6 SoftLayer Technologies Inc.
4 Amazon.com, Inc.
3 ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
2 NoZone, Inc.
2 ServePath, LLC
1 BitPusher, LLC
1 Columbus Network Access Point, Inc.
1 Global Netoptex, Inc
1 Layered Technologies, Inc.
1 RackForce Hosting Inc.
1 Time Warner Telecom, Inc.Do you get any sort of volume discount? I can't see anything of the sort mentioned on the SoftLayer website, but would seem rather odd if someone who rented a dozen boxes from SoftLayer and resold them to someone else would get an 8% discount but someone who rented the same number of boxes but didn't resell them wouldn't get any discount.
I've also tried a Joyent accelerator, and wasn't very happy with it.
Linode.com is another great VPS with a better admin interface.
Use my email in my profile as a referral :D
ServerBeach has always provided good service to me in the past.
Joyent are really smart guys, and their Accelerators are a good deal. (And I'm not just saying that because they are the biggest host offering Virtualmin.)
We have two boxes and have had no major issues - Tech support is quick and helpful - Most of our trouble tickets get handled very quickly;
Pricey, but they are good.
We're able to update at anytime with a simple ssh link, a GIT push, and then emacs/slime directly in to the SBCL thread running (after testing on local machines first, of course). We can do complete updates with no interruption in service - a very nice feature)
I've been very satisfied with my Slicehost (http://www.slicehost.com/) account, for excellent virtualized hardware, but depending on your scale, need for growth, geographic location, need for dedicated boxes, et cetera, someone else is likely appropriate.
I have my dedicated server running every service I need (Apache with PHP, PostgreSQL, Postfix, Dovecot, ASSP, Helma), like many people do. But I'm beginning to think it would be better to have the simplicity and peace of mind of separate virtual servers for a few of these functions. E.g., Mail on its own box, Apache-with-PHP on a box, lighter-weight Apache with Helma on another.
I tried Linode out for a week, but had trouble getting SBCL (w/threads) running on their new Xen nodes - but their support was spectacular.
I've also been a long time customer of OCS Solutions. Not the best pricing but they're just too friendly and responsive for me to move.
I have been using them since early 2004. Nice experience.
Author of http://modpython.org is their founder, so presumably they know a thing or two about web applications.
Also look at the hosting offers section, a lot of good hosts have great offers there from time to time.
We use liquidweb, they own their datacenters and are not as big as the planet (which means better service for smaller i.e. less than 15 server clients). They have great server management.
They almost always respond to customers within 24 hours, but it often takes at least 1-2 hours.
Even if you don't sign up, their blog is worth reading.
Check out their Linode Manager: http://www.linode.com/features.cfm
I've been using a VPS from tektonic.net for over a year, and I'm very happy. They don't overload them, downtime is very rare and the price is good.
(edit: aside from EC2)
Its hard to find hosting with 24/7 phone service though...