Has anyone heard of these people? Penny Host (https://secure.irides.com/secure/pennyhost/dedicatedservers.cfm)... If so, are what are the reviews?

Well, I only saw them mentioned twice when I used the search function on this board ;)
Neither time were they spoken of highly.
But, I have no personal knowledge of their service.

I know they changed ownership a while back.... Not sure how they are post ownership change, but prior to the change they had some really intelligent folks on staff... It used to be a division of n-vision that split off, and then they sold to some other company.

Hope this helps some...

Regards,