# Them's is fighting words **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007 "2002-10-12T23:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/1 "2002-10-12T23:26:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Dear Mr/Mrs Geocities, > You fucked up my site, so now I am declaring war on you. Apart from losing my pages, you also insisted on not letting me replace the material that you “misplaced”. I have found your service confusing, unhelpful and mind numbingly irritating. > In finishing you can take your stupid ad square and place it firmly in your own webspace (if you get what I mean). > > egg I hate geoshities even more than AOL. I only just stopped short of wishing leprosy upon anyone connected to the site. egg [The Brotherhood of Nogg](http://eggnogg.web1000.com) ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/2 "2002-10-12T23:32:32Z")
M’mkay. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/3 "2002-10-12T23:37:54Z")
You’re not going to get much of an argument. I posted my wedding pix on Geocities, but no one can see them, because unless I pay for a “premium” site, there’s no bandwidth. Hmmph. :mad: Robin ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/4 "2002-10-12T23:55:14Z")
You get what you pay for. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/5 "2002-10-13T00:32:09Z")
I pay $11.95 a month for my Geocities site, and I’m very happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/6 "2002-10-13T02:05:04Z")
[gamernic.com](http://gamernic.com) Try it, like it. ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/7 "2002-10-13T08:05:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*I pay $11.95 a month for my Geocities site, and I’m very happy with it. \*\* Thats a lot of money for webhosting, what do you get for that? ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/8 "2002-10-13T11:52:07Z")
Unless I get a personal web building monkey, I’m not paying. egg ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/9 "2002-10-13T12:33:16Z")
Internet related companies sure seem to excell at pissing people off. To bad you can’t picket their homepage. A little flash pop-up of Mr. Nogg with a sign marching back and forth across the page. I think it needs to be done. Can you hack them? “Them’s is” _Chuckle_ ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/10 "2002-10-13T12:50:31Z")
Ouch. For $10/month I get features that GeoCities couldn’t even begin to fathom providing for their suck, er, customers. Why pay a company like that for so little when you can pay a company that actually cares for their customers much less for so very much more? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/11 "2002-10-13T18:33:54Z")
[freeservers.com](http://freeservers.com) ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/12 "2002-10-13T22:24:10Z")
$12/month? Yeesh. I pay $5/month and get more space, transfer, email accoutns etc. than I could ever use. Plus, the customer service at the place I use is great. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/13 "2002-10-13T22:35:26Z")
Felllow Doper techchick recommended [http://www.readyhosting.com](http://www.readyhosting.com) to me almost a year ago, and I am most satisfied. They are $99 a year ($8.25 a month) and have (as far as I am concerned) a great service. (COLD FUSION! YES!!) I also like [http://www.myhosting.com](http://www.myhosting.com). $10 a month—a nice stable service. Have had an account with them for years, no complaints yet. Both these services require you buy a domain name, which you can get for about $10 or thereabouts, ([http://www.godaddy.com](http://www.godaddy.com) is damned cheap, and so far, I like them fine). I recommend domain names—they are so much easier to remember. As others have pointed out, no need to fork out money to Geocities when you can get such a better deal elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/14 "2002-10-13T22:44:09Z")
Felllow Doper techchick recommended [http://www.readyhosting.com](http://www.readyhosting.com) to me almost a year ago, and I am most satisfied. They are $99 a year ($8.25 a month) and have (as far as I am concerned) a great service. (COLD FUSION! YES!!) I also like [http://www.myhosting.com](http://www.myhosting.com). $10 a month—a nice stable service. Have had an account with them for years, no complaints yet. Both these services require you buy a domain name, which you can get for about $10 or thereabouts, ([http://www.godaddy.com](http://www.godaddy.com) is damned cheap, and so far, I like them fine). I recommend domain names—they are so much easier to remember. As others have pointed out, no need to fork out money to Geocities when you can get such a better deal elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/15 "2002-10-14T00:07:03Z")
I’ve also (just this evening, actually) heard food things about Phenominet. $30/year for domain registration and hosting, and no space limit for personal sites. I’ll probably switch to that, once my year with the other place is over. ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/16 "2002-10-14T15:48:05Z")
[http://www.web1000.com](http://www.web1000.com) seems to be a good bet for us cheap skates. egg ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/17 "2002-10-14T15:56:38Z")
I asked around here about a year ago and someone recommended Readyhosting, so that’s what we got. Although our server can be rather slow during the daytime, it’s pretty stable and the 500MB of space, plus unlimited bandwidth is excellent. And we now have our own private domain name, which is kinda cool. ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thems-is-fighting-words/132007/18 "2002-10-17T01:50:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*You get what you pay for. \*\* I swear, someday using that as a response to a complaint and thinking it’s in any way witty, original, or anything other than smarmy and annoying, will be punishable by flogging.