I gave up on shared hosting a couple of years ago. Switched to a VPS and couldn't be happier. * better security (hundreds of random customers can't write a PHP

I gave up on shared hosting a couple of years ago. Switched to a VPS and couldn't be happier. * better security (hundreds of random customers can't write a PHP script to read my db config settings) * better uptime (if one of those hundreds (thousands?) of websites gets slammed with traffic, my sites don't go down.) * i can run as many websites as I want - same price * it's handy to use ssh/rsync as a dropbox for distributing large files * I get my own IP address, so if one of those hundred other customers sends spam or is hacked, my IP address isn't blacklisted.