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I was going to suggest one of Media Temple's dedicated solutions, but it appears they don't have as much bandwidth as you'd like.

I haven't tried their dedicated server options but I've been overall happy with my CWI plan. There was a period where one particular user on my shared server was being targetted by some script kiddies and I experienced a number of outages during that time, but such is life on a shared host. Not really their fault.

{ edit: Oh, yeah. Best testimonial I can possibly give them is that I've been using them for four years. I'm  not terribly familiar with the alternatives, however, so I may just not know what I'm missing.}

Last edited by BadMrMojo (2005-03-26 4:16 pm)

I've been using ValueWeb's Dedicated service, and I've been quite happy (of course, I'm a novice user who just ran two communities into the ground...so keep that in mind).

I know iCompositions uses ServerBeach, so you may want to pop in there and email or PM powermac99, who runs the site, to get his feedback.

On that note, the dedicated server I was using is going largely unused, so if you're interested, I may be able to negotiate a cooperative use deal, if you'd like (I was the owner of it until last week, when I transferred ownership to another party...but I'm still quite influential in things).

Anyhow, feel free to email me if you have any questions or want a quick tour. {captkevman -at- mac -dot- com}

Scott,

Sorry to hear your having trouble.
I have been using jauarepc for a few years and have been very happy wiht them. They have been quick to respond to job tickets I have submitted. I have a number of client who are hosted there as well and have been very pleased with them.

I don't resell but they have several plans availale. I don't know if it will fit your bill completely or not but you might want to take a look.

Good luck.
-Ed

Last edited by Zalgren (2005-03-27 5:42 am)

Try http://www.hostgator.com

They are at The Planet.

The major pain with reselling these days is dealing with SORBS and blacklisted mailservers. Also finding a host that doesn't freak out over even small (under 3000) double opt-in mailing lists. They all are starting to restrict hourly and total volume and want you to use third party network for mailing lists.

Do not go with vortechhosting, matrixreseller or myacen.

Well Scott, I'll throw in my vote for ServerBeach. I've been with them for a year and half now, and I've not had ANY significant issue's with them at all. Now if you want a managed solution they're not the place. The "Beach's" claim to fame is unmanaged servers, and they are fairly cheap because of it. Don't let "unmanaged" scare you though, although I don't consider myself a Linux guru by any means, I haven't run into a problem yet that I couldn't un-bugger myself from, plus I have a "team" of real Linux guru's at my disposal should I really need it.  On the odd occasion I've needed their assistance on something, they're been fairly prompt (within 4 hours).

They've also just increased their offerings, and were recently purchased by PeerOne Networks. I just completed a server migration to their new Peer One facility in VA, and I had zero downtime and it went smooth as silk.

Most people who run into trouble at the "Beach" are the kind of people that don't belong on dedicated at all, and really need a managed solution.

Somehow I can't imagine Max having friends that would need dedicated servers...

Well, it appears my original post may have been in haste/anger.  It now appears that most (if not all) of my problems may be related to a sloppy/lazy admin. (me)
Some of the major problems were related to bad scripts installed on my server through exploits.  i had a very old version of phpbb running that I had forgot about.  I was being hit pretty hard by exploits most of which did nothing becasuse of pretty tight security on the box.  But some were causing problems.  There were isolated to that site/folder, but they were causing some problems overall.  AIT was not able to root them out quickly because a) I have a lot of stuff/sites/folders on that box and b) hard to tell a bad script from a good one if you don't know what is "supposed" to be going on. 
There was also one other exploit that was targeted (through it a bank phishing script was isntalled).  It could have easily been prevented.  I relied on security though obscurity.  It was something that really didn't need to be secured (or so I thought) but there was vunrablity in the software that allowed for installation of cgi scripts.
AIT did come through in the end by finding the problems I had created (or allowed to be created) and informed me without being condesending.  (I can't say I wouldn't have done the same) 

I still frustrated about not being able to get through to them right away, but they did come through.  I am still looking at other options, but I am finding that though there are other great options, none fit my needs all that well.  Or at least the ones that do are crazy expensive.

Another thing is that AIT has given me darn fine service for over 6 years.  Bolting after one incident may be rash.  Also, given the situation, I don't know that I nessecarily would have got better response from other hosts, or if there would be other problems along the line.   The serious problems with the exploits were prevented due to AITs overall security. 

Thanks for all your opinions.  Like I said I am still considering changing hosts.