According to waitingtoconnect (#190534) a user on whirlpool MD Web Hosting had another problem with their mySQL database. But of course if you check out tomn reply thats not an admission that anything is wrong http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1114370
I was looking for the error log for this server and to my surprise there isn’t one yet. So for 10 days it has been online and up. Quite a feat compared to the error log from MD Web Hosting.
Sometime around the 18th of November someone claiming to be from MD Web Hosting gave me a call telling me that if I didn’t remove this site they would sue me. I asked what they were goingto sue me for but he could not tell me. I haven’t heard any more about it. They have my address so they could send me a summons if they wanted to. I will let you know more if I hear more from them.
I asked my lawyer what they could sue for and really there isn’t much so I am not worried. They would have to prove some of the stuff I was saying on here is false but I have all the logs to prove what I say and if they deleted their logs I am sure the judge would love that.
You might ask why am I doing this site, what do I want, well as you can tell from the site I have no advertising on it. So what do I actually want. Nothing. I don’t want money from MD Web Hosting, I don’t want them to refund my account, I don’t want them to purchase this domain from me, I don’t want them to pay me off to get rid of this site. I don’t even want to hear from them again.
I am not in any direct competition with MD Web Hosting. I do not offer affiliates with any other hosting company and I do not work for any other hosting company.
I don’t even want people to not use MD Web Hosting I am sure that some one out their must have had good service from them otherwise how could they stay in business and expand (as they have mentioned).
All I am telling you about is my experience with them and I have proof of everything that I say. If it helps you make an informed decision then I am glad. If you choose to believe that I have ulterior motives behind this site there is probably nothing I can do to convince you otherwise.
The cost of this site is minimal for me as I have several web servers and in previous posts I mention I was trialling MD Web Hosting to see if I could get better service at a cheaper price. So about the only payment I need to make is the cost of the domain which is around $9.00 US.
A couple of people who have had the same problems or similar problems with MD Web Hosting have left comments which I have put up un edited (except for time stamps because I didn’t get a chance to back up the domain before it was cancelled on me) I have even allowed a post un edited from Mark Galea allegedely (I have no proof apart from ip adress that it is him) and I will post any comments deemed not profanity or spam to be posted un edited.
I was going to let this domain die a natural death when my account was due for expiration on the 25th November 2008, when I received the following email on the 18th November 2008,
Hello Tony,
We are sending you this email to inform you of the termination of your account for the domain prematurely due to the domain hosted as an add-on domain mdwebhostingsucks.com. We would appreciate you discontinue the use of the domain as it has damaged our company reputation.We do realise you have suffered a variety of issues whilst hosting through our company which arose when we had a major outage earlier in the year. If you believe you have not been provided the service you paid for we urge you to voice any issues to our customer service team or management rather than voicing your point of view over the internet.We are very willing to resolve any issues you have with MD Web Hosting and I personally would like to speak to you regarding them at your earliest convenience.
Thank you,Mark GaleaMD Web Hosting Pty Ltd – Operationsw: www.mdwebhosting.com.aut: 1300 734 660 f: 1300 659 100
This is a bit of old news and I have seen various other mentions of MD being hacked but here is the full version as written by Australia IT News which is a part of The Australian newspaper.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22953634-15306,00.html
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