In Praise Of Tch

[D. J.]

Well, I've been threatening to do this for a long time, and I find myself between multitasks at the moment, so here goes.

 

Admittedly TCH is only the second hosting service I've ever used, so comparison-wise, my experience is limited.

 

That being said though, I can't imagine there's a better service anywhere on the planet.

 

I got into web design about five years ago and slogged through html hell for a year before I finally had something I'd let others see. Then, I was faced with the daunting task of how to let others see it. I knew absolutely nothing about hosting, uploading files, managing files, etc.

 

The first thing I learned though was that you obviously needed someone to "host" your site, and the options were endless!

 

Free hosting, cheap hosting, moderately priced hosting, really, really expensive hosting, hosts that wanted to do everything for you... for a modest fee, hosts that apparently threw you to the dogs, hosts that larded you pages with their ads, hosts that vanished into mist - taking your site with them.

 

THIS was the net community's idea of "options?"

 

After several months I was almost ready to throw in the towel on the whole idea.

 

But then I found that first hosting service - who shall remain nameless for reasons that will become clear. They came with enthusiastic reviews from a prominent website known for their knowledge of all things Internet. By this time I knew what to watch out for - and they had none of those things. They'd been in business for several years (always a good sign), and were also in the "I can afford this" price range. So I bit.

 

They turned out to be okay. Their control panel was easy to use, their support team extremely helpful in the event of problems, and the problems were relatively few. Things remained that way for an entire year!

 

Then, one spring day, I got an email from the host. They were moving to a different location. What's more they were switching the type of servers they used! I should mention that the server type (Linux) was another reason I'd chosen them.

 

They had every reason to believe this migration would be... ahem, seamless. I should not worry, as nothing could go wrong... go wrong... go wrong....

 

 

After the first month, I spent much of the next year looking for another host.

 

Once again, this mostly involved clicking the mouse and muttering "no, no, no, no, you're kidding, right?"

 

Then I found Find My Hosting.com, and within a couple of days happened across TCH.

 

These guys sounded almost too good to be true. By now, I'd become familiar with hosts that got nothing but absolute rave reviews (which, on close examination seemed to all be written by the same person - usually the hosts themselves). And TCH had similar rave reviews, but wait! These looked for all the world like honest to goodness opinions.

 

Could it be?

 

If you're here, you already know the answer to that. Oh, IT BE!

 

They had everything I'd originally had with the old host, times ten, and all for half the price. Okay, I admit initial skepticism. How could they do that? Well, I have no idea, but they do it.

 

Problems have been rare and minor. Tech support is second to none.

How many hosting services can you name where The Owner will personally look into a problem? For that matter, how many hosting services can you name where you even know who the owner is?

 

The bottom line is, if there's a better hosting service out there, no one's talking about it.

[Head Guru]

Thank you for taking the time to complete such an nice review.

 

We try our best to provide a honest, reliable, trustworthy and valuable service to our client base. I

 

Bill

[TCH-Bruce]

D.J. thanks for the great comments.

 

I too was skeptical when I frist came here. And look, 3 years later I'm still here! And I went through a whole lot more hosts than you did in a 10 year span.

[Deverill]

Thanks DJ! It's great to hear from others whom TCH has saved from the sludge called "web hosting services" out there. Bill runs a class act with honor and character and that's why I'm still here... you won't find any better.

[borfast]

Thanks for the comments, DJ

 

As Bruce, I also went through a bunch of hosts before coming to TCH and believe me, I do not want to leave.

[TCH-Don]

DJ

I think you have to experience a bad host

to realize how just good we have it here.

 

Like others I have been around,

and now it seems like a distant memory.

 

You tend to forget all those problems after being here for a while.

 

Glad you are happy

 

And Thanks to Bill and crew for the great hosting.

[Patricia]

I'd like to echo DJ's comments, this was almost too good to be true. but it ended up being for real. which i am very thankful for. and that's why i paid for a year.. the helpful forums here, and the outstanding support is next to none.

 

 

I'm now glad that i don't have to worry about "where am i going to get hosting" anymore. i've found my home.

 

Patricia

Edited May 17, 2005 by Patricia

[D. J.]

Tech support is next to none

 

Hmmmm

 

You know, I'm pretty sure that what I meant to say there was - Tech support is SECOND to none.

 

[TCH-Bruce]

Fixed

[D. J.]

Fixed 

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Thanks Bruce. I guess I could have done that, huh?

[TCH-Bruce]

It was too late for you to edit the post. Members have a time limit.

[cajunman4life]

I'm pleased as punch with TCH. Never had any problems, and these forums can't be beat. It really is a family here. Thanks TCH!