# web hosting **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/web-hosting/44438 "2008-03-04T16:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Silver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silver/32/4953_2.png) [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/web-hosting/44438/22 "2008-03-05T12:29:51Z")
> [@dozr](#): > > What type of hosting? The (gs) has brief downtime here and there, but nothing worth talking about… > > We have several “Turbo’s” at (mt) - The top tier they offer, even better than Nitro and not listed on the website. We haven’t experienced any issues. > > The problem is that people think they can get away with running mission critical websites on basic hosting and have it be secure and reliable. Mission Critical = $$$ > > There is a reason that companies like: Starbucks, ABC, Sony, Diesel, Adidas, Techcrunch, Adobe, and some of the top web design firms in the country host with them… > > We also considered Rackspace, but they were twice as expensive, and have had some issues lately. I really couldn’t tell you, I don’t handle that stuff for the company, but I think we were using (gs). I just know that we were down several times for 24+ hours because of “unscheduled maintenance”… and sometimes even scheduled maintenance would take 6+ more hours than they expected. Also, I remember numerous people in the company complaining about their customer service (although I have never dealt with them directly). My experience with them has been limited to all the downtime and slow responses when trying to update/implement things on sites that are still hosted there. Edit: ^ He knows more about it than I do. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/web-hosting/44438)._