tcob.com now resides at GoDaddy after a sadly frustrating experience at its former host. Dominet had been fine for a couple of years, and I even recommended it to friends. The uptime was never great, and in comparison, they offered fewer services, space and features for the price than my other providers. The last straw was when they decided to upgrade my server’s OS in the middle of the day without warning. That wasn’t resolved by the time I went to bed. Once it was up, it took another day and a half to get my CGI working.

GoDaddy seems pretty sweet so far. Before starting, I had a couple of questions in email that were answered very quickly, and the one phone call I made found a human at the other end of the line with no waiting. Setup was very smooth, and I had easy access to all the CNAME, MX, and SRV records I wanted to change before the transition (I use a lot of the Google Apps for your Domain services). Adding a MySQL database, installing MovableType, and importing all of my blog entries was a piece of cake.

While I’ll miss the shell access I had with Dominet as well as their online file editor, I don’t think I’ll miss them for long. So far so good with GoDaddy.