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I didn't say that I don't care what a host is doing, I said I don't care if they are resellers or not, and for that matter, I don't care if they lie about being resellers, either. My choice to do business with a host or not is based on their fucking performance, not how they run their business.

Good hosts separate themselves from the bad quite quickly. Those that are shit usually don't last beyond the first year, so how long a company has been around is a big deal for me. When a good host starts to go bad, there are plenty of signs and you can either be an idiot about it and stay on for the long downward spiral like the last few clients of iBill, or you can move elsewhere on your own terms. Hosts that have servers up for me are always watched by me, when I see too much bullshit from them, I leave.

A good host simply wont skip town. If my host skips town, I wont be crying. I will call Visa and dispute charges as needed and a few hours later I'll be up and running somewhere else. Many people do not keep full backups. I do. I can restore everything within a matter of hours. Sure, it will be a hassle, but so are alot of other things.

There are two hosting companies right now where I have servers: OC3 and Wholesale Internet. Both have multiple facilities and I trust them implicitly. But I keep watch on them and I ready any threads about them. If I saw the signs of doom, I'd leave and I would not wait for my servers to be unreachable before doing so. But honestly, its nothing that I need to worry about.

So yeah, most of this thread, and the allegations made by Snake Doctor are bullshit.