Amard goes belly up

WebHost Admin · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 11:49 AM

I had a reseller account with Amard a couple of years back, but moved because they had mod_rewrite as a PHP module, rather than Apache, which means mod_rewrite won't always function properly with software.

They seemed a decent host at the time, though, and I've tried to order from them a couple of times - but since they changed over their billing system sometime last year it's been pretty screwy and I couldn't sign up.

Anyway, looks as if I had a lucky escape - seems the company has gone belly-up:
http://www.forum2.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=6007

According to WHT, someone was told the company was closing in December 2005:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...ghlight=forum2

I'm surprised Amard was never offered for purchase - they were a respected company and must surely have had assets and customers worth buying.

TWD_Tony · #2 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 02:05 PM

That's a shame, but i have a funny feeling (infact I can almost guarantee) that there will some more hosting companies - more so the "budget" hosts going to the wall this year...

TWD_Tony · #3 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 03:09 PM

It seems another company core-isp may have gone to the wall as well now

http://www.forum2.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=6552

These datacenter prices rises are starting to bite...

WebHost Admin · #4 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 07:58 PM

Ouch - it's sad to see the customers there don't seem to have had any warning to leave the ship first.