Dreamhost offers huge disk and bandwidth packages for low prices. Existing reviews indicate that Dreamhost may be a worthwhile consideration and are generally positive.

Dreamhost is unique in owning their own datacenter (most web hosts rent space in other companies datacenters). They posture themselves as down to earth and have demonstrated their willingness to publicly discuss problems with their service as well as the pros and cons of the shared webhosting environment.

Even Dreamhost’s front page demonstrates a different sort of attitude toward business.

The initial subjective review of MediaLayer has been posted. You can see the review here.

MediaLayer is a relatively new provider that focuses on quality servers, bandwidth and technical support although offering limited disk space and bandwidth compared to other shared hosting plans. If you are looking for impressive dynamic site performance then MediaLayer is well worth consideration.

The 1and1 hosting review has been removed.

1and1 is a well known low cost hosting provider. However they have collected a large number of negative reviews. The Better Business Bureau states that they have an “unsatisfactory record” due to unresolved claims. The negative customer reviews are generally centered on poor customer service and billing problems.

One web site claims to have done under cover research into customers being charged for services they did not order. The conclusion is that there is either a glitch in their system or the company is operating improperly. In any case their customer service did not acceptably resolve the problems.

For these reason the 1and1 web hosting review has been removed from this site. If you are looking for the lowest cost web host that still offers reliable service, please see this comparison.