Violent Crimes, > I think NFO lost all their good techs "Main one started > ultimategameserver.com" as I remember an issue I had with them with a > server I had purchased for some reason their hosting routed me to > Washington State then back to Chicago from Michigan and they told me > that wasn't a big deal and they weren't going to fix it.
Are you thinking of another company when you talk about NFO here? No techs have left us to start other companies, and all of our current employees have worked here for 3+ years. We take performance problems very seriously and would never say that a routing issue of that magnitude was not a big deal. Performance is our bread and butter and a guarantee even stems from it. > As for the site gspreport.com they don't really guard against spamming. I second this. gspreport.com is clearly no longer being maintained, has had the same "This Months Top 5 GSP's" up for at least a year, and as you said, is extremely spammy. The numbers also don't add up on the reviews -- look at NFO's page and average out the numbers from the individual reviews, and you can see that they don't match the top at all :). Mark, on this list, you're going to see a lot of advertisements from GSPs themselves. I'd recommend making a second list and boiling it down to the most attractive three companies, then trying each one out for a month, if you can (without letting them know they're competing). Investigate the server performance and flexibility. Then, to see their response times and knowledge levels, ask all of them questions about improving your routing and server performance, plugin questions, and server configuration questions through their support system, even if you already know the answers. Experiment with the control panel and different services. (If a company offers a free trial or money-back guarantee, you could also take advantage of that, but a month would give you a longer view on server stability and uptime.) The "three company" strategy is often used for interviews with contractors, and it's a solid one. -John _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
