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Hungryones.com started with a WP Starter account on fatcow.com at $3.99/month.  Our website ran fine for 10 years and when something broke I could get ahold of a human to help me fix it using their chat support in less than 15 minutes.

In 2025 hungryones.com went down for an hour everytime it exceeded the hourly limit on database queries.  This happened about once a week or more.  This was right before Network Solutions bought out Fatcow.  After the sale went through the wait for support was 1-2 hours long.  Now chat support is filtered by AI.  If the AI can’t guide you to fix the problem you get connected to a human.  If the human can’t figure out the problem you are then told the problem is out of scope and direct you to paid support for $99.99/hour.  Previously they forwarded the case to level 2 support.

The latest problem I have with Network Solutions is they sent me a warning notice that hungryones.com will be shut down unless I get my file use to under 200,000 files.  When I signed up I only did so as they promised unlimited disk space as I knew the blog would grow over the years.  I did not know somewhere in the fine print there is a limit to the number of files.  This limit is not part of their ad.

Support suggested I get a NVMe plan with their sister company Blue Host.  The cheapest plan they had that would accomodate my needs for 240GB storage and 220,000 files was their Standard NVMe 32 plan for $144.19/month.  This included

8 cpu cores
32 GB ram
1000GB NVME storage

This calculated out to over $1700/year.  For that price I could buy my own server.  I decided to build my own wordpress server.  I already had a system better than what Bluehost was offering.  My server specs:

8 cpu cores
64 GB ram
4TB NVME storage

I was unable to migrate hungryones.com to my own server so I left hungryones.com at Network Solutions and I started a continuation of hungryones called hungryones 2.  I now have hungryones2.com running on my own server.  The site seems faster.  The resource usage on the server is under 50% memory and under 10% cpu.  When something breaks I can find the solution using Google or AI.  With the money I save I plan on upgrading to a 16 core AMD Zen 7 cpu when they launch.  More ram and a PCIe 5.0 ssd may tempt me as well.

It appears Network Solutions has bought out their competition and raised prices.  It appears they are squeezing out more profits now that they have a near monopoly.  They are providing less support and decreased the disk space in their plans.  They are also enforcing limits in their fine print to get you to buy a more expensive plan.

I am quite happy running my own wordpress server.  If you want to build your own server google installing apache, mysql, and wordpress.

“Yahweh: You’ve been unhappy because you’ve desired things that cannot be.

Lucifer: That’s what desire IS. The need for what we can’t have. The need for what’s readily available is called greed.”
― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong

Dear Soo,

During our routine file system maintenance, we have identified that your hosting plan is exceeding the allowable inode (file and directory) limit, which is adversely impacting other customers within the shared hosting environment.Please review the data stored on your hosting plan and remove any data in violation of our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy (collectively, the “Agreement”). For your reference, below are directories likely contributing most significantly to the inode usage on your account:Directories with highest inode usage:[INODE COUNT] ./[INODE COUNT] ./private[INODE COUNT] ./tmp[INODE COUNT] ./cache [INODE COUNT] ./logs Please note, shared hosting plans have a maximum allowance of 200,000 inodes (individual files and directories). This limit is in place to ensure optimal performance and stability for all customers on shared servers. To reduce inode usage, we recommend deleting unused files, old backups, cache directories, unnecessary logs and other content in violation of the Agreement. As a reminder, you may only store files related to active website and/or email as outlined in the Agreement. Backups and any content not related to an active website must be removed. If you would like us to remove any unwanted data/content, please supply us with the specific location and name of the file/directories you wish us to remove. This is a permanent action, and the data cannot be recovered. Please reply to this email with the below verbiage and further details to locate the files.   “You have my permission to permanently remove the files and/or directories listed below from my account. I understand that the data will be permanently removed and cannot be recovered.  – (LIST OUT LOCATION OF UNWANTED FILES AND/OR DIRECTORIES).” Please reply within the next 14 days with confirmation that the inode overage has been resolved and your account has been brought back under the 200,000 inode limit. If you fail to correct this overage, it may become necessary to deactivate your hosting account to ensure optimal performance for all our shared hosting customers. If this issue remains unresolved, we may need to cancel your services and delete all data stored on our servers. If you need any help reducing your inode usage or have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out—we’re here to assist! You can also find answers to your questions here. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Network Solutions Abuse Mitigation Team

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