Could anyone give me recommendations for an inexpensive reliable dedicated hosting service? I've lurked on this message board for a few days and am currently looking at olm.net and skynetweb.com with the most interest. Does anyone have any recent experience with these hosts to share?

I want to spend $100 - $250 and get a basic Linux/BSD server (800 Mhz, 128 MB RAM) with 20 GB/mo transfer. I am an experienced sysadmin, so tech support is not that relevant. All I want is a reliable, fast service that I won't have to think about very much.

TIA!

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Tranxactglobal.com or eservers.biz

nocster.com, webreseller.net

rackfast.com
rackshack.net

You sound like you can manage a server; but don't want to spend the time, so I'd suggest you look at a managed server from http://www.rackspace.com I believe they state that they have 99.999% uptime. You can make up your own mind about that claim, but most people seem to have no problem with them from what I read here.

Chris, why do you think I don't want to spend the time?

In fact, I love spending the time. I want to pour all my time into managing my server and eking out as much performance as possible.

I just don't want to spend this time on the phone on hold waiting for a clueless tech support person who can't account for server downtime. I don't want to worry about the network connection, since that is not my area of expertise. Sysadmin'ing is.

Originally posted by Wick Ness
Chris, why do you think I don't want to spend the time?
ummm.... "All I want is a reliable, fast service that I won't have to think about very much."

In fact, I love spending the time. I want to pour all my time into managing my server and eking out as much performance as possible.
I just don't want to spend this time on the phone on hold waiting for a clueless tech support person who can't account for server downtime. I don't want to worry about the network connection, since that is not my area of expertise. Sysadmin'ing is.

Gotcha.