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THIS FORUM IS FOR ALL OF THE HOSTV CLIENTS AFFECTED BY THE RECENT SERVER FAILURES. WHILE HOSTV WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING DAILY BACKUPS THE DATA LOSS HAS AFFECTED A "SMALL GROUP OF CUSTOMERS" - WHICH SEEMS TO BE EVERYONE! PLEASE JOIN AND COMMUNICATE ANY INFORMATION TOWARDS LEGAL ACTION THAT MAY BE TAKING PLACE.
This is an email I just sent and the response I got:
I do not have any local backups as I depended on you to back up my data. You promised a great new backup system in the email you sent back in December 09. There seems to be a breach in contract.
I have lost everything. I have several questions:
1. Do you have any way of retrieving my sent email addresses? I sent mass emails per week...do you have any record of those emails? 2. I may be able to get my site structure back but it will cost me. Are you prepared to pay the costs I may incur? I have spent thousands to get this site built. 3. Do you have a lawyer? If so, I will need their contact info.
I'm starting to think you did not have any backup strategy in place at all. This makes no sense whatsoever.
James
Reply: Hello No we will not pay the costs you incur. No we have no way of retrieving any of your emails. I am not aware of any lawyer on staff. -------------------------------------------------------- Regards, CirtexHosting - Cecilia Customer Service Representative
So I spend a week calling all my clients and setting up emails and as of yesterday, I can't even upload 30k without a time-out. They finally said the server was too busy and I should upload small batches. Smaller than 30k? I am migrating away from them as we speak. Count me in on the lawsuit.
That's a shame really -I've requested a refund and was reimbursed for my August payment = 1 year in advance for the VZ1 -- I've asked John if he is going to honor what he told me in his WHT PM to me: "We're doing full refunds, please email billing@hostv.com if you wish to close the account, we'll refund all your VPS payments."
It will be interesting to get his response. "All" means ALL right? hmmm