Currently I use Assurance Hosting as my registrar. But I’m switching away from it because even though I’ve setup all of my domains to “auto-renew”, they have never, ever done so. I’m using Dreamhost for many of my sites (not this site, I use Sonnex for this site and I’ve never had any trouble). And I’m using my local cable company for phone (voip) and Internet service.

At the moment, all of these services suck. I’ve put up with them for far too long and I’m going to attempt to move all of them over the next few weeks. Any suggestions? I want an easy transfer of all of my domains (registrar), my email addresses, my sites, files, databases, the entire thing. I do not want to put up with this much downtime ever again.

For those of you trying to reach me at the moment: email me at cdevroe@chancecube.com which now completely uses Google’s hosted email service and I’m checking it through the web interface since it fails to relay anything via POP properly. This is costing me a great deal of money, so I’d like my next switch to be to something very reliable.

I’ll even sign up under someone’s affiliate account if they can direct me towards something good.

[tags]outage, email, registrar, domains, dreamhost, sonnex, hosting, internet service, voip, telephone[/tags]
[slug]outage-april07[/slug]

I’m sad for 9rules.com

For those that do not know, 9rules.com is currently down due to a mishap at our registrar. Please know it is being worked on – and I’ll try to keep you updated from here.

Update 8:28am EST: Oh, please help spread that news that 9rules is not closing its doors or anything. I can’t tell you how many emails I’ve gotten so far asking if we’ve packed it in. We most definitely have not.

Update 8:32am EST: If you have anything pressing to get through to anyone at 9rules – simply contact me, and I will make sure it gets to the right 9rules team member.

Update 9:12am EST: For those that email/IM me asking “Who is at fault for this?”; we here at 9rules have a don’t ask, don’t tell, and don’t blame policy. So if you are looking for someone to blame for this whole thing – you can blame me – if that sorta thing makes you feel better.

Update 10:31am EST: 9rules.com is back up! Thanks for all the support.

More to come…

[tags]9rules, domain, registrar, expired[/tags]