Kaushal Sheth is a college student studying engineering in India.  He does custom wordpress themes and websites as a way to supplement his income while going to school.  He recently had a major outage which lead him to do research on the best webhosting available and is looking for your input and feedback on the best web hosting providers. 

I'm often asked by the do-it-yourselfer about how to get started on their own website.  I always recommend that they thoroughly research their local options and ask their hosting provider for references.  It is much easier to get set up with a trustworthy provider than to try to make the switch later when you encounter problems. 

As a small indie business, we understand just how damaging down time can be.  If we even have a minor glitch, we receive many complaints.  For many online entrepreneurs their bottom line is absolutely dependent on their webhosting and having their websites go down can literally put them right out of business.