I have been spending about a week looking at different packages for DNN hosting and I believe CrystalTech is going to get my money for my 25 DNN domains.  I have been with WH4L for about 6 months and I would NEVER recommend them to anyone.  It has been so bad that we are thinking of filing a lawsuit against them for not delivering what they say they do.  The uptime may be 89% at best.  They have terrific support, but they are just slow and crash a lot.  Every morning around 8:00 eastern time they go down because of their backup (from what they said.)  Apparently they don't even have it set up to where they can back up a site and keep it online at the same time.  My customers are demanding that I find someone new.  I suppose if you have a "play site" that their prices are good but PLEASE stay away from them if it is a critical site in any way.  They have moved me from 2000 servers to 2003 servers, kicked people off my server that apparently ran scripts that crashed my server (same excuse every time), and monitored my server "personally" and it is the same every day.  Oh, and talk about a joke... while they were "personally" monitoring my server I discovered that my sites were down for 3-4 hours and they didn't even know until I submitted a ticket on it.  I think the only reason you hear good things about WH4L is because people are trying to get you under their reseller program.  Do yourself a favor and keep looking if you plan on planting your business at WH4L.  I gave them every chance I could with MUCH patience, but my customers have threatened to take their business elsewhere so to me that says everything you need to hear about my thoughts on WH4L.

Now I have to transfer 25 sites to CrystalTech... more time and money lost due to poor hosting... (sigh)

I've been with a good host for two years, they have done great job in putting in DNN (have three portals with about 20 domains) although they don;t specialise in DNN... Two weeks back they had terrible problem with a mail virus and have just reinstalled a new cluster. It's a lot of extra time to spend to move sites, but I think for someone just looking for new host it is a good time to start with them. Still, I don;t feel like advertising publicly (and there is no affiliate program or anything like that which only creates false advertising) - email me if you like details...

was just checking to see if go daddy was on the list with fingers crossed. oh well, there is still a long way to go. hopefully we can get that subdirectory issue cleared up, it is on the roadmap

I want to try something a little different.  I am a hosting provider, and I personally like the DNN environment concept. Now I want to present you all with a question.

What do you as hosting clients want?
Be reasonable, keep in mind I have to absorb or pass on the costs of your desires.

Here's your chance, at least I'm asking and listening. Post about security, modules, templates, provisioning and be so bold as to say what you believe is a reasonable price for us to charge for these miracles you wish fufilled. I'll make all reasonable requests a reality.  (Probably all of the other providers who are following this thread from the shadows will as well.) As for the unreasonable requests, I'm open for discussion as to why it's unreasonable and see if there is a way to make it reasonable.
This is a wish list for how a Host can support you and still stay in business. One of the networks I support or own should be able to fill any desired niche.
Then we can talk about who is the best host for DNN.

Dave Sherry
Midnight Engineers

Malevil--this is a great post!  I'm already thinking about my prioritized list to post on this topic.  I'd rather this happen on its own thread, though.  Could you start a new thread with your post above and post the link to the thread here?

Great idea,

Tim

I don't know about hosting for GoDaddy, but I use them for all my domain names.  The only time you shouldn't use them is if you are using your own server in house.  I'm not sure what, why or how, but a customer of mine bought their name through Godaddy and couldn't get it working right when they moved it in house.  Otherwise, I haven't had one issue with them with over 30 names to manage over 3 years.  They even have free domain redirecting which saves a small bit of change for me.

Hi,

I have been researching this issue after having a very disappointing experience trying to get dnn going at godaddy. Permissions, installation, etc. have been a nightmare. I have not been able to upload modules and have been trying for 2 weeks to get it figured out. Look at this quote from a support email:

Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting customer support. Unfortunately, we are unable to troubleshoot coding, scripting, or database issues.

I am bailing on Godaddy and still not quite sure who I will go with. I did want to share with you my summary of this post. I did not include everyone's post unless their preference was clear. This is in no way 'science' but merely a summary of people's thoughts in this thread. It seems like a poll of the wider dnn community would be valuable.
     
                                      Positive         Negative             Strong negative
CIHost                                 1                  2                              1                 
CrystalTech                          5                                                  1
discountasp.net                      2
dotnetpark.com                     4
Jodohost                               2                                                  1
geckohosting.net                    2
Interland                                                    3                               1
Tactical Systems                  13                 6
Webhost4life                         9                  4
Godaddy                                                  1 (me - although I have read many negative comments in other places)

Willie
Maine, USA

Hey Willie,
You should host off of me.  I don't have as many clients as some of the other companies you've listed, but I can guarentee you'll be happy with us and our support.  Shoot me an email and we can talk about what you need.  If you email me back (Tony.Valenti@MobileNow.cc ) I can provide you with letters of recommendations telling you what clients of mine say about us.

I look forward to hearing from you.
-Tony Valenti

Hi Willie,

Please add my votes also: 
* 1 Strong negative to GoDaddy (they should rename their hosting to NoSupportHost.com  ).
* 1 Negative to Tactical Systems (rude and unprofessional support team also).

Thanks.

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Hi,

We have decided to go with discountasp.com. I will let you know how it goes. I forgot to mention that godaddy was WICKED slow with dnn on shared server (deluxe hosting they call it) . It took as much as 50 seconds to load the dnn page. I will say that they were great and helpful with domains, transfers, etc., just lousy for hosting a dnn site.

Thanks for all of your emails suggesting providers.

Thanks,

Willie
Maine, USA

I've been also speaking to a local hosting provider with nice setup and might be bnegotiating a customised DNN 3.1 plan. This would suit those who are anxious to have a server based in Australia - please feel free to contact me if you'd like to know more in a few weeks time - definitely I'd like to make this work in time to move some DNN sites before end of 2005...

I currently only provide hosting to my clients (who are not developers). However, I was considering offering a low cost dedicated server hosting that would basically give you unrestricted RDP access to a Win2003 server. Would anybody be interested in this service for around $100\month? Let me know.
-Brad

Same here, Brad, I'm considering a DNN "host" account. BAsically you get DNN 3.1.1 installed, get host access, and manage all your portals yourself. You can setup hosting plans for portal admins and charge for that yourself, you then provide the support and administration on the portal for them. Being based in Australia this kind of plan would be aimed at Australian based customers... Price can be under $50 per month with all setup done for you at no cost, and maybe only a small fee for extra domains. I feel with the monthly fees the big catch is in support costs. How do you justify charging a client $20 or so a month and then spend two or three hours every month "helping them out" at no extra cost...? In many cases this is just caused by simple issues such as "oops, I forgot this or that, can you please fix it" and while little things only take few minutes it adds up to a lot over the month. So with the "host account" mentioned here you would be the one to administer all aspects of the DNN host - including uploading of modules, skins, etc. with support given just for issues such as db backup server access/permissions, as usual for any hosting plan.
For someone with multiple portals hanging off the same DNN install this could be quite profitable, and being Aus based also offer you the right locale, time zone, etc coupled with reliability and local access.