I've used Ev1 for years. Loved them and recommended them throughout everyone I knew who needed a server. Recently however I experienced a serious problem whereby they simply refused to remedy it. Unfortunately, I've decided because the poor way in which they have handled it to find another provider for one off servers. Does anyone know of a good provider who offers instant setup and high quality support?
I use liquidweb.com for my server. I have not needed much help but when i did they were there. So im happy with them
ServerBeach was very good for the 3 years or so I had a box from them. Almost 0 downtime. Had an HD go once, they replaced it pretty quickly. But it is unmanaged, and if you mess anything up... they just reimage the drive. =) I just got on hostdrive.com too, I think they offer dedicated as well. And if you are concerned about support... they are unbelievably fast.
My 3 years' experience with Fastservers.net has been very pleasant. Fast response time, had a few bigger problems that were taking care of promptly. Occasionally you might be kindly advised to uprade to one of their paid support packages to get help (happens rarely though) but I have always managed to bypass that strategy of theirs. Great support from Jeremy and Shane by the way.
High quality comes with the price... top notch... datapipe, rackspace better price.. .... servint, liquidweb, nac, voxrox and such