by Anura Guruge
on August 7, 2022
Maybe I have been spoiled. ‘Hostgator‘, in my experience over the last 14-months, has been very reliable & stable. It has always been there.
So, this afternoon, just after 1pm (Eastern) when I could NOT login to access this blog it was scary. My immediate reaction is that I have screwed up or something has gone wrong on my end. I deleted the 29 Hostgator cookies on the PC. Still no luck.
Tried to call them. After negotiating their INFURIATING automated call screening system I was told that I would get a call back in 31 minutes. That was over 110 minutes ago!
Managed to get through on CHAT by claiming that I was a new customer. Couldn’t get through as an existing customer because LOGIN wouldn’t work. Not good. They confirmed that the problem was theirs — at their end. That was a RELIEF.
Just managed to LOGIN. Yes, I kept on trying.
What a RELIEF. Yes, it is distressing when I can’t get to this BLOG. SMILE.
I hope Hostgator looks into this.
I wonder IF they were HACKED?
I will try to find out. Stay tuned.