I’ve been with the same webhost now for over three years. Before that, I changed hosts more often than I changed my hair colour (and believe me, that’s pretty often!).

While I am mostly happy with my current host, lately there have been many intermittent outages (up to a dozen a day!) that are impacting visitors to the various websites I host or run here. Basically, they told me to lump it, as I only have a basic reseller account with them, and not a business level service. Hmmm was my response. If I do switch, I’ll be requesting they remove my testimonial from their rotation.

So, this is where you all come in. I’d like some ideas on who to switch to, if I were to switch.

Here is a list of basic requirements:

  1. No more than AUD$30 per month
  2. Unlimited subdomains
  3. Ability to host at least 5 TLDs
  4. Up to date versions of MySQL and PHP, etc
  5. One-click installs for eCommerce solutions, Blogging Tools and Image Galleries (great for people I host)
  6. 100gB space
  7. Unlimited bandwidth
  8. 24/7 Support (ticketing/live chat, not phone)
  9. Guaranteed Support Response time of under 3 hours
  10. Reliable Uptime

I’m not a reseller, and the sites I host are for communities or friends at no charge.

I’ve been considering MediaTemple, as I have a Hosting for Life discount card (15% off). Lately though, I have read a bit of negative feedback regarding their overage charges for GPU units and the last thing I want is to be hit with a sudden bill for a hundred USD or more!

Segpub is also a host worth considering (I’ve hosted with them before), but unfortunately is out of my budget at this time.

I’d love your advice, please comment.