I use a vbs
www.fluidhosting.com

Add me MSN I have two dedicated server all VPS full root access
junaid@bluecircle.ws

I host my forum(s) on shared hosting accounts on my own servers at Server Planet, LLC. If I wasn't hosting on my own servers I'd go with some other small-time host, as I think they tend to be better about not overloading their servers to make a buck.

A co-location site:
http://www.coloquest.com/
5Mb/s Unmetered Conection (1500GB in and 1500GB out)
Single Server (Up to 2U)
8 IP's (/29 so it's really 5 usable including the default gateway)
1 APC Remote Reboot Port
Free Remote Hands
BGP 4 Bandwidth (Level3, Savvis, BTN, Abovenet, Cogent)
all for $175.00 /Month

I use a Sun x4100 server:
Two dual-core AMD Opteron 252 processors @ 2.6GHz, one MB Level 2 cache per core
4GB RAM - 8x512MB DDR1/400 ECC registered DIMMs (128-bit plus ECC databus)
Hot-swappable, 172GB, 2.5-inch Serial Attached SCSI internal disks, RAID 0

Fedora 7 (64 bit)
Apache 2.2.4
PHP 5.2.2
MySQL 5.0.37

We use AlwaysWebHosting.com

600mb Disk Storage
25gb monthly bandwith

Website:

* Unlimited Hits
* Full FTP Access (24/7)
* Shared SSL Support
* Wireless Content Ready
* No forced ads on your page

Programming Support:

* Latest PHP (4.4.6)
* Latest Perl (5.87)
* Personal CGI-BIN
* 57+ Free Script!
* MySQL 5.0.24
(Unlimited Databases)
* Python
* Flash/Shockwave
* Java/Applets & Javascript

Domain Name:

* Up to 10 domains per account
* Unlimited Subdomains(_____.site.com)
* $15/yr Domain Registration
* Your Own Domain Name
* Online Domain Management
* Free Domain Pointing


Email:

* Unlimited Aliases
* Unlimited Email Forwards
* Unlimited Auto-Responders
* SMTP (Outgoing) Mail Server
* Default “Catch All” Email

Server Extras:

* Server Side Includes (SSI)
* Full Directory
.htaccess usage
..password protect dirs
..custom 404 error pages
..and more!
Full configurations
* Use of standard unix utilities

Network

* High Performance Server Farm: Load-balanced, Dual 1.6Ghz and Quad 2.0Ghz RedHat Linux Servers
* Secure, firewalled server environment
* Ultra Fast Connection (Over 4.7 GB/s!)
* 24/7 Network Monitoring
* 99.9% Uptime Guarantee

Is that a recommendation or a plug ? :p

Closing thread as it turns more and more into an advertising thread.