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[aris1970]

Hello All,

We currently have 2 reseller accounts at Hostgator (10Gb disc space and 100Gb BWT in total) but it seems that Hostgator overall performance is declining steadily over the last 4 months. For this reason I have decided to move our 70 small accounts to a VPS account.

I called PowerVPS and left a message last Friday with my name and telephone number but nobody called me back. Then I called LiquidWeb twice and although the sales agent at first call seemed to be very very novice (more than even myself! ) I spoke with another agent today that was polite and professional indeed.

I noticed also that PowerVPS does not offer telephone support (?), which I think is a strong disadvantage for people without a strong technical background and not native english-speaker like myself.

As you may already have understood, I am seeking for a reliable VPS provider ($60 of Liquidweb is my upper limit) that will offer server management and general high quality of service/uptime/server (not so many that I hope ).

I would appreciate your feedback, comments and specially your reccommendations on my decision.

Best,
Aris

PS. Please note that the 70 small accounts we have are < 1Gb in total and use < 10Gb of bandwidth. Do you think that a basic VPS with plan (256Mb RAM, <20Gb disc space, <200Gb BWT) will fit our current needs? Thanks!

[msh]

I have in the past been a very satisfied customer with tektonic.net but I am not sure about telephone support as I haven't used it.

[sakushamishou]

Originally posted by msh
I have in the past been a very satisfied customer with tektonic.net but I am not sure about telephone support as I haven't used it.

I can vouch for the fact that telephone support at tektonic does not work in Alaska, I get an automated message telling me that the phone number is not in service for my location.

[BurstNET]

<< Please note that the 70 small accounts we have are < 1Gb in total and use < 10Gb of bandwidth. Do you think that a basic VPS with plan (256Mb RAM, <20Gb disc space, <200Gb BWT) will fit our current needs? Thanks! >>

That should be enough, but depends on the control panel you are utilizing, and also if you are running alot of heavy processes--such as mysql and php...which can cause a bit of a load.

For 70 sites though, I should think a small dedicated server is within your budget though. But maybe not with the quality hardware and backups that a VPS would provide.