I've been hosting and admining for just over 6 years now, but I came last August to the adult hosting biz because a certain set of circumstance - every host and their dog can offer the latest and greatest hardware, and x mbit/sec bandwidth, but what I specifically searching for was a good all-round webserver and dbase server, but an absolute must was *quality* bandwitdth and *quality* support.
So, I thought at least for the bandwidth, I'd check the adult scene - if anyone could deliver on reliable bandwidth it would be adult hosting providers. I chatted with them all from GFY, but I settled on SplitInfinity, and after having hosted over 6 years with 3 main 'mainstream' providers, I can say I have never found such quality support than I have with Split. Their bandwidth is top notch - I've had less than 30 mins downtime since last August - and that was some a defective NIC, replaced ASAP. I've been a right royal pain in the arse and contacted their support like what, twice weekly and they always are on AIM (a plus for me from Europe), and have responded within a couple of minutes and sben active on my problem not a few more seconds later.
Why am I writing this though? i'm happy with Split - I fly their name in my sig for nothing after all. Because, since hosting with them, my currect server outgrew it's needs - I contacted them wanting a more redundant disk array and more processing power.
Get this They gave me exactly what I asked for and at what cost?
Gratis Yup, they put me on a hardware RAID1 array with 2*80GB SATAII disks, pumped up my processor to a Pentium D 3.0 processor for nothing!
Yup, I can hear you all now - it's because I'm already paying a tonne, so a few bumps will keep me sweet. Trust me - I have a custom server which not a single person from the hosting companies from GFY could touch on price, so no - it's because they look after their customers.
Split Infinity gave me a fantastic custom quote and beefed up my server for no charge 6 months later. And *fantastic* support to boot.
Now, I ask you - why the heck are you not with
SplitInfinity?
They have a
*fantastic* sale on at the moment - trust me, you won't regret them.