If you want a horrible web hosting service, use dot5 hosting. They must be one of the worst service providers ever. They are the epitome of you get what you pay for. Cheap cost = horrible quality.

Their technical support is non-existant. If you open a ticket, you’re lucky to get a response. If they do respond, they’ll oversimplify the answer so that it doesn’t even pertain to the problem.

They have “online” tech support, but that is some guy in India who is typing from a set list of answers. Ultimately, they’ll tell you to email support at dot5. Which of course gets no response.

I once pressed the online guy for a Corporate phone number. He first tried to pass-off the tech support number for the same facility he was located. I knew the number so I called him on it. He admitted he had no number for Corporate. And guess what, neither does the dot5 web site!

In the week and a half I’ve had an account, POP mail has not worked. They tried to blame my ISP on why I couldn’t receive POP mail. They said my ISP was blocking port 110. When I told them I was already using port 110 with a POP email (for this site), therefore it couldn’t possibly be my ISP, they suggested I email support. Right….

The bottom line: If you have a simple blog or homepage that requires no requirements beyond uploading and changing permissions, give them a shot. If you want to do ANYTHING more than that, STAY AWAY. They are the worst online experience I’ve ever had.