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PSA: A bunch of LEB hosts deadpooling ArkaHosting, SupremeVPS, UMaxHosting, Hosting73, HostBRZ, Ku

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  • 2Neutron2Neutron Member

    @Falzo said:

    @2Neutron said:

    you're late to the party...

    monday is here. brace yourselves for incoming 'why is my VPS down' threads...

    Yeah I just read the email about 1 1/2 hour ago. I just finished my back up...
    SparkVPS It came due on Dec 26th. It was fast and stable 6cpu/6G/80G ssd $69/yr

    Have ssdnodes server to migrate over to.

  • GeorgeGhcGeorgeGhc Member

    I did some digging on all companies mentioned. I checked the hosting, ASN, registrar, whois, cms and stuff like contact info etc.

    From this list, the companies that seem as exception and not related to the rest are hostflyte.com, stockservers.com, virmach.com, umaxhosting.com, losangelesvps.com. And the last two look like they are closely related to each other.

    Here is the data if someone is curious https://hostingchecker.com/more-than-20-vps-companies-closing-on-monday-are-they-connected/

    Although, only 1 is hosted on Colo. For the rest, there is a pattern, but if GoDaddy does not reveal who the real owner is, we can't be 100% sure they all are within the same entity or who that is.

    From the data tho, my strong hunch is most are related and operated from the same place.

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  • 2Neutron2Neutron Member

    @GeorgeGhc said:
    I did some digging on all companies mentioned. I checked the hosting, ASN, registrar, whois, cms and stuff like contact info etc.

    From this list, the companies that seem as exception and not related to the rest are hostflyte.com, stockservers.com, virmach.com, umaxhosting.com, losangelesvps.com. And the last two look like they are closely related to each other.

    Here is the data if someone is curious https://hostingchecker.com/more-than-20-vps-companies-closing-on-monday-are-they-connected/

    Although, only 1 is hosted on Colo. For the rest, there is a pattern, but if GoDaddy does not reveal who the real owner is, we can't be 100% sure they all are within the same entity or who that is.

    From the data tho, my strong hunch is most are related and operated from the same place.

    @GeorgeGhc said:
    I did some digging on all companies mentioned. I checked the hosting, ASN, registrar, whois, cms and stuff like contact info etc.

    From this list, the companies that seem as exception and not related to the rest are hostflyte.com, stockservers.com, virmach.com, umaxhosting.com, losangelesvps.com. And the last two look like they are closely related to each other.

    Here is the data if someone is curious https://hostingchecker.com/more-than-20-vps-companies-closing-on-monday-are-they-connected/

    Although, only 1 is hosted on Colo. For the rest, there is a pattern, but if GoDaddy does not reveal who the real owner is, we can't be 100% sure they all are within the same entity or who that is.

    From the data tho, my strong hunch is most are related and operated from the same place.

    Let me help...

    SparkVPS
    3720 S Susan St.
    Santa Ana, CA 92704

    Regards,

    Dylan Coleman - COO
    https://www.sparkvps.com/

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  • FranciscoFrancisco Top Host, Host Rep, Veteran
    edited December 2019

    Attention

    Final list:

    UMaxHosting.com
SupremeVPS.com
HostBRZ.com
SparkVPS.com
BigFootServers.com
SolvedByData.com
N3Servers.com
MegaZoneHosting.com
KudoHosting.com
HostedSimply.com
WelcomeHosting.com
KayHosting.com
Hosting73.com
UpbeatHosting.com
LQHosting.com
SnowVPS.com
DCNHost.com
StrongHosting.com
ArkaHosting.com
ServerStrong.com
X4Servers.com
TCNHosting.com
SuperbVPS.com
VPSFortune.com
MyHostingSrv.com

    Compliments of @solaire:

    Francisco

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  • JordJord Moderator, Host Rep

    @Francisco said:
    Attention

    Final list:

    UMaxHosting.com
SupremeVPS.com
HostBRZ.com
SparkVPS.com
BigFootServers.com
SolvedByData.com
N3Servers.com
MegaZoneHosting.com
KudoHosting.com
HostedSimply.com
WelcomeHosting.com
KayHosting.com
Hosting73.com
UpbeatHosting.com
LQHosting.com
SnowVPS.com
DCNHost.com
StrongHosting.com
ArkaHosting.com
ServerStrong.com
X4Servers.com
TCNHosting.com
SuperbVPS.com
VPSFortune.com
MyHostingSrv.com

    Compliments of @solaire:

    Francisco

    Thanks, I've updated OP.

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  • anonym_useranonym_user Member

    Haven't they all had blackfriday deals on LEB?
    Nice method to cash in some money on the yearly plans and then disappear.
    Most of there client might don't know how bad they actually are and just want to get the "best" BF deals.
    I hope they all disappear, so that reputed hosts offering good prices like @cociu @servarica_hani will get some more clients.

    But however I would not have expected that they write any email in advance that they will close there doors. I hope you guys don't loose any data.

  • cociucociu Member

    anonym_user said: Haven't they all had blackfriday deals on LEB?

    Nice method to cash in some money on the yearly plans and then disappear.
    Most of there client might don't know how bad they actually are and just want to get the "best" BF deals.
    I hope they all disappear, so that reputed hosts offering good prices like @cociu @servarica_hani will get some more clients.

    But however I would not have expected that they write any email in advance that they will close there doors. I hope you guys don't loose any data.

    Will appear new brands like always , a domain name is cheap these days ...

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  • kkrajkkkrajk Member

    Francisco said: We have enough years under our belts that people can signup with us, pay annually, and sleep well at night knowing that we'll still be around in the morning.

    :+1:

  • Master_BoMaster_Bo Member

    Did SparkVPS also use the same faceless "imminent shutdown" email notification on behalf of "Management"?

  • poissonpoisson Member

    @cociu said:

    anonym_user said: Haven't they all had blackfriday deals on LEB?

    Nice method to cash in some money on the yearly plans and then disappear.
    Most of there client might don't know how bad they actually are and just want to get the "best" BF deals.
    I hope they all disappear, so that reputed hosts offering good prices like @cociu @servarica_hani will get some more clients.

    But however I would not have expected that they write any email in advance that they will close there doors. I hope you guys don't loose any data.

    Will appear new brands like always , a domain name is cheap these days ...

    That's why there's must be an anti-scam firewall to only buy from allowed reputable hosts: The LEBRE Whitelist

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  • solairesolaire Member
    edited December 2019

    Cheers @Francisco for posting the updated list.

    As posted on HostBalls / LowEndSpirit just now, all sites are using the same Google Analytics ID and as a result have references to each other in the source of the webpage. The author who wrote the ZDNet news article has been notified.

    gtag('config', 'UA-129769654-2');
  gtag('config', 'GA_MEASUREMENT_ID_2', {
    'linker': {
      'domains': ['UMaxHosting.com', 'SupremeVPS.com', 'HostBRZ.com', 'SparkVPS.com', 'BigFootServers.com', 'SolvedByData.com', 'N3Servers.com', 'MegaZoneHosting.com', 'KudoHosting.com', 'HostedSimply.com', 'WelcomeHosting.com', 'KayHosting.com', 'Hosting73.com', 'UpbeatHosting.com', 'LQHosting.com', 'SnowVPS.com', 'DCNHost.com', 'StrongHosting.com', 'ArkaHosting.com', 'ServerStrong.com', 'X4Servers.com', 'TCNHosting.com', 'SuperbVPS.com', 'VPSFortune.com', 'MyHostingSrv.com']
    }
  });
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  • tgltgl Member
    edited December 2019

    the noose is tightening

  • webclouddevwebclouddev Member

    @Jord said:

    Thanks, I've updated OP.

    its actually stronghosting.net not .com you might have to correct that since .com is up for sale

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  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @solaire said:
    Cheers @Francisco for posting the updated list.

    As posted on HostBalls / LowEndSpirit just now, all sites are using the same Google Analytics ID and as a result have references to each other in the source of the webpage. The author who wrote the ZDNet news article has been notified.

    gtag('config', 'UA-129769654-2');
  gtag('config', 'GA_MEASUREMENT_ID_2', {
    'linker': {
      'domains': ['UMaxHosting.com', 'SupremeVPS.com', 'HostBRZ.com', 'SparkVPS.com', 'BigFootServers.com', 'SolvedByData.com', 'N3Servers.com', 'MegaZoneHosting.com', 'KudoHosting.com', 'HostedSimply.com', 'WelcomeHosting.com', 'KayHosting.com', 'Hosting73.com', 'UpbeatHosting.com', 'LQHosting.com', 'SnowVPS.com', 'DCNHost.com', 'StrongHosting.com', 'ArkaHosting.com', 'ServerStrong.com', 'X4Servers.com', 'TCNHosting.com', 'SuperbVPS.com', 'VPSFortune.com', 'MyHostingSrv.com']
    }
  });

    Jesus, how did we miss this? Haha nice find! If that's not a smoking gun nothing is imo.

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  • JordJord Moderator, Host Rep

    @webclouddev said:

    @Jord said:

    Thanks, I've updated OP.

    its actually stronghosting.net not .com you might have to correct that since .com is up for sale

    Thanks, sir, I just copied it but didn't check. All updated.

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  • pepa65pepa65 Member
    edited December 2019

    dahartigan said: Be honest, how many of you didn't have backups already?

    I actually just completed the migration of a simple site to Hostmantis from Stronghosting.net, because it was too often down.

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  • slothxslothx Member

    I got hit by WelcomeHosting and KayHosting. Thankfully I'd just gotten invoices for both. Guess I walk away clean. Fun scramble to back up hosts though.

  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    I never really trusted those hosts, but they were a great place to run things that I wouldn't want to run on a provider I respect, for example heavy Plex companion apps, running scraping/youtube-dl jobs, testing things, etc

    The problem for me was finding somewhere to put those that isn't on another shit-host.

  • Mr_TomMr_Tom Member, Host Rep

    dahartigan said: I never really trusted those hosts, but they were a great place to run things that I wouldn't want to run on a provider I respect

    The downside to this is everyone else who takes that attitude ends up funding them

  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @Mr_Tom said:

    dahartigan said: I never really trusted those hosts, but they were a great place to run things that I wouldn't want to run on a provider I respect

    The downside to this is everyone else who takes that attitude ends up funding them

    Funding a shit host vs being naughty on a good host

  • uptimeuptime Member
    edited December 2019

    yeah ... so I just heard a scurrilous rumour ... that the nefarious henchman of the lowend spirit talk cabal has hereby announced a $100 prize for conclusive proof linked to an identifiable person "responsible" for this alleged scammery

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  • poissonpoisson Member

    @slothx said:
    I got hit by WelcomeHosting and KayHosting. Thankfully I'd just gotten invoices for both. Guess I walk away clean. Fun scramble to back up hosts though.

    Check my whitelist for hosts that are unlikely to deadpool. Newly updated.

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  • JerryHouJerryHou Member

    @TimboJones said:

    @JerryHou said:
    Hard to go over all posts, can someone tell me why....

    Question parsing processing begins after the question mark. There's no parsing module for trailing off...

    After reading over 3 pages, I think I got it...

  • pepa65pepa65 Member

    uptime said: nefarious henchman of the lowend spirit talk cabal has hereby announced a $100 prize for conclusive proof linked to an identifiable person "responsible" for this alleged scammery

    Rumour, hence no link??

  • pepa65pepa65 Member

    poisson said: Check my whitelist for hosts that are unlikely to deadpool. Newly updated.

    Hostmantis any good??

  • Mr_TomMr_Tom Member, Host Rep

    dahartigan said: Funding a shit host vs being naughty on a good host

    True - but money in their pockets is bad enough. "It's only cheap" is great, if they go bust it's not a big loss as a cusomer with 1 cheap service, but you get a large enough number of people who do the same and you've got quick money lol.

    I'm not trying to make out you're in the wrong, I'd probably be tempted to risk a shit host myself if I needed to do something dodgy, my point was just that everyone who knows these are shit hosts, is still funding them lol (unless you can chargeback, in which case it's win-win surely).

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  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @pepa65 said:

    poisson said: Check my whitelist for hosts that are unlikely to deadpool. Newly updated.

    Hostmantis any good??

    Yes and no. They were good, until they suddenly increased prices dramatically. I wouldn't recommend them if you want my opinion.

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  • uptimeuptime Member

    @pepa65 said:

    uptime said: nefarious henchman of the lowend spirit talk cabal has hereby announced a $100 prize for conclusive proof linked to an identifiable person "responsible" for this alleged scammery

    Rumour, hence no link??

    yar, sorry boss - here ya go: link

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  • poissonpoisson Member

    @dahartigan said:

    @pepa65 said:

    poisson said: Check my whitelist for hosts that are unlikely to deadpool. Newly updated.

    Hostmantis any good??

    Yes and no. They were good, until they suddenly increased prices dramatically. I wouldn't recommend them if you want my opinion.

    The evidence is not clear enough in their favour. I'll be monitoring, though.

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  • JordJord Moderator, Host Rep
    edited December 2019

    @poisson said:

    @slothx said:
    I got hit by WelcomeHosting and KayHosting. Thankfully I'd just gotten invoices for both. Guess I walk away clean. Fun scramble to back up hosts though.

    Check my whitelist for hosts that are unlikely to deadpool. Newly updated.

    I never said thank you for adding us to your whitelist, so thank you :heart:

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