When researching a hosting company what is the best way to research how good there service is? Say for instance I wanted to check stats on MediaTemple.net, how would I go about doing it?

Contacting the host directly.

http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/MediaTemple.html

http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/MediaTemple.html

That site isn't very reliable. Notwithstanding the fact hosts can reset the uptime to 100%, that site only pings the main website, which is normally on a server by itself, under no load. It doesn't check production servers.

That site isn't very reliable. Notwithstanding the fact hosts can reset the uptime to 100%, that site only pings the main website, which is normally on a server by itself, under no load. It doesn't check production servers.Well do you know of any others?

That site isn't very reliable. Notwithstanding the fact hosts can reset the uptime to 100%, that site only pings the main website, which is normally on a server by itself, under no load. It doesn't check production servers.

I know, it can give him a rough estimate though about the host. As for resetting, I believe they now limit that feature to once every three months :)

http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/MediaTemple.htmlIt said 99.5% uptime... But they are always down!

Contacting the host directly.Even then, the stats may be altered.

General customer consensus is the best way, but you need to try and find out how the customer monitored uptime. It's one thing to visit your own site a couple of times per day and say "I get great uptime", and another to have the site checked each minute automatically and say the same.

The best way is to contact the host and see if they have third-party monitors that have been keeping independent statistics.

I know this is unrelated, but I was just reading 2 recent threads and noticed you have a "twin" XeHost:

http://inverthost.com
http://xehost.net/index.html

Either your site got ripped, or you're both using the same template. Just a heads up.

I know this is unrelated, but I was just reading 2 recent threads and noticed you have a "twin" XeHost:

http://inverthost.com
http://xehost.net/index.html

Either your site got ripped, or you're both using the same template. Just a heads up.

I was wondering where I had seen it! I am positive there are others...

The best way is to contact the host and see if they have third-party monitors that have been keeping independent statistics.

Agreed - third party monitors are the best indication of a host (ones that can't be altered ;))

I didn't think of this earlier, but you can also find a customer that is keeping uptime data for his own statistical use. Since the customer would want accurate data to make sure his host is performing well and therefore would have no motive to tamper with the stats, his data would probably be accurate and easier to find as well.

Agreed - third party monitors are the best indication of a host (ones that can't be altered ;))well that's what i originally thought... but no one here seems to know any???

Hyperspin.com

It going to be cheaper to get your account there and monitor to the hosts of your choice instead than lose the money going with a lousy host.

I know this is unrelated, but I was just reading 2 recent threads and noticed you have a "twin" XeHost:

http://inverthost.com
http://xehost.net/index.html

Either your site got ripped, or you're both using the same template. Just a heads up.

http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/4856.html

An no, i dont think there is anyway your going to get those uptime stats without asking the host directly, even then, as others have mentioned, be wary, some hosts edit them.