Okay, let's keep it business like in here
Steve, sounded like you took it personally that some guy said don't go with (mt), since you know them and all.
offthehook's etitled to his/her opinion that they're too expensive, and 99% uptime is not an insult.
I host with (mt) too and I've sometimes been given the runaround.
I was on the beta team for Tincan and I couldn't get them to put me up for some stuff I was trying to build no matter how hard I tried because I was added to the testers late.
IMHO: They're only human, but then again they're the best and only FlashComm Servers right now.
The real answer is:
It's still too soon to rate any hosting company over the other when there's only one.