Comments on: Why web hosting is important. http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/08/17/why-web-hosting-is-important/ Tales From the Inside! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rimmon http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/08/17/why-web-hosting-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 rimmon Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:41:02 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=15#comment-1815 i hate my host i hate my host

]]> By: vinicius http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/08/17/why-web-hosting-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-351 vinicius Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:44:21 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=15#comment-351 I really appreciate your <strong>“Why web hosting is…”</strong> series. It's rare to see companies sharing their true vision and values. - Happy Dreamhost Customer and “Why web hosting is…” series reader I really appreciate your “Why web hosting is…” series. It’s rare to see companies sharing their true vision and values.

- Happy Dreamhost Customer and “Why web hosting is…” series reader

]]> By: Jamie http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/08/17/why-web-hosting-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Jamie Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:18:18 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=15#comment-336 I agree with ya buddy- and I work for a particular ISP that I know you folks like and use. Can you guess? The marriage of my companies service and yours is pure internet bliss. Granted- we also don't have restrictions on what you do with your bandwidth. But most of us don't want to sure our porn surfing/gaming bandwidth with our website hosting pictures of our cat wearing silly hats. I agree with ya buddy- and I work for a particular ISP that I know you folks like and use. Can you guess?

The marriage of my companies service and yours is pure internet bliss.

Granted- we also don’t have restrictions on what you do with your bandwidth. But most of us don’t want to sure our porn surfing/gaming bandwidth with our website hosting pictures of our cat wearing silly hats.

]]> By: Adam Backstrom http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/08/17/why-web-hosting-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Adam Backstrom Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:09:14 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=15#comment-319 As an aside, please stop driving to New Hampshire. We're already full. As an aside, please stop driving to New Hampshire. We’re already full.

]]> By: Simon Jessey http://blog.dreamhost.com/2005/08/17/why-web-hosting-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Simon Jessey Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:44:32 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/?p=15#comment-316 Josh is totally right. Without the marriage of ISPs and web hosting companies, the internet simply wouldn't work. But equally important is the network infrastructure (backbone foo), the protocols that allow the technologies to talk to each other (TCP/IP foo), user agents (browser foo), and the languages that allow us to build documents that can be presented by those user agents (HTML foo). If any of these things are missing, the internet (and particularly the World Wide Web) fails spectacularly. When you stop to consider what is needed to make sure all these things run in harmony, it is actually staggering. Groups like ICANN, the IETF, and the W3C handle the various protocols and languages that allow ISPs, hosting companies, and user agents to converse with each other via networking infrastructure. Television or radio broadcasting are <em>pieces of cake</em> by comparison. Because of the internet's complexity, I've learned to afford aspects of it plenty of patience. If something goes wrong with my hosting, I methodically try to figure out what it is. If it's a fault at the DreamHost end, I open a support ticket and wait patiently. Likewise, if my internet connection suddenly fails, I cast my eyes in the direction of the cable modem and look at the blinking lights. If they aren't blinking, I check to see if my cable TV is also out; consequently, I can help Comcast resolve the problem more quickly. I'm constantly aware that there is a significant chain of things that must work flawlessly in order to do the most basic thing on the internet, and it doesn't surprise me one little bit when something isn't doing what it supposed to do. In the old days, when the TV wasn't working properly, I'd start by wiggling the little ring aerial before banging the box in frustration. Fault handling needs to be somewhat more sophisticated in the world of the internet, and there are so many more things that can go wrong. I have tremendous respect for everyone who works with a piece of this gigantic puzzle. Anyway, sorry to ramble. Josh is totally right. Without the marriage of ISPs and web hosting companies, the internet simply wouldn’t work. But equally important is the network infrastructure (backbone foo), the protocols that allow the technologies to talk to each other (TCP/IP foo), user agents (browser foo), and the languages that allow us to build documents that can be presented by those user agents (HTML foo). If any of these things are missing, the internet (and particularly the World Wide Web) fails spectacularly.

When you stop to consider what is needed to make sure all these things run in harmony, it is actually staggering. Groups like ICANN, the IETF, and the W3C handle the various protocols and languages that allow ISPs, hosting companies, and user agents to converse with each other via networking infrastructure. Television or radio broadcasting are pieces of cake by comparison.

Because of the internet’s complexity, I’ve learned to afford aspects of it plenty of patience. If something goes wrong with my hosting, I methodically try to figure out what it is. If it’s a fault at the DreamHost end, I open a support ticket and wait patiently. Likewise, if my internet connection suddenly fails, I cast my eyes in the direction of the cable modem and look at the blinking lights. If they aren’t blinking, I check to see if my cable TV is also out; consequently, I can help Comcast resolve the problem more quickly. I’m constantly aware that there is a significant chain of things that must work flawlessly in order to do the most basic thing on the internet, and it doesn’t surprise me one little bit when something isn’t doing what it supposed to do.

In the old days, when the TV wasn’t working properly, I’d start by wiggling the little ring aerial before banging the box in frustration. Fault handling needs to be somewhat more sophisticated in the world of the internet, and there are so many more things that can go wrong. I have tremendous respect for everyone who works with a piece of this gigantic puzzle.

Anyway, sorry to ramble.

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