I have been using Rose Hosting for a bit over two years now. I have a VPS plan which I use to host several websites, email for all of those sites, and playing around space (I have Jetty installed and occasionally push Java web-apps out).  As of recently my server had been up for over 400 days in a row and has performed up to my expectations.

I tend to look around yearly to see if I am still getting the best deal.  This year my research led me to the following blog post.  I understand how frustrating the author must have been but these articles prompted me to write this post in defense of Rose Hosting for two reasons:

1. The comments are closed on the post which seems a bit unfair to me. People who are actually satisfied with Rose Hosting have no opportunity to voice their opinion.
2. The posts are old.

Do I think Rose Hosting is the best host out there?  Maybe, maybe not.  But I shop around and I haven’t found anyone that compares. Check their specials  and if you find a better deal let me know – Rose Hosting specials.

If I had to think of a complaint it would be that one time it has took their tech support a few hours to respond to an issue (hours people not days!).  This is not a major deal for me as it is very rare for me to have to submit a support ticket. See my update below:

So for now I am sticking with Rose Hosting, all of my research leads me to one conclusion – they are still the best out there for the price.

UPDATE:
Rose Hosting support came through for me big time today. I made a stupid mistake and completely hosed my VPS. They had the full system restored within 30 minutes of my ticket being opened. I think that is some excellent support.