Choosehosting Call It A Day

Posted by Hotshot at 20:45 7/11/2003.

A newspost on the ChooseHosting website has confirmed earlier rumours that the company has ceased trading of their branded game-servers.

The team announced earlier tonight that due to increased commitments outside of their Choosehosting responsibilities, they can no longer afford the time to tend to their other duties as would fit a reputable company.

Formed in 2001, Choosehosting founded a reputation for good quality servers and, more importantly in an industry riddled with con-men and poor service, a genuine regard for the customer.

For the full news post click here.

Comments

Wolfie
WanadooWolfie
20:46 7/11/2003
This really sucks. gl to choosehosting staff.
Are UKT going to get another server sponsor, or also call it a day on the server front? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shaw
20:50 7/11/2003
shame, one of the better companies...
least they continuing to see out the contracts unlike some companies who just up and die :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
GaZ-
20:50 7/11/2003
nice servers [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wolfie
WanadooWolfie
20:50 7/11/2003
and making sure that our "income" (loose term) were taxed fairly (i.e. not at all).
lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wolfie
WanadooWolfie
20:51 7/11/2003
either gaz has discovered more subtle insults, or he said something rather nice, wp :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-radon-
20:51 7/11/2003
nice server company , by decent people.

cheers for your service lads, gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NoToRiOuS
2 COOL 4 SKOOL
UKTerrorist
20:53 7/11/2003
yeah servers were always top notch just a shame we couldnt keep them full.

GL to the helpful n friendly guys at CH. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
JediBitch
fightclubclan
21:04 7/11/2003
we had a choose server for quite a time,they were extremely good.

sad to see the end [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ObZ^
21:05 7/11/2003
were best servers around at 1 stage [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
21:14 7/11/2003
shame, were good servers in their prime [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
David Smith
Infinity-eSports
21:23 7/11/2003
Bummer :/

Maye I can supply some servers for UKT if someone wants to ping them here is the IP and port range of our current servers:

195.22.10.54:

Ports 27015 - 27024

Obviously the pings will be the same as all are on the same IP ;)

Please bare in mind these are hosted in Portugal! If the ping isn't that great don't flame me for offering!

-Dave. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Chris0
21:25 7/11/2003
no one can flame you Dave! :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
David Smith
Infinity-eSports
21:25 7/11/2003
By the way we are working on re-routing of connections so pings will decrease dramtically! This will happen in the VERY near future so if they are not that fast now they soon will be.

The offer stands. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shaw
21:26 7/11/2003
i cant comment from ukt...

but im pretty sure from experiences wit spanish teams and players...
pings to a portugese server from uk will be up over 100..
playable but not fun really... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
grimbob
stimulant
21:28 7/11/2003
:( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
David Smith
Infinity-eSports
21:29 7/11/2003
lol Chris0 ;D

Shaw: That was in the past, slow performance. We are working really hard to rectify those past problems and would really appreciate any feedback you can give us. Our network provider is doing all they can to create the best possible network infrastrcuture for these servers. Already we have created the lowest ping servers here, that is not just a worthless boast wither, we really have.

This is not pimpage of services, hence not including domain names etc, if the servers are OK let me know.

/me likes UKT and would love to support it! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shaw
21:32 7/11/2003
i think the problem between uk and portugal lies more in the sheer distance preventing great pings to these countries... sweden for example has great networking and internet facilities... we ping 90ish to them...
its a nice offer... maybe ukterrorist cud use it to push themselves into a more european market by setting up portugese servers, i just dont see it working too well for uk players :) but like i said, its up to them :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
21:33 7/11/2003
I get 60 ping to those servers :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Chris0
21:38 7/11/2003
/me likes UKT and would love to support it!

Suns getting to you i see Dave :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
alpha
Da boss
Inspired Gaming
21:41 7/11/2003
Thanks to Choosehosting for their sponsorship, I wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

UKT will get some replacement servers, and thanks for the offer Dave but they'll be UK hosted! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
David Smith
Infinity-eSports
21:46 7/11/2003
Hrhr Chris0,

I got a marriage proposal earlier so am kind of high on emotions at the moment ;)

Excuse me gentleman I have to depart the conversation, on a modem, and I have to keep spitting on the cable to cool it down :D

bbl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
FragMentor
22:38 7/11/2003
Wolfie
20:51, 7/11/2003 either gaz has discovered more subtle insults, or he said something rather nice, wp

lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Liq
22:51 7/11/2003
No, that wasn't funny at all. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gotti-
23:02 7/11/2003
english cfg servers [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Scara
North & South
23:51 7/11/2003
I'd like to thank choosehosting for their support of North & South over the 18 month period theyve sponsored us with a server and obviously were sad to see them go.

Top support an prompt service when asked.

p.s. thanks to Craig and Paul for getting us the server through esport-pro [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Valar
23:52 7/11/2003
tbh practice on euro servers is much needed in the uk, maybe we'd do better in eurocups :P

at the end of the day we may not like it, but for a euro wide competition its a necessary evil [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sy
2seXeh 2perfoRm
01:20 8/11/2003
no. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MeGaMaN-
Rush!
01:41 8/11/2003
crying shame [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fez
10:21 8/11/2003
shame, they were good servers too :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
10:50 8/11/2003
We just got a choose hosting server last week, glad they're seeing out their contracts :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eeon
twisted Reality
11:56 8/11/2003
:( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Choke|MaT
Choke
11:58 8/11/2003
euro servers are ok, it's just portuguese servers that are really crap. I get better reg from Russia and Romania. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shaw
12:42 8/11/2003
well have a play around on that ip he left further up the post...

coz the actual Server on that is some pretty s*** hot box...
better than uk ones in specs...
not sure wot the connections like but was throwing me a 60-70 ping at like 8am this morning [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
critter
12:53 8/11/2003
the little counter which shows the number of proper, decent, trustworthy server providers in the uk just went onto '0' [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ethno
13:44 8/11/2003
Thanks for the kind words. It's been an interesting two years, and we've all taken a lot of experience from the venture. We could keep choosehosting going, but our customer service would inevitably suffer (two of us are final year students, and the other two being 6 month placements after two very busy terms).

We think we've made the right call on this one, it wouldn't be fair to existing or potential customers to degrade the customer support that they have every right to accept. Cheers, and tata :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Magic^
14:04 8/11/2003
this is bad [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shaw
14:11 8/11/2003
why not...
just degrade the performance and customer service and stuff
then change ur name to Jalt Servers*
that way people will expect it and not be dissapointed as they wud be if choosehosting offered s*** service :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KaN
North & South
14:30 8/11/2003
Thanks for our CS server. Was a great server and we played some good games on it. Even though Scara was the worst rcon user ever. Ever. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
amarc
16:06 8/11/2003
One of a (very) few good server companies out there, will be missed. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sinth
17:53 8/11/2003
#umbungo for good , cheap servers [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sinth
18:07 8/11/2003
much better than choosehosting too :) #umbungo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
18:08 8/11/2003
By the end of some of those 6-month contracts, you'll have finished uni :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
GRiFFiN
Virtual Gaming!
19:40 8/11/2003
lmao chris0 just noticed ur clan name that tickles me! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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