Back Online (Finally)
The past five days have been an utter nightmare. On Thanksgiving morning I got an email from my hosting company, BlueHost, saying that they unceremoniously pulled the plug on my account. There was no warning. No clear explanation. The email they sent said, “It has come to our attention that your site is using an extreme amount of resources on our servers and network.” I had no idea what this meant and calls to their technicians offered no explanation. I was constantly referred to their terms of service agreement, which like most legal documents is littered with vague and roundabout ways of saying that they can do what they want, when they want. One tech even told me that my account was “deactivated” by order of the president of the company. I didn’t believe him since each of the five techs I talked to gave me a different answer. Apparently ..read more
