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When you take a look at their SQL Server there are literally 100s of databases on the same server, if you are after high perfomance then the cheap plan is not going to work. They are excellent for a light weight site and deve/testing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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When referring to hosting "Unlimited" means "...within the constraints of what's available between all the other customers on the shared server, and that we reserve the right to suspend the account of anyone going too far over the average utilization level."
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That's false advertising. I checked, there is no asterisk beside it, when you click on the full description there is no legalese or restrictions mentioned of any kind.
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The shared server gotcha is made explicit via the comparison page[^] between business and personal hosting. For ~$20-30/month more they promise a much smaller degree of sharing within a single server. Pulling the plug on a site that is too resource intensive is covered under the because we said so clause of the TOS[^]
Arvixe TOS excerpt (emphasis mine)
Suspension of Service or Cancellation: Arvixe reserves the right to suspend network access to any customer if in the judgment of the Arvixe network administrators the customer's server is the source or target of the violation of any of the other terms of the AUP or for any other reason which Arvixe chooses. If inappropriate activity is detected, all accounts of the Customer in question will be deactivated until an investigation is complete. We offer a 30 day money back providing we failed to provide you with the service as outlined for each individual hosting plan. Prior notification to the Customer is not assured. In extreme cases, law enforcement will be contacted regarding the activity. The customer will not be credited for the time the customer's machines were suspended.
Right to refuse service: Arvixe reserves the right to refuse service to any customer at any time within reasonable means/requests.
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I guess it's common practice but it smacks of weasel behavior to say "unlimited" on the main page, click on the ? details link and it still says and unqualified "unlimited" then find it's really limited but in no certain terms.
So I guess in sum it's a great host for messing around as a developer and experimenting but not a host to which you would want to expose paying customers.
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John C wrote: So I guess in sum it's a great host for messing around as a developer and experimenting but not a host to which you would want to expose paying customers.
For most customers probably not; but if you do small projects as well as larger ones at least some of them would probably be fine with it. Small businesses without any desire to expand beyond the local region are unlikely to ever have much traffic, and there are non-technical people who only need someone to configure their out of the box CMS and put a bit of basic branding on it.
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I 5'd all of your messages in this thread because it's GOOD to be the devil's advocate. Most people never read the fine print. I know I didn't.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I'm using them for and SL4/SQL Server app, support is not up to DASP standard but it is adequate, they helped a lot with my config problems and we got SSRS reports working.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I use Arvixe for my web site (see sig). Good rates, excellent service, never been down. 
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Hi John,
I'm using Arvixe. I have a business ASP.NET account with them (similar to the one you're talking about, but with lower contention I guess and licensed for hosting client stuff). They are very good indeed. And you get SQL Express 2008. So you can have 4GB per database (or 10GB if it's the R2 version, which I think it is but I'm sorry, I can't remember and I can't check from work due to some corporate firewall stuff).
I would absolutely recommend them and I don't even have an affiliate link to earn me anything by referring you.
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So far I'm leaning towards this option
No matter how long he who laughs last laughs, he who laughs first has a head start!
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I'll add another person to the list who uses Arvixe and is happy with them.
I'm on a shared asp.net hosting plan. I've never had any problems and they've always answered my support questions pretty quickly, (but I'm not doing anything particularly intensive either).
Don't take the "unlimited" thing though at face value though, I asked about this recently and was directed to their very vaguely worded Acceptable usage policy[^]. It basically says they can terminate your account for whatever reason they like whenever they like.
Simon
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We ran the gamut of them before we went to Serverbeach and we've been happy ever since. It's relatively easy to manage your own server and it's *never* down in many years of dealing with them. Also you get lot's of space which you don't on any of the hosted servers unless you pay through the nose extra for it.
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$75/month is too expensive for folks like me. I'm currently paying $15/month and I can't even do .net/SQL. That's why the one I mentioned looks so inviting.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I have used DiscountASP and found them to be excellent, I now use Arvixe as they are quite a bit cheaper, the support is not quite as good as DASP but it is adequate. I'm hosting an SL4/SQL Server app there. With embedded SSRS reports (pop up ASP viewer page) so it was a bit of a challenge with the configs.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You should post this in our Hosting forum[^]. This topic holds a special level of pain for us.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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You've had a few painful moments, haven't you? 
The last time I tried to transfer a domain - from ReadyHosting to Webhost4Life.com, it took nearly a year to get things sorted out! It's such a painful process (needlessly so) that I'd have to be very thoroughly convinced that the move is necessary before I'd attempt it again. That would have to be quite an argument, considering that I've had the domain about 8 years and never hosted a website, for lack of anything interesting to say. Silly, I know, but it's worth the $120 or so a year to me to have an email address I never have to change.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Will post my hosting transition there, hopefully it will be less painful but we all know what the chances of that is going to be Anywho, feel free to move this over there, I might just end up in coding horrors the way things have been going lately 
No matter how long he who laughs last laughs, he who laughs first has a head start!
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http://www.2gbhosting.com
is good.
Praveen Katiyar EMail : praveenkkatiyar@gmail.com
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I was previously with Gridhost and had similar problems, I had to get administrators to delete my databases.
I moved over to Afrihost now, they seem pretty good.
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I've been using www.seekdotnet.com for almost 5 years. Seems good value for money and the turnaround time for support is rather quick.
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Softsys[^] have been working well for me
Granted, I've only been using them for a couple of months, but there were far fewer pains setting everything up than I had with other hosting companies (I'd recommend avoiding 1&1), and they are very affordable
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I'm hosted by ixwebhosting; I've been with them for over 2 years and I'm very happy with their services.
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I use Parcom[^]. You get a lot for a low price. The years that I have been with them I've had one email problem.
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I'm using IX Webhosting. Very good. Costs me about $125/year for 3 domains. Pretty cheap - very reliable.
www.ixwebhosting.com
-Max 
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