free hosting always that unrelieable?

[impulseforum]

hi,

i've been having my adEnhanced account on stoli for about 2 weeks. it uses two databases (only one of which is used at a time) and php. now since the first day i started working on the site i've been experiencing severe connection problems. it's either site not responding or the ftp-server unreachable. sometimes the cpanel stops working too. now since the application i'm writing has to be very reliable in terms of availability, i wanted to ask if these downtimes are common and to be expected with the free service. now don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining or anything (it's a free service after all and - on the service side - a great one if i may say so) but i've been using a free german webhost in the past that never ever went down. so... have you guys been majorly updating the system lately or is temporary inaccessibility just part of the deal? and if so: will it get any better with the paid services?

thanks for your time in answering my questions, have a nice day y'all

chris

 

[Xemnas]

We've been doing lots of updates and maintenance with the servers, and there was a DDoS attack in there as well, but no, the servers aren't usually down a lot. If you want really reliable hosting though, you should try out our paid service - nothing on the free servers affects paid, so expect basically no downtime

 

[Russ]

We have had some downtime recently, its caused by problem after problem, we're addressing it. Also, yes, paid hosting is 100% better, as it's on different servers.

 

[impulseforum]

thanks a lot for the quick answers. i'll think about switching in the future then, i guess.. again, thanks very much!

 

[Xemnas]

No worries, we're here to help whenever you need it