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Here is my opinion from my experience. I have hosted with the following hostings:
ipowerweb.com --- ok. Once I got a lot of contents and visitors, the site slowed down and crashed from time to time.
canaca.com --- offered great attractive packages, but poor support and server could not handle the # of visitos I have which is 5 - 10 per minute. Won't let XOOPS query the database as need.
globat.com --- database access limited is low. Not good for XOOPS which queries the database a lot.
grouphosting --- worse hosting services I have ever been with.
startlogic.com --- good for the first year. second year my site kept crashing with less than 10 visitors simultaneously. Can't get tech support. Server does not run my XOOPS sites well. Crashing too much. May be good for smaller site with few visitors. Still can't figure out what the problem is. Planning to leave it.
webhostingbuzz.com --- haven't tried to fully load my XOOPS site there, but I doubt that it will handle my # of visitors. The tech said the server won't be able to handle. So... I got a site there running so so.
1and1.com --- currently hosting
http://www.hmongregister.com and it seems to run ok with the #2 package. Setting up is bit confusing, but got through. FTP is slow. Don't know how well 1and1.com hosting server will handle XOOPS with 10 - 30 concurrent visitors browsing the site yet. But so far, 1and1 seems to be OK for now. I will get to test its ability when my site is fully loaded and my visitors are going there.
Again, those are my opinion from my experience with them. You and others might have better luck them than me.