A few days ago, I wrote about my trials with InMotion Hosting. They’ve since called to apologize for, “letting me down.” No kidding … when they take everything off-line for nearly 9 hours for server maintenance, that is letting down customers. Oh, did I also share that they said a cpu usage spike by a customer had caused the issue? Complete lack of ownership or accountability. Enough of InMotion …
Many friends reached out with solutions (special thanks to Ruha), and the name “Media Temple” kept coming up. MediaTemple – or just (mt) for the cool – is a fast-growing Web site hosting company in Los Angeles that avoids the hype, advertising and affiliate programs to attract customers. (mt) gets customers mostly through referrals from happy customers. I’m now one of them.
(mt)’s corporate customers range from Starbucks and Warner Brothers Studios to Adobe and Sony.
If you have just a couple of blogs, there are other good and lower-cost solutions. But if you host multiple blogs, as I do, (mt) might be your answer for reliable and affordable service.
Hi there. I'm Michael Pollock, and I train coaches, consultants and other solo-professionals on how to use the web to impact more people, earn more money and live a bigger life ... 
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