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i have a contract over 3 years. Now, I would like to close the contract but I am still forced to pay for the next 9 months.
-anonymous- (swzgnm@h...)
I was customer of Strato and I'm disappointed because Strato failed in protecting my personal information completely. Read on...
I know about WHOIS and I don't mind my personal information being displayed based on a domain name. Strato also informs you about this in its Privacy Policy. But what I didn't know, and Strato should know, was that there are websites/companies providing an illegal service which is called "reverse WHOIS lookup", website/companies such as: domaintools.com, whoisology.com, whoisxmlapi.com or who.is.
That means that now anyone can visit such a website, fill MY NAME (!) in as search term and see where I live, what my phone number is, what my e-mail address is, what domain names I own etc. I think the most of 1,5 million people who are customer of Strato don't realise this.
Strato, the personal information of your customers is being (ab)used/sold without their permission, do something! I didn't trusted you my personal information to be abused like this. [read more...]
I know about WHOIS and I don't mind my personal information being displayed based on a domain name. Strato also informs you about this in its Privacy Policy. But what I didn't know, and Strato should know, was that there are websites/companies providing an illegal service which is called "reverse WHOIS lookup", website/companies such as: domaintools.com, whoisology.com, whoisxmlapi.com or who.is.
That means that now anyone can visit such a website, fill MY NAME (!) in as search term and see where I live, what my phone number is, what my e-mail address is, what domain names I own etc. I think the most of 1,5 million people who are customer of Strato don't realise this.
Strato, the personal information of your customers is being (ab)used/sold without their permission, do something! I didn't trusted you my personal information to be abused like this. [read more...]
Stuart Bingham (stuart@s...)
If Carlsberg made web hosts, they had nothing to do with Starto
Oh how bad can a web host be.
Back end control panel, accounts dept, customer support, software and software support, cost, space allocation, systems management are all unbelievably bad. I was with them for over ten years before my patience ran out and I can confirm they have invested nothing in updating their systems, which are now at least five years behind everyone else.
If you are thinking of using them, cut out the middle man, take you money and flush it down the toilet.
Oh how bad can a web host be.
Back end control panel, accounts dept, customer support, software and software support, cost, space allocation, systems management are all unbelievably bad. I was with them for over ten years before my patience ran out and I can confirm they have invested nothing in updating their systems, which are now at least five years behind everyone else.
If you are thinking of using them, cut out the middle man, take you money and flush it down the toilet.
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About Strato
History:2016 We launch worldwide and in Turkey.
2014 The new STRATO website builder lets you easily create beautiful websites. Thanks to responsive designs that are also optimized for mobile use on various end devices.
2013 We celebrate the debut of the Haswell server: STRATO is the first European hosting service to offer the new Intel CPU. A web gallery is added to our online storage HiDrive - with the click of a mouse, attractive web albums can be created from saved pictures by using Share Gallery.
2011 We start worldwide with HiDrive Free - 5 GB of free online storage. As one of the leading providers of online storage in Germany, STRATO now also enters the global market.
2010 We bring the world's first cloud computing solution on the market with HiDrive for business and private users.
2008 STRATO converts data center operations to CO2-neutral electricity. For the first time in company history, we have more than 500 employees.
2006 STRATO enters the European market. Not only customers in Germany, but also ones in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France and Great Britain profit from web hosting packages, dedicated and virtual servers as well as online shops.
2004 STRATO is the first European web hosting service to be distinguished with the BS 7799 certification (British Standard 7799, now DIN ISO 27001) for IT and data security as well as excellent availability.
2003 We open our second data center in Berlin.
2002 We begin operations at our first private data center in Karlsruhe
and introduce our first website builder. With just a few clicks of the mouse
and without any programming knowledge at all, you can use this to design websites.
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1998 We make websites affordable for private users with a domain campaign and lay the foundation for the rapid growth of the .de domain.
1997 STRATO AG is founded in Berlin.
Source: https://www.strato.com/en_us/about-us
STRATO data centers – secure storage locations for your projects
Security and availability are the two greatest priorities of our two high-performance data centers. We have voluntarily undertaken to maintain the highest standards with regard to data protection and security – and that's in addition to Germany's strict legal requirements. The data from around four million websites and more than 60,000 servers is kept securely in our computer centers as if it were in a safe.
Hosted in Germany
At STRATO, you can be certain that your data is not stored on an unknown server overseas. Your data is stored exclusively in our two high-security data centers in Germany. This means that you are protected by German data privacy laws - some of the strictest in the world.
Source: https://www.strato.com/en_us/about-us
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Strato Prepares For .fr Land Rush - German Web hosting provider Strato AG (strato.de) announced on Wednesday it is preparing for a land rush for Frances' .fr top level domain when rules change there next week. The Web host predict that by the end of this year the number of registered sites will double from the current 1.4 million.
Strato CEO Damian Schmidt says the French TLD has been subject to strict controls until now, with companies having to go through a lot of red tape to prove eligibility. This will change starting June 20 and Schmidt anticipates a surge in new registrations, similar to what happened in Spain earlier this year when restrictions were removed from the .es TLD.Currently, Strato is the second most popular Web hosting company in Europe, behind its fellow German rivals, 1&1 Internet AG. Strato has 1 million customers and 2 million domains registered, compared to 1&1's 3.5 million and 5 million. Of Stratos registered domains, 80 percent are .de, making up for about 16 percent of the total ... [search all strato.de news]
Strato CEO Damian Schmidt says the French TLD has been subject to strict controls until now, with companies having to go through a lot of red tape to prove eligibility. This will change starting June 20 and Schmidt anticipates a surge in new registrations, similar to what happened in Spain earlier this year when restrictions were removed from the .es TLD.Currently, Strato is the second most popular Web hosting company in Europe, behind its fellow German rivals, 1&1 Internet AG. Strato has 1 million customers and 2 million domains registered, compared to 1&1's 3.5 million and 5 million. Of Stratos registered domains, 80 percent are .de, making up for about 16 percent of the total ... [search all strato.de news]
Social Networks
https://twitter.com/strato_ag
Account started from March, 2009, having already 3580 tweets with 6114 followers and 4867 friends. See recent tweets:
Account started from March, 2009, having already 3580 tweets with 6114 followers and 4867 friends. See recent tweets:
- Save the date: Am 27. August findet @TEDxDresden in der Dresdner Staatsoperette statt. Motto: „Embrace the Future“.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/893380971252338688
- #STRATO AG ist dabei: #MannequinChallenge accepted. https://t.co/YlgLiHXJFE
- We proudly present: Unser neuer TV-Spot! Premiere auf YouTube https://youtu.be/WR4aWTMK3So #stratorocktdasinternet http://t.co/gnv4ecJfpL
https://www.facebook.com/strato/
STRATO AG account is having 13802 likes, talking about them 1013 peoples..
STRATO AG account is having 13802 likes, talking about them 1013 peoples..
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/strato-ag
Strato AG (est. 1997) is a Privately Held entity having 485 followers on LinkedIn and 501-1000 employees, industry Information Technology & Services.
Strato AG (est. 1997) is a Privately Held entity having 485 followers on LinkedIn and 501-1000 employees, industry Information Technology & Services.
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STRATO AG account is having 432 followers and 0 plus one count.
STRATO AG account is having 432 followers and 0 plus one count.
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Strato Blog Blog added on 2012 Nov, with total 300 articles, language de-DE.
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Francesca (contact@f...)
do not use this host
If you have problems, it is impossible to reach their abuse team. They don't answer your emails, the only way to get an answer from them is to publish a message on their Facebook page, but even though they don't help. AVOID this host!
If you have problems, it is impossible to reach their abuse team. They don't answer your emails, the only way to get an answer from them is to publish a message on their Facebook page, but even though they don't help. AVOID this host!
Geoff Potts (geoff@p...)
Strato are rude, arrogant and not worth the money
Over the years I have used strato i have had numerous causes to contact their helpline. Sometimes very helpful, other times the most rude and unhelpful people ever.
They assure you despite being in Germany that all operators speak english - on two occasions now I have had to try my basic German as teh operators speak none.
They say they send invoices by email buty I've yet to see one and god forbid if you don't remember when to pay the invoice without reminders thy immediately send intrum justicia round to collect. Intrums letters have on two occasions stated that under German Law they can add £50 on for collection costs. I've responded with under English law you must first send an invoice which results in the case being thrown out.
I've paiud the latest invoice to intrum justitia in ireland who are happy it has been paid over a week ago but I'm still waiting for Strato to lift the restrictions from my account. THE most unhelpful customer service I've ever had.
Over the years I have used strato i have had numerous causes to contact their helpline. Sometimes very helpful, other times the most rude and unhelpful people ever.
They assure you despite being in Germany that all operators speak english - on two occasions now I have had to try my basic German as teh operators speak none.
They say they send invoices by email buty I've yet to see one and god forbid if you don't remember when to pay the invoice without reminders thy immediately send intrum justicia round to collect. Intrums letters have on two occasions stated that under German Law they can add £50 on for collection costs. I've responded with under English law you must first send an invoice which results in the case being thrown out.
I've paiud the latest invoice to intrum justitia in ireland who are happy it has been paid over a week ago but I'm still waiting for Strato to lift the restrictions from my account. THE most unhelpful customer service I've ever had.
Bob (-no email-)
We tried to purchase an unused domain off a strato customer. When the customer asked Strato to transfer the ownership of the domain to us instead they advised him to just cancel the domain and tell us we must be the first to try and re-register it.
Ch. Becker (zanthea@w...)
I had several customers who had their websites hosted at Strato. In the meantime we moved all of them to other hosters because too many problems occured trying to get TYPOlight CMS to work. Even in the more expensive packages Strato doesn't offer the necessary PHP extensions and functions to get a modern CMS to run properly - and they weren't willing to promise any upgrades.
They do offer comprehensive help with their FAQ section and knowledge base and support is fairly quick and friendly but they are not willing to make any concessions in order to keep track with the common web development.
I can't say that this is an all-time condition but it was my experience over a number of years.
They do offer comprehensive help with their FAQ section and knowledge base and support is fairly quick and friendly but they are not willing to make any concessions in order to keep track with the common web development.
I can't say that this is an all-time condition but it was my experience over a number of years.
Tom (swannyt19@h...)
I phoned up Strato to cancel the web-hosting contract only to find out that I have to pay them for another whole year. If you sign up with these con-artists they will give you a contract where you cannot cancel within 30 days of the "renewal" date. I didn't even know it was automatic renewal, and I certainly didn't know about the 30 day "agreement" for cancellation. It was obviously part of the small-print.
I now have web-hosting that I wanted to cancel today, that I have to pay for another whole year.
I was ushered into this contract with Strato by Lycos when Lycos wound up their web hosting business. It seemed OK at first. As time went by they got worse. They removed most of the free images without notification, causing the shock of my website looking much less attractive the next time I visited it. Instead they offered their customers a special offer with Fotolia. To get the special offer, which is only 5 free images, you have to give Fotolia your mobile phone number so they [read more...]
I now have web-hosting that I wanted to cancel today, that I have to pay for another whole year.
I was ushered into this contract with Strato by Lycos when Lycos wound up their web hosting business. It seemed OK at first. As time went by they got worse. They removed most of the free images without notification, causing the shock of my website looking much less attractive the next time I visited it. Instead they offered their customers a special offer with Fotolia. To get the special offer, which is only 5 free images, you have to give Fotolia your mobile phone number so they [read more...]
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