Need hosting with good support, robust email

I am looking for the following:

15 GB transfer
500 MB disk (I think this is about where I am)
Perl/PHP/mySQL
dedicated IP including for email
quick detection and fix of outages including email
ability to run background jobs sometimes (to send newsletter)
responsive 24/7 support
few/no restrictions on email sending (other than not spamming)
fast of course!
some kind of stats

I would prefer an option to call support in an emergency, although I will normally use email/trouble ticket first. I have had outages of 4 days because trouble tickets relied on email which was down and there was no other form of contact.

I would prefer a company which has been in business at least a few years and has at least a few sysadmins.

Shell access is not absolutely required but I do use it occasionally.

I send a monthly newsletter to subscribers who have requested it, currently about 8200. This newsletter is very important to my business and the reason I'm looking for a dedicated IP is so I can get off blacklists and stay off. When I went to my current place, a few domains were blacklisting my (shared) IP and I got support to get that cleared up but the next month the IP had been blacklisted again. I know a certain amount of this is inevitable but I am trying to do everything I can to make sure that the newsletter actually gets to the subscribers.

I'm not ready to go to a dedicated system and I'm always ready to save money but I have been with some of the least expensive hosts and feel that I have probably gotten what I paid for. I am willing to pay a reasonable amount now if it will get me good performance and good support.

If I have left anything important out, please say so! Thanks.

I would recommend checking out:
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any reason for the dedicated IP for email?
you're sure you need it?

Country-Tyme can offer you a custom plan of 1000MB disk space (room to grow) & 15 GB transfer for $9.99US/month. Your account would be placed on a dedicated IP (included in the price).

We do have telephone support during regular business hours, and do check messages regularly after hours.

Country-Tyme Web Hosting has been in operation since December, 2003.

Should you need shell access, a support ticket would have to be filed.

We currently have one client that sends out 35,000 mailings to subscribed members with no problems. Where mailing lists are concerned, we keep a very close watch on them. If a recipient reports a mailing as abuse, you will be notified immediately to remove their name...

This plan includes:
• Helpdesk Ticket System, Email, Knowledge Base and Telephone Support Options
• cPanel with RVskins
• Fantastico Deluxe automatic script installer
• Free website templates installable within Fantastico!
• Free shopping carts installable within Fantastico!
• Unlimited Domains, Unlimited Email Accounts, Unlimited Databases, Unlimited CP features: everything you need to get started
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If you have any questions, please email sales[@]hosting-4-me.com

Regards,
L. Balek
Country-Tyme Web Hosting - shared & reseller hosting
*An affordable hosting solution
*30 day money back guarantee
*cPanel and RVskins

I think that you will start with reseller package (according to your needs).

I have looked at Dreamhost but the email policy is too restrictive for my daily use, let alone sending a newsletter.

I am looking for a dedicated IP address because of problems I've had with a shared IP address being blacklisted. My list is double opt-in and my mailings include an unsubscribe link which knows the recipient's email address (they don't have to enter it) so I feel that if the IP is blacklisted it's because of someone else. Just trying to maximize delivery of my newsletter!

I will look into the other hosts suggested! Thanks all.

I might be able to help you. The only thing is my servers are in Singapore. If you would like to talk about the options then contact me by e mail or msn

e mail sales@xtreme-nuke.com
msn tracker@themodshop.net

I can advise you to look this site http://www.tshost.com , I hope that you can find all for you necessary

15GB Space
300GB Bandwidth
3 Domain Hosted
Cgi,Perl,PHP,Python,Cron
Our own developed web hosting software
Start from USD $4.99/mo
Plus 1 Free Domain Name Registration/Transfer
http://www.hyjl.us

After several years of developing and testing different hardware configurations, we managed to find the ideal balance between the Operational System (Debian Linux), the web hosting software (developed by us with the help of LiquidNet Ltd., a UK company) and the hardware configuration of our servers.

Our network of servers, on which shared hosting accounts are hosted, amounts to 21 pieces (machines/servers). Our newest server, on which all new accounts are being hosted, has the following hardware characteristics:

CPU Processor : Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz E6600 with 4MB cache
RAM memory : 4GB
Hard Drives : 2x500GB SATA
Back up : RAID 1
Network Card : 1GB
Operating System : Debian Linux

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Are you still looking for hosting?

If so, please have a look at:

http://www.siterollout.com/shared.shtml
http://www.siterollout.com/reseller.shtml

We have both US and UK based Cpanel and DirectAdmin servers.

You can checkout our services on http://www.vikoshosting.com/

All services have Cpanel installed and other features such as: fantastico, forums, phbb, stats, error log, subdomain, mail accounts, PHP, MySQL, among others

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For custom plan send an email to support{at}vikoshosting{dot}com
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For custom resellers plan send an email to support{at}vikoshosting{dot}com

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* If the domain is not registered through us, you have to pay $5 extra for this plan

We can offer you our Gold package that will suit your requirements and budget as well.

Disk space:5 GB
Bandwidth: 50GB
cPanel/Fantastico
Unlimited domains
Unlimited sub-domains
unlimited MySQL Database
Unlimited POP3/SMTP accounts
PHP5,MySQL 5.0.24
24/7 support,
99.95% uptime guarantee
Yearly Price:£54.99
For further queries or details please feel free to PM me or you may visit our website http://www.eukhost.com/packages.php for further details.

This post is from November. I'm sure that hosting has been found by now.