Ok, I've narrowed it down to what seems to be 3 good choices for a somewhat high bandwidth shared hosting service. We need speed, reliability, flexibility, and reputability.
I have been hearing mostly good things about these three hosts, does anybody have any reasons why or why not to pick one of these hosts?
Is venturesonline or host5 a fly-by-night host?
What about tera-byte.. are they user friendly? I like venturesonline's control panel... do I get anything close to as nice with tera-byte?
Thanks for your help!

IIWY, I'd go with VenturesOnline. And no, they are not a fly-by-night hosting company. Search the forums for VenturesOnline and/or "DanielP."

Never heard of Host5 ... the only "5" I'd trust is Site5.com

Tera-byte seems to be good, never used them, but there has been recent repots of decreasing support quality.

You are right. I meant Site5.

In that case, I'd flip a coin ... call heads for Site5 and tails for VenturesOnline. Go with whatever one it falls on.

I've had experience with Site5 and loved every single moment of it (and I was with them for around 8 months), I left because I no longer was doing the site I had hosted with them. But I regret leaving the service now.

I haven't used venturesonline but consistant raving of their services for the duration its been going on can't be all that bad.

VenturesOnline is a great company. I have heard many good things about them.

Although I don't have experince with site5 or tera-bite, I do have with VO, and I recommend them, their service its more than great.

Whereas a friend of mine has had good experiences with Site5, I've had particularly frustrating experiences with VO. I really don't know why so many people recommend them.