[wp-forums] FYI: Stupid new GoDaddy server rule

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Thu Sep 26 14:45:46 UTC 2013


We do have GoDaddy people in the forums, off and on. Might try pinging
one of them and get them to weigh in on it.

http://wordpress.org/support/profile/gdhosting

-Otto


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:13 AM, esmi at quirm dot net wrote:
>
>> <http://wordpress.org/support/**topic/godaddy-is-real-bad-**
>> company-and-there-blaming-wp-**for-it<http://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-is-real-bad-company-and-there-blaming-wp-for-it>
>> >
>>
>> tl:dr: It's been reported that GD have a new server rule - an IP address
>> is allowed only 5 requests per minute. If the address exceeds this limit,
>> the IP will be blocked for 2 - 4 minutes.
>>
>>
> That's a great move on their part. I wonder if you have to pay extra for
> actual hosting...?
>
>
>> Atm, I'm confirming that the site is hosted with GD, then pointing people
>> to the topic above and suggesting they contact GD about it as a first
>> resort.
>>
>
> I'm navigating the GoDaddy site trying to find if that's documented
> anywhere. No luck so far, anyone know where to find their SLA statement for
> customers?
>
> Jan Dembowski
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