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The review of this web host was started by stormywhether on 2010-02-16 09:35:28:

Hiya!

First off, thanks everyone for making this an awesome forum: so much information here, can’t believe my luck finding you!

I’m looking for a mid-range solution for my blog which seems to be growing quite nicely. Moving away from a shared server solution into the realms of VPS.

I say this because I feel I’ve outgrown what’s available through my shared server account.

Question I have is this:

What features make a VPS service great, rather than good or average?

I know more storage, better bandwidth, contention rates, etc, but what can I expect from a great VPS provider?

And I don’t know whether this is beyond the realms of the forum, but are there any incredible VPS providers I should be shortlisting before paying out serious wonga?

What should I be paying?

Thanks in advance!

Stormy

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