So, I’m tired of having things sort of work and sort of not sometimes with regards to my web hosting company and e-mail. In researching for webhosts, I’ve found some interesting comments from others, most notably that most people start off with web hosts searching for the best price (like me–currently using hachour.net for their really cheap prices), and then after becoming frustrated with the lousy service and support and unprofessionalism, become willing to pay money to not have to deal with it.

That’s me.

If you know me, then you know that I am currently in the running for the top 10 cheapest individuals in the world. However, I am now willing to pay (as little as possible) for a good, reliable web host that gives me all of the things I want. Namely, these are:

– Linux server
– php4 with gd2
– ssh access
– IMAP access
– at least 1 mysql database
– at least 20 e-mail addresses
– SMTP access
– cron jobs
– spam filtering (including the ability to train the spam filter)
– administrative interface usable from Mozilla and Opera

So, here are the ones that I’m looking at…. None of them do SSH, so I’m thinking that’s something I can just live without…

hostvector.com : $5/month, 200M, $60/year
chronichosting.com : $4.25/month, 250M, $51/year
ixwebhosting.com : $6.99/month, 1500M, $85/year
vortexhost.com : $5/month, 250M, $55/year

Anyone (not that I’ve ever gotten ANY responses from anyone previously) familiar with any of these guys? Any suggestions? As you can see, I’m trying to stay in the $60/year-at-the-most range.