Godaddy issue today

Did anyone else notice the GoDaddy issue today?

I was working on a website that is hosted on GoDaddy. Connection was kicked and then could not connect to any site on GoDaddy, including BPnet and GoDaddy.com.
Though I could connect to any website that was not hosted by GoDaddy at the same time.

While on the phone with GoDaddy Support who claims nothing is ever wrong any time I call them, all GoDaddy sites came back online including BPnet.
Just curious if anyone else noticed the down time?

It wasn't Go Daddy trust me. If Go Daddy had a server crash it would affect a large portion of the internet. It is most likely that your ISP or network had an issue with their servers or were unable to Go Daddy servers. Next time you have an issue try doing a telnet to a godaddy server or website.

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Originally Posted by envy_ld50

It wasn't Go Daddy trust me. If Go Daddy had a server crash it would affect a large portion of the internet. It is most likely that your ISP or network had an issue with their servers or were unable to Go Daddy servers. Next time you have an issue try doing a telnet to a godaddy server or website.

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Appreciate the recommendation, but I actually did try telnet.
I started with just a straight ping after a dns flush and was getting Resolution but not responses so I tried to connect via telnet and did not recieve a response.

Of course, I'm not the technical end of the team, but I don't "think" that BP.net is registered with GoDaddy (but we might). I know that when I was planning to buy my domain name, I was discouraged against using GoDaddy. When Nate returns, perhaps he can answer that.

Must have been some kind of hiccup with the domain names...it was not a hosting issue because we are most definitely NOT hosted with GoDaddy, however, the domain name was originally registered with GoDaddy.

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Originally Posted by Nate

Must have been some kind of hiccup with the domain names...it was not a hosting issue because we are most definitely NOT hosted with GoDaddy, however, the domain name was originally registered with GoDaddy.

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That's cool.... When I did a WhoIS and NSlookup Ball-Pythons.net came up with a bunch of GoDaddy information as Registrar, Name Servers, ect.

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Originally Posted by JAMills

That's cool.... When I did a WhoIS and NSlookup Ball-Pythons.net came up with a bunch of GoDaddy information as Registrar, Name Servers, ect.

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I also thought you guys were hosted by GoDaddy for this same reason.

If some one could help me why should I not go with go daddy? I will be setting up a web page in the next year and I was going to be hosted with godaddy.

Who would you guys suggest I use?

Sorry for hijacking I just figured it kinda fit here since I was going to use godaddy.

Mike

There really isn't an issue with go daddy at all. Your going to get the best support for sure. Theres going to be alot of people who talk down about go daddy but they usually do not have a valid reason.

I'm not a techie at all - I just went with the hosting company that most people suggested that I used (and I asked a LOT of people). I'm with 1and1.com for my site registration and hosting. I've been happy with them so far and I am hoping to have my site up in the next few months.

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Originally Posted by envy_ld50

There really isn't an issue with go daddy at all. Your going to get the best support for sure. Theres going to be alot of people who talk down about go daddy but they usually do not have a valid reason.

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From first hand experience, the hosting was terrible.

No host is perfect. But, I've had my personal web site hosted with 1and1 for probably 7 or so years and I recall about 2 times where I've had to contact tech support for various issues.

I think that for someone that isn't familiar with hosting and how to set things up, the Admin backend for GoDaddy is confusing and clunky. 1and1 is a little more straight forward and newbie friendly.

Don't take my word for it. Shared hosting is dirt cheap. Try both hosts out for a few months and form your own opinion :gj:

I use godaddy, and like it. I have never had any issues.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I'm not a techie at all - I just went with the hosting company that most people suggested that I used (and I asked a LOT of people). I'm with 1and1.com for my site registration and hosting. I've been happy with them so far and I am hoping to have my site up in the next few months.

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I have hosting accounts with both GoDaddy and 1and1
From my experiences 1and1 have given much better value and support.
If you are a newbie or not technical 1and1 is probably the easier to work with.
The only reason I have not moved all over to 1and1 is GoDaddy refuses to release my domains when 1and1 sends them the requests.
GoDaddy claims that changes have been made to my registration information in the last 60 days. According to their terms transfers are not allowed on Domains that have been purchased or modified within 60 days of the request.
Have not changed anything in over a year and I checked it just to make sure.
That is my only real issue with GoDaddy, they try to make it hard to leave them.

I've noticed with godaddy that if you search a domain name a few times in a row, the next day it is sold but you can "buy" it back for twice the amount.

I do my hosting through Heath Warren (tekwarren is his screenname here) and I've never had any issues in 3 years now. He's relatively cheap and he's more on a personal level with his customers. You get up to 5 personal emails too, I think anyways. It's pretty much unlimited space too.

Ah yes - Heath :gj:

Very unfortunately our domain name is registered with GoDaddy and we may never be able to transfer it elsewhere due to impossibilities imposed on the account by GoDaddy.

I HATE GoDaddy with a passion. HATE! And yes, I do have reasons for this--many, many, many reasons. I do a lot of freelance web design work and every once in a while I have to work with GoDaddy when a customer is already registered/hosted with them and it is always a humongous pain. Their support is good--I will give them that, but that is really the only decent thing about them. And no, they aren't the cheapest way to go by any means. Some of the simplest things simply cannot be done via their control panels and if you are a newbie or don't know much about web hosting, domains, and how things work, doing much of anything beyond the absolute basics would be practically impossible (if you even manage to get that far). And their add-on applications are absolutely terrible. Ever have to work with their Quick Shopping Cart? Go ahead and start stabbing your eyes with a fork now because that is about the only way to distract yourself from the pain in the BUTT it is going to be, not to mention once again--all of the simple things that you just CAN'T do with it! Seriously--I could go on and on--just don't GoDaddy! :rage:

i use godaddy for my hosting, i also bought my domain though them.

i am not web savvy for this stuff. and godady has been very understanding when i screw something up inevitably. they have AMAZING customer service, and for me to say something about that means its good.

i would suggest you look around and see which ones work for you. some people dont like godaddy but i have had a fantastic experience, and have been using them since the end of november 08.