Server Rating (was RE: ColdFusion & php hosts??)

Well, when it came to my two "closing issues" for signing up with them they were great.  Their response time does tend to vary depending on the severity of the issue.  I honestly think they've got one or maybe two guys managing a couple of co-located servers somewhere else. To be fair, they're a cheap host that's offering a lot for a little.  It's fine for me for a personal host but they don't really provide "jump-to" support like some companies I've been with.  'course then again in the month or so that I've been with them I also haven't noticed any downtime or other server issues. One thing they don't mention is what closed the sale for me.  I run a telnet BBS out of my house and I wanted a subdomain to point to it.  I also did *not* want to use their mail services.  They set up the subdomains to route to my IP at a DNS server level at no cost.  They also say that they offer unlimited subdomains, but I have yet to figure out how to get those set up. The drive space is real... 2 Gb.  Great for my daughter's website (all pictures).  The SQL Server databases are real, though I haven't done anything with them.  The two DSN's are great as well.  One downside is the fact that they don't show to offer a reseller's plan. Overall I'd say they're at around a 6 out of 10.  I've never seen a host be a 10 out of 10 though.  To break it down: Support:  3 - They do answer on "ultra-low" issues if you prod them enough. Features: 8 - Great disk space, good transfer for the $$, MS SQL Server included, 2 DSN's, logs, etc.  CF 5 & PHP & PERL. Uptime:  10 - I've never seen the site down but I've only been with 'em about a month. Price:    9 - I was going to go for the annual and I'd end up paying $100 for the year, but we decided to go with the monthly for the moment. Hope this helps! Hatton ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Yea thats nice because we have our stuff setup to allow resellers as well which has been helpful for some of our clients > Well, when it came to my two "closing issues" for signing up with them they > were great.  Their response time does tend to vary depending on the severity > of the issue.  I honestly think they've got one or maybe two guys managing a > couple of co-located servers somewhere else. > > To be fair, they're a cheap host that's offering a lot for a little.  It's > fine for me for a personal host but they don't really provide "jump-to" > support like some companies I've been with.  'course then again in the month > or so that I've been with them I also haven't noticed any downtime or other > server issues. > > One thing they don't mention is what closed the sale for me.  I run a telnet > BBS out of my house and I wanted a subdomain to point to it.  I also did > *not* want to use their mail services.  They set up the subdomains to route > to my IP at a DNS server level at no cost.  They also say that they offer > unlimited subdomains, but I have yet to figure out how to get those set up. > > The drive space is real... 2 Gb.  Great for my daughter's website (all > pictures).  The SQL Server databases are real, though I haven't done > anything with them.  The two DSN's are great as well.  One downside is the > fact that they don't show to offer a reseller's plan. > > Overall I'd say they're at around a 6 out of 10.  I've never seen a host be > a 10 out of 10 though.  To break it down: > Support:  3 - They do answer on "ultra-low" issues if you prod them enough. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----