http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660I find it annoying too, when the "Technical support" expert is copying and pasting from a standard list of queries. I wonder if you had a real person or if it was automated software running, like the [IKEA's Anna](http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/splash.html). I once swore at her and she asked me not to use profanity :) http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment14http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment14Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:01:13 GMT+1 for BlueHost. Stay away from Dreamhost. They have pretty much the same problems you have been having, and they give the same canned responses. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment13http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment13Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:47:43 GMTYou get what you pay for. crystaltech is a lot more expensive. webhost4life is sort of incompetent some of the time, but it's an incompetence I know and allow for. I don't run anything demanding, it just won't work fast enough on the shared hosting. They host too many accounts on a server, and its not a real tight ship -- each server seems to be set up differently and you have to bug them about stuff. They give you a lot of features and database for the money however and you get spoiled. I'm sure their server security stinks, but I don't dare test it. I would use crystaltech for anything requiring real security. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment12http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment12Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:53:18 GMTI've used webhosting4life for just over a year and I haven't had any problems, though nothing on it is incredibly demanding. They are more reliable than GoDaddy, which a client insisted on using despite my objections, and which was miserable to work with. The chat dialog you posted is scary as hell. I'd dump them if I had the same experience, too. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment11http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment11Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:23:23 GMTI'm very happy with Reyox.NET They have a very good response time for occasional problems. I host several sites there, and it's reliable enough, and as I mentioned, when problems do occur, they are very quick to respond, 24/7. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment10http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment10Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:25:00 GMTwhile we're at it... MelbourneIT are a useless host also. The helpdesk guys did not even know what an MDF file was, nor had they heard of rails.. pathetic http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment9http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment9Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:57:00 GMTHi, I can not complain about http://www.aspnix.com/. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment8http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment8Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:35:00 GMTI don't think it's a legit issue. I thought I was the only one that got that reason, but I guess not. [Check it out](http://www.thomasnguyen.com/blog/2006/11/server-was-feeling-little-down.html)http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment7http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment7Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:32:00 GMT@Steve, There are legitimate problems, and there are repeated problems. When I get the same problem over a period of time, I have a problem. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment6http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment6Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:18:00 GMTI've been using CrystalTech (http://crystaltech.com) for awhile now, and they've been very solid. They were down once, as I recall, because someone was DDOSing their DNS servers, but that was resolved in short order. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment5http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment5Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:31:00 GMTI've mentioned this in the past, but ServerIntellect (http://serverintellect.com/) has been my host for more than 4 years and they have been absolutely great to work with. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment4http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment4Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:52:50 GMTI've mentioned this in the past, but ServerIntellect (http://serverintellect.com/) has been my host for more than 4 years and they have been absolutely great to work with. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment3http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment3Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:52:00 GMTI hate to tell you "I told you so", but I told you so... :) As I mentioned in my previous comment, if you're looking for a windows host, crystaltech.com is absolutely wonderful. If you're in the market for a linux host, icdsoft.com and dreamhost.com are superb hosts as well. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment2http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment2Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:26:21 GMTThey may not offer everything that you require, but a few people and I use bluehost at bluehost.com and are very happy. Their CEO even blogs(http://mattheaton.com/). Posts are about customer satisfaction and reliable hosting. http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment1http://ayende.com/2136/host-review-webhosting4life-recommendation-avoid#comment1Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:10:04 GMT