Jan said:Host #4 offers 250MB space/10GB bandwidth for $10 month - likely to last for a long time.
I would go with host #4
gate2vn said:About timing:
Grade A: I think it should be 1 years at least.
Grade B: > 6 months
Grade C: < 6 months
About the dedicated server: as you can order a cheap server at the moment easily, and I see some resellers are working hard to have happy customers, I think it's not required. You can have several reseller accounts with different providers. You dont have dedicated server: it doesnt mean you're not good enough. We should give chance for new hosts, if they are really good
Jan said:But I wouldn't choose a host who had been around less than a year and who didn't have a good reputation on hosting forums such at here and WHT
Tamranda said:Heres a little Modification to what Death Reaper said & i think it should be perfect now ...
Grade A:
1. Should Be in Buisness in atleast 1 Year.
2. Atleast 1 Dedicated Server
3. Atleast 3 Members in Support Team.
4. Reply All emails within 5 Hours.
Grade B:
1. Should be in Buisness for atleast 10 months.
2. Dedicated Server / Reseller .
3. Support Team must Consist of atleast 1 Person.
4. Reply to all emails within 10 Hours
Grade C:
1. Should be in Buisness for atleast 9 months.
2. Must have a Reseller ... Hosting on Shared Accounts won't do
3. No Support Team, Owner Provides Support !
4. Reply to all Messages within 1 Day.
Grade F -
1. High Downtimes.
2. Too good to be True Prices.
3. Over-Selling ...
4. Un-Proffesional
5. Complaints @ WHT or FWS
6. Bad Support.
Jan said:A good ranking system off the top of my head.
Host #1 offers 10GB space/150GB bandwidth for $1 a month - Won't last a month.
Host #2 offers 5GB space/100GB bandwidth for $2.50 a month - Might last 2 months
Host #3 offers 1GB space/50GB bandwidth for $5 a month -Might scrape though to 6 months.
Host #4 offers 250MB space/10GB bandwidth for $10 month - likely to last for a long time.
I would go with host #4