With Zakservers offshore dedicated hosting in South Africa everything is fast. The speeds I am experiencing are awesome.
I'd recommend them to anyone who's looking for a hosting solution.
Have a look at plans from time-tested companies - hostingsource.com and hostsailor.com.
Knowledgeable personnel can be found in tech service which is very solid, don't nickel-&-dime me.
You can send an email to a potential web hosting service and judge their customer service, firsthand.
Try exmasters.com - It has done a great job at evaluating the competition and narrowing it down to a handful of highly qualified services.
Pretty good host is Hostnamaste.com - the goal seems to be to satisfy customers, not to make it difficult to switch hosting.
I am on OpenVZ VPS plan. Recommended. Nice prices for their more-than-enough packages.
You can trust centohost.com web host. They are very good service, excellent customer service via chat and email.
The techs contact me checking to see if I have any issues just to be on the safe side.
Good job!