My ISP of choice for the last 2+ years, DreamHost, has been having a string of bad luck the last few months. Server outages, power problems, you-name-it. As usual, lots of people complained and some even switched providers. Then DreamHost’s CEO posted a self-confessed super-lame apology in their characteristically snarky style; Jesper summed it, and the majority of user’s feelings, up pretty well.

I must say I’m more relaxed about this. They (or at least the server I’m on) have, on the average over the last two years, had less downtime than the ISP I used before for longer than that – one that was 2 minutes away from my home, run by personal friends, yet in the end couldn’t do what I needed to. They’re located in a convenient place very near (in ping time) to my user base. They offer all the technical conveniences I need. Their bandwidth and space limits are so ridiculously large I never worry about them. And best of all, they’re inexpensive – with the rewards program those 2+ years have so far cost me about $200, and I still have almost that much in credit; if this goes on, I never will have to pay them again. (Click here to sign up and I’ll get yet another reward! Thank you!) Yes, if I had a high-traffic e-commerce site that needed 100% 24/7 availability I would probably host it elsewhere. And pay at least 10 times as much. Make that 20. Or 50…