Who do you host with?

I use tektonic.net, as they are one of few VPS proviers that allow proxys (h)

If you host multiple domain names, I recommend HostMonster.com.  It was the cheapest I could find that provides unlimited domains on one account.  Free private registration and Free 24/7 phone support.

I use Lunarpages. Quite reliable. Might not be best for newbie webmaster as their support team while fairly fast can sometimes rely a bit on "Not my job, tis yours as the webmaster" excuse.

Only 1 downtime in 16 months. Another business in building had a fire and fire dept made LP turn off generator. Was down for a few hours. They posted notices in the forum - I liked that they actually said, yes we were down.

I am no longer going to recommend this host. Recent days (Jan '07) have shown that they are quite young and inexperienced when it comes to dealing with security threats as reflected by their recent over-reaction to an old problem. I would refer you to a long thread in their forums where so many of their customers are reporting problems and LP offerring NO assurances that this will not happen again in the future; but it would appear they have deleted it - which to me is more offensive than the original problem.

Guess I'll be reviewing the other replies in this thread in search of a new home for my sites.  I'm not a very happy camper.

We use two hosts for our clients Dreamhosting which provides really good general hosting and has ROR support as well as Quicktime and real streaming servers and Media Temple Grid Hosting which uses clusters for all its web hosting packages which makes it really good for larger sites.

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Since a few month I'm very happy with this dutch based company (they have international customer too):
http://pcextreme.nl/

My sites are hosted on a 1and1 server that is based in Germany.

It costs about $160 per month, but is very fast and so far has been very reliable.

I have heard bad reports of 1and1 in the USA, but the one that I am with is great. No problems so far 

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My sites are hosted on a 1and1 server that is based in Germany. It costs about $160 per month, but is very fast and so far has been very reliable. I have heard bad reports of 1and1 in the USA, but the one that I am with is great. No problems so far

Is this $160 for dedicated or shared hosting? 

For $160 a month they would have to be the best, have you thought about cheaper options such as building yourself a data centre?

one more question why are you using German 1&1 when you and your site are UK based?

I use a number of shared plans and most seem pretty good but so far I have been pleased with https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ and not only for the low cost. I can't comment on the available support because so far the FAQ has told me what I need to know.

I use a number of shared plans and most seem pretty good but so far I have been pleased with https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ and not only for the low cost. I can't comment on the available support because so far the FAQ has told me what I need to know.

pay as you go hosting an interesting idea, though it has its worrying side

A "major slashdotting" of a site hosted on our service will cost you (on average) about $10, one time. The best part about that is that as soon as it's over, your costs go back to normal

Wouldn't want to get dugged and slashdotted!

LOL Not really a problem for me, but I might be willing to pay to see it!

I've been using pair.com for running 10 years now.  I also have a site at godaddy but I prefer Pair.

For $160 a month they would have to be the best, have you thought about cheaper options such as building yourself a data centre?

one more question why are you using German 1&1 when you and your site are UK based?

I signed up with 1and1.co.uk but there server is based in Germany!

How odd I use to live less then 20 miles from 1&1 datacentre, its on the out skirts of London it was at least according to their marketing hype one of the fastest in the world as it had a fibre connection to the docklands. Still your hosting has to be pretty special or your needs overwhelming to require such large payments?

How odd I use to live less then 20 miles from 1&1 datacentre, its on the out skirts of London it was at least according to their marketing hype one of the fastest in the world as it had a fibre connection to the docklands. Still your hosting has to be pretty special or your needs overwhelming to require such large payments?

Well I have my main site http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/

Plus the forum- http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/index.php

and the directory- http://www.directory.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/

Last month my site had 500,000 page views, That is without the directory as I only started to advertise it yesterday.

My forum used to be on shared hosting and it crashed a few times and the forum members used to get mad, especially as it crashed when I was in Crete and it was down for 3 days!

The directory was on a linux shared server snd when I got to 1000 categories it slowed right down, I moved to VPS and it was not much better, plus to my suprise there was no online help for the VPS.

I have a couple of small sites on the server as well, it should meet my needs for the future!

Sounds like you have been through the wars a bit, you can get good hosts that have decent hardware at more competitive prices but if 1&1 give you peace of mind then I guess they have to be worth it for you.

Good luck with the directory by the way, though one tip you might want to use http://directory ... rather then www as it stands it already resolves correctly, but some search engines have a problem determining relevancy to the original site if you use www prior to a sub domain.

Sounds like you have been through the wars a bit, you can get good hosts that have decent hardware at more competitive prices but if 1&1 give you peace of mind then I guess they have to be worth it for you.

Good luck with the directory by the way, though one tip you might want to use http://directory ... rather then www as it stands it already resolves correctly, but some search engines have a problem determining relevancy to the original site if you use www prior to a sub domain.

Thanks for the tip 

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