, I am not going to take all day explaining because I really have a bunch to do.

I revamped my website and went with css.  well the index is css only. The rest of the site is still html, until I get around to that section. I do have a few pages mostly converted but they are stored in a folder on my desktop labeled “wired”. The issue is I have less link for my site than what I really want.

I like the bubbly look of it right now. Won’t be but four or five months and I will make another change. I really do have an awesome plan in mind (I mean come on listen to the web address) but i also have a job and am not ready for the commitment of  all the services just yet.

50megs.com is down

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They host my stuff and for two days now I can not log into my account or even see http://iworkwithpeople.com

which is hosted at 50megs.com .. heck i can’t even go to 50 megs. . this is killing my visit count.

You know, I am starting to think  comcast is blocking my host’s i.p. address.

No one can go there that I know of, who are on comcast.

I mean my buddy in another city on dsl can go there

I can go there from my job just 4 miles up the road, and my job uses a whole nother service.

if you can go to 50megs.com or iworkwithpeople.com   please leave a notice as to what service you use and which of the two sites you can access.