[Novalug] "Favorite" Hosting site??

[Matt Good]

On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 18:43 -0500, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> OK - my 1and1 Professional Preview account is going to expire "soon" [I
> like how they won't tell me up front when this will happen .... ;-) ]
> So I am interested in knowing what the favorite hosting providers are
> amongst our group.
> 
> Requirements?  This will host a .us domain and is a family domain.
> Thus, there is not a big need for tons of accounts, storage, bandwidth.
> A "simple" website essentially.  Knowing it could be expanded is nice.
> 1and1 offers ssh access with some packages.  That is appealing since
> GoDaddy won't allow ssh access so I can install a timesheet app I'd
> like.   Ssh access would be nice but not a necessity.  GoDaddy's Linux
> apps is really nice - to the point of almost being a requirement.  And
> of course, cost is a factor ....

I've been happy with my Dreamhost service which I've had for a year now.
They're pretty geek-friendly and use Debian boxes with SSH access and
support for Python, Ruby and FastCGI if you want to host something other
than PHP.  They've also got the best rates I've seen.  They give you a
free .com/net/org/info domain registration, but you should also be able
to use your existing domain.  They also seem like pretty "normal" geeks,
not the typical faceless business, as their about page shows:
https://dreamhost.com/aboutus.html

-- Matt Good

P.S. if you decide to go with Dreamhost you can give them my email as a
recommendation :)