Good web hosting is really important, especically the technical support. So far, my worst experiences have been with Interland and GoDaddy.

I used to host with a great company called Communitech - in Missouri - but they were bought out by Interland. I would go to teach a web development class, and instead of the class materials I loaded on the web server, I would get the word Taurus up in the corner of the page. I have current experience with a site on Interlands servers, and they are down way too much of the time.

GoDaddy's tech support should get some real computer training. I was scheduled to teach a PHP/MySQL class, and I should have just figured their system out without calling tech support. They steered me wrong so many times, I had to cancel a session.

I use Modwest.com for many of the sites I work on. They are responsive and answer my questions with real answers (real computer geeks means I get a real answer), not something someone looks up in a database.

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