Recently there was some request posted to the Trijug mailing list for ISP
recommendation.

There aren't many good Java/JSP virtual accounts available out there.  I
just wanted to share my experience with one that was recommended by one
TriJug user.

I've had 5 accounts with CWI hosting (http://www.cwihosting.com) for over a
year now.

They seem quite good at first.  You get 1.5 GB of disk, 35 Gb bandwidth and
a private Resin JVM for $35 a month.  However, my experience is that they
load up tons of accounts on one server resulting in server loads of 8+ on a
regular basis.  Obviously my site has been extremely slow.  Often it times
out.

Not only that but they have shut down several of my accounts with no
notification on a whim.  I always call and they say "oh sorry we made a
mistake in billing.  your site has been restored now".  Also, one of my
accounts was down for a full 36 hours while they tried to restore the server
after it was hacked.

They lie and deceive.  After I received an email from the CTO claiming that
one of my sites was overloading the server and that I had no option but to
upgrade to a dedicated server I found several complaints online of folks who
claim this is a common tactic of theirs to make more money.  I monitored my
site's load on the server and it was virtually nothing as I expected.

My advice, stay away!  They have been a HUGE waste of my time.

I'm currently trying to convert all my accounts to supplehost.com as
recommended by Erik Hatcher although I will miss all the Caucho Resin
features not available by supplehost accounts.

Tony Spencer
http://www.raleighlist.org



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