[BNM] Hosting companies (again!) - who is the best in the world?

[Chris Billett]

I've recommended United Hosting many times in the past, but they've  
also taken a spectacular nosedive in the last four months, and in some  
cases are unable to explain why I get no emails from certain clients  
(these are just ones that I *know* are missing, let alone the others I  
don't know about). What's more, though, their support has become a  
confused and half-assed attempt, and I've had far to many jobsworth  
responses, or answers that just imply the staff haven't read anything  
I've asked.

So yeah... not a recommendation, I'm afraid. More taking back one I've  
made several times in the past.

On 19 Jan 2009, at 16:13, Alan Newman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I thought I would revisit this thread as we are being asked similar
> questions - by associates -  about hosting given the purchase of Areti
> by Alentus.
>
> Where did everyone move too now that Areti appear to be off limits?
>
> Would be interested in people thoughts - this is from a Windows
> hosting perspective by the way, usually we use Positive Internet, but
> they don't do the Windows thing.
>
> Regards,
>
> - Alan
>
>
>
> On 24 Sep 2008, at 10:42, Mike Cowling wrote:
>
>> For budget hosting http://www.34sp.com get my wholehearted
>> recommendation
>> for reliability and customer support.
>>
>> If money is no object RackSpace are extremely good - their support
>> is as
>> they claim 'fanatical'.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Tom Nixon <tom at nixonmcinnes.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys, I know we all like a bit of a thread about hosting
>>> companies,
>>> so here we go again :)
>>>
>>> Since we started our company back in 2000, we've done just about all
>>> of our hosting through Areti Internet, who were consistently
>>> excellent, and dealt with things professionally on the odd occasion
>>> where something went wrong.
>>>
>>> The bad news is that Areti was bought by Alentus a few months ago,
>>> and
>>> the service has taken a nose dive. It's harming our business and
>>> client relationships to not have a hosting company we can really
>>> trust
>>> to deliver.
>>>
>>> We do have one server with RackSpace and have been very happy with
>>> their level of service so we're thinking of migrating everything  
>>> over
>>> to them. But before we jump into bed with RackSpace thinking that  
>>> the
>>> grass is greener, is there anyone else we should be looking at? Who
>>> do
>>> the best web apps and companies in the world host with? Who would  
>>> you
>>> go with if money were no object?
>>>
>>> Joyent and Positive Internet sprang to mind, but are there others
>>> with
>>> absolutely tip top credentials and reputation?
>>>
>>> T.
>>>
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