I ended up doing a (rather pricey) full colo, but if I had gone with shared hosting, these guys[1] looked interesting, http://linode.com/ -Jamie [1] When I read about it, I got the impression that it is mostly one rather smart dude behind it. On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Mike Leo wrote:
I know this question has gone around a few times, but I don't keep all the = emails i get!=0A=0AAnyway, i host a weak little personal web site out of my= house and was looking into hosting companies.=0A=0ANot quite sure how it w= orks, if I want linux/mysql/wordpress. I need more than just a place to ho= ld my index.html.=0A=0AAre there companies that give me total control over = a "server" on the internet? I say "server" 'cause my guess would be a virt= ual machine I could control remotely.=0A=0AAny advise would be greatly appr= eciated.=0A=0AMike=0A=0A