<p>Thrust answers tickets extremely fast even at 2am. I have never had a need to call them however.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 21, 2011 1:02 PM, "micxz" <<a href="mailto:micxz@micxz.com">micxz@micxz.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA1<br>
> <br>> <br>> William - Out of the 7 hosts I called today Hostgator & Quantact both<br>> not only answered the phone fast but they will allow you to provide a<br>> image. Hostgator said it may involve a fee (they couldn't tell me the<br>
> fee without contacting support) as it would take someone sitting down to<br>> dd the image over.<br>> <br>> Quantact said you can FTP the image (.tar.gz) to your VPS then use the<br>> backup service then open a ticket for them to restore your image.<br>
> (Although after they will not offer support related to the custom OS)<br>> <br>> Other notes Summary of my calls:<br>> <br>> - - Softlayer = Do not offer VPS dedicated only<br>> - - MediaTemple = Pros: Plesk CP. Cons: price higher/DC in Virginia<br>
> - - Hostgator = Pros: Plesk, Price<br>> - - Thrustvps = Pros: Price. Cons: in UK? No answer on US phone.<br>> - - Quantact = Pros: Local (Sonic)<br>> - - Quickweb = Cons: located in NZ, didn't pick up the phone.<br>
> - - Linode = Pros: DC in Fremont Cons: Zen only<br>> <br>> MT, Hostgator, Linode & Quantact answered the phone right away.<br>> <br>> So now I'm leaning more towards Hostgator as they are in the same<br>
> datacenters as my current dedicated box so migration should be faster.<br>> Also they offer Plesk licenses included and great prices.<br>> <br>> Anyone have anything bad to say about Hostgator before I buy.<br>
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