We at DreamHost have been happily hosting our clients' dreams (and websites) since April 1997 - close to a century ago in Internet years! That was when we (four Computer Science undergraduates at hmc.edu in Claremont, CA) launched this company with no capital apart from a single Pentium 100 web server (Destro was her name), using shared bandwidth on a T1 line that a friend gave us at no cost.
By necessity we had to be frugal, but even with our less than ample resources we always did our best to provide a quality service at a reasonable price. Those early days quickly taught us the technical expertise and market savvy necessary to survive in our industry, as well as teaching us to respect each and every customer's wishes, dealing with them as though they were our friends. Hey, most of them were!
It's hard to believe that we've already grown to over 700 servers (each with over 50 times the processing power of Destro), a state of the art data center, and a full time staff of 40. Even though we now grow more in a day than we did in our first three months of business, we've always made it our number one priority to deal with every client as a human being and as a friend. We like to think that that, more than anything else, is the real reason for our current success.
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Uptime Stats for Dream Host
Servers Currently Monitored: 8
Average uptime: 95.81%
Average days monitored: 513
1) super prices 2) autoinstall of top open source software 3) easy intuitive console. This is the only time I've been able to get everything I needed done with having to contact support. (so far) This IS my dream host!
4 out of 5 people felt they could trust this review Good
Review by Steven, IP 165.21.188.17 on 2007-08-17
Time with host at time of review: About 3 years
After bailing out of another host that had gone down the toilet, these guys were a breath of fresh air. Yes, their control panel is unique, but it's actually pretty easy to use. Personally, I've been really impressed with their e-mail customer support. I was particularly impressed that they had specialist support people for some of the more obscure software packages out there -- and the response time has been really good (within half an hour or so) every time I've had a question. With ludicrous amounts of disk space and bandwidth and a price that is tough to beat, I've started recommending these guys to anyone who asks me.
5 out of 5 people felt they could trust this review
Speed: 5, Reliability: 5, Tech: 5, Customer: 5, Features: 5, Price: 5