Some hosting deals I've found.

[Lumos]

I'm going to add another hosting service provider or 2 in the near future, so I've been digging around for good info and contacting the providers to see their response times and answers.

Here is what I ask them all, to start with:
1 - What year did you begin operations under this business name ??
2 - Where is this service managed from ??
3 - Do you own, lease, or rent your servers ??
4 - Where exactly are your US servers ??
5 - Do you offer free migrations from DirectAdmin hosted sites on another provider ??
6 - Where can I find some POSITIVE reviews of your services (not on your site) ??
7 - Do you have any recurring discounts to offer ??

I got the quickest response from these folks=>
eliteservermanagement

But I went for one of their deals and had to nag them endlessly to get refunded - which was not in full when it finally came - NOT RECOMMENDED.

I have quite a list of providers going, but after a while of looking and asking this is not turning out to be very promising yet, sadly.
I'll post more info as I get it.

Enjoy and Prosper !!

[Jim Moriarty]

Thank you for this guide smithnowt, this is helpful. Repped you!
Maybe you could count Interserever hosting in, as they have claimed they are 21 years in the business.
Thanks!

[Lumos]

I checked interserver very carefully and recently.
Their reviews at Trustpilot reveal them as being terrible.

Also,examining their offers from several different angles revealed some very concerning results.

As such I will neither use them nor recommend them to anyone - they most resemble hostgator and godaddy - some of the worst possible providers..

[Carpy]

20i for mainstream, and TMDhosting for adult are worth looking at as well.

[Lumos]

Just FYI for anyone who reads this thread=>
I am ONLY posting about 100% legitimate providers here which will be useful in conducting ones business that will rest within the TOU of most providers, meaning:

NOT for spamming - NOT for adult materials - NOT for botting/gaming - NOT for other 100% BH stuff.

Doing any of that at a normal hosting provider's services WILL get your account shut down WITHOUT any option for data recovery or any refund, this is 100% certain, so keep that info in mind.

There ARE providers who cater to spammers, etc. - but they are usually shaky and short-lived.
I have no use for that sort myself.

[manythanks]

Thanks so much for this Smithmowit. I've had interserver but my experience was not very good.

[osmanal2]

Just found this useful thread. Thank you for sharing this usefull information and recommendations. Reputation given and thank you again.

[Lumos]

Greetings to you Manythanks !!

I reached out to a BUNCH of providers, some here in the US, others abroad.

Of the lot, only the 1 listed above made a quick enough and respectable effort in response;
The other respondent is a provider managed from Pakistan;
Using the same simple questions for them - 2 days after repeating the queries there has been no further response which tells me their actual support responses when in use will be just as poor.

If/when any of the others bother to respond I will add more info here.

[snow revolution]

thank you my friend smithnowt waiting for more valuable reviews

[milan1frank]

Thank you for this valuable post.