Gigahost Acquires Terrahost's Hosting Services in Norway and the Netherlands

terrahost · July 9

We are pleased to announce that Gigahost is acquiring Terrahost's hosting services in Norway and the Netherlands. This change marks the beginning of a new chapter for our services while maintaining the high standards and reliability that our customers are accustomed to.

What Does This Mean for our Customers?

No Changes to Your Services

All services you currently have will remain unchanged.

No Price Changes

Prices will stay the same as before.

We are confident that Gigahost will continue Terrahost's dedication to quality and support. If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact us.

Amadex · July 9

rip

MannDude · July 9

Is this why Terrahost dropped Kansas City, Gigahost didn't want it or..?

Either way, congrats.

JeDaYoshi · July 9

@MannDude said:
Is this why Terrahost dropped Kansas City, Gigahost didn't want it or..?

Either way, congrats.

Kansas City was on an Epik datacenter/colo, IIRC.

root · July 9

Congratulations on making money through work and sale.

DataRecovery · July 9

@terrahost said: Gigahost is acquiring Terrahost

Terrahost won't go into Gigahost, only vice versa.

Trust me, I know what I'm saying.

rcy026 · July 9

Gigahost is a newly started company with Andreas Melsom Haakonsen as board member. He is also the owner of Melsom Holding, an investment company that owns 35% of the shares in Gigahost.
That's the same Andreas Melsom Haakonsen that's been the director of Terrahost.

This looks like a buyback, Terrahost is buying themselves free of Epik.
And honestly I'm glad this is happening. I really like Terrahost but I sincerely despise Epik, I moved a lot of servers away from Terrahost when they merged with Epik. Not saying I'm going to move them back, but at least now Terrahost is a viable option again.

_MS_ · July 9

There are enough hints in the LET version of this thread.

root · July 9

As customer I did not feel any difference in quality of service before and during Epik ownership. I hope Terrahost will continue the same quality of service as before under Gigahost naming.

@terrahost - will domain change from terrahost to gigahost or something?

treesmokah · July 10

@root said: @terrahost - will domain change from terrahost to gigahost or something?

They already changed it yesterday.

Hello,

Welcome to Gigahost! As part of the transfer of the hosting services in Norway and the Netherlands from Terrahost, your account has been migrated to us today.

Your services

All aspects of your services, as well as pricing, will remain completely unchanged. It may take some time before your services show in the new control panel.

Invoicing

Already issued invoices from Terrahost must be paid to Terrahost as is. New invoices are issued from Gigahost.

ATTENTION! If you currently pay automatically either via card or PayPal, this must be added again in our control panel.

The control panel

Use the following URL to log in to the control panel. Your username and password are the same as before.

URL: https://flux.gigahost.no
Your customer number is: x

Thank you very much for your trust and we look forward to the journey ahead!

Kind regards,
Gigahost AS

ascicode · July 10

Only smell the money and no changes after all.

treesmokah · July 10

@ascicode said:
Only smell the money and no changes after all.

To be honest, no changes are needed, its good as it is. All they have to do is continue delivering services as they used to do, that's about it.

Nothing bad to say about Terrahost/Gigahost, even under Epik ownership. Now that they are Epik-free, its something that will be appealing to even larger audience, that may not like Rob Monster.

I'm personally very happy they are independent again, and its something I have predicted
I will only do more business with them after this ownership change, if anything. Everything has been amazing and I hope it continues.

yoursunny · July 11

Terrahost
Gigahost
Megahost
Kilohost
host
Millihost
Microhost
Nanohost
Picohost

SocksAreComfortable · July 11

@yoursunny said:
Terrahost
Gigahost
Megahost
Kilohost
host
Millihost
Microhost
Nanohost
Picohost

Petahost or gtfo

MannDude · July 11

Still curious why they'd do a total ground-up rebrand. Terrahost order links redirect to Gigahost. Enimga control panel is now Flux.

Terrahost has good brand recognition, it was a known name. Wonder why it's getting retired. The Gigahost account the OGF is actively lurking the site based on last seen time in their profile but hasn't touched base on any comments, questions or speculation yet.

Jab · July 11

@MannDude said: The Gigahost account the OGF is actively lurking the site based on last seen time in their profile but hasn't touched base on any comments, questions or speculation yet.

and I don't think they will.
They tried this once - when Rob bought them and it was a shitshow, tons of new speculations and so. They gonna stay silent and just let it ripe

rcy026 · July 11

@MannDude said:
Terrahost has good brand recognition, it was a known name. Wonder why it's getting retired.

I can see two reasons.
The first is legal, the names were not part of the deal and are still owned by Epik.
Second is reputation, I think Terrahost underestimated the kind of smell that would come with being associated with Epik/Monster. Anyone that googles Terrahost will find it's related to Epik and that scares a lot of customers away. Even if they are not anymore, the internet never forgets.

My bet is that it's the first one. If it was just a reputation thing, I don't think they would have renamed Enigma to Flux, Enigma is not "tainted" like Terrahost.

flberger · July 22

What confused me a lot at the day of the announcement was that there already was a gigahost.dk in Denmark, but following the course of affairs they seem unrelated.

Gigahost Acquires Terrahost's Hosting Services in Norway and the Netherlands

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