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Re:Stay away from This* (thiswebhost.com) by n09n on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @09:05PM (#2893568)
Do you know that he was actually responsible for backing up this data? This hosting plan costs less than some places charge just for maintaining backups.
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Re:Stay away from This* (thiswebhost.com) by Vivtek on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @11:04PM (#2893878)
They did have the backups - and said so - and then deleted them just to be assholes. So it's moot whether they were responsible for backing up the data; the issue is they deleted it on purpose just to hurt.
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Re:Stay away from This* (thiswebhost.com) by n09n on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @11:18PM (#2893923)
They had already terminated their service agreement with this person. If I were a low-margin hosting reseller, I wouldn't bother to keep around the data of ex-customers either.
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Re:Stay away from This* (thiswebhost.com) by Vivtek on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @11:20PM (#2893931)
Except that they did keep the data of the ex-customer that didn't curse at them, and have now reinstated his account.
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