Looks like the DreamHost people fell asleep yet again at the wheel. What they describe as a “teensy eensy weensy little billing error” turned out to be $400 to $9,000 in overcharging their customers. Feedback is coming in quickly with the story being posted all over the ‘net.
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Here is more about the fiasco from the Web:
- Robbing Your Customers?
- Dreamhost billing issues
- Dreamhost mistakenly bills customers for multiple years
- Digg Article on the DreamHost Mess
- Dreamhost Billing Issues!
- Um, Whoops.
Not a good time to be a customer of DreamHost, that is for sure. Also as a point worth mentioning for all fairness, I am a contracted worker for LP… but anybody who has seen my publicly viewable resume and mention of if here time and time again can see that. 
Update: Looks like by watching the DreamHost blog they have posted a few more posts after the one that was heard around he Web. Seems like they are doing a better job the second time around discussing this issue than the first. I’ll give them two thumbs up for that.
Update #2: No, I was not bullied by anybody to update this post (removing some of the negativity) – I took in feedback, and adjusted my thoughts, it happens. As for those who want to try to drag me into a public fight over one of my employers – no thanks, got more important things to worry about than people trying to make a name out of themselves by trying to shoot me down. Thanks for reading!
There has been a lot of talk about green web hosting lately. I am all for saving the planet as much as the next guy – but I don’t think the practices that are going on are actually doing much for the environment. Instead it is one big PR game being played with the public – and many are falling for it hook, line and sinker.
Well, it looks like the head honcho of Hostingcon noticed my comments about the 
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