About 2 years ago i had a very bad experience with a host (i can't remember the name of them now) to cut a long story short, my account was terminated for storing files (multimedia, mp3's etc).

I searched around for a new hosting provider, one of my friends who i met through a darkbasic community (a programming langauge) suggested his friend Mike who happened to have his own hosting business.

Mike and I are great friends to this day and his hosting services can't be faulted, i have been treated with the greatest care since day one and even when i continue to bug mike on msn to fix up my database or install a script, he always manages to do it...fast and efficent without the slighest bother.

The prices at bladehost are competitive, thats not to say you can't find cheaper hosting because you probably can but when you buy a package through bladehost you are paying for more than just the server space and bandwidth.

Loads of reputable webhosts have offered me free hosting over the years in exchange for design work or partnerships..i always tell them the same answer "i'm perfectly happy with my current host thanks!"

http://www.bladehost.net gets 5/5 from me!