An very good example supporting what I wrote about choosing a web host was MySpace being off line for much of this past weekend due to a power outage (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5209496.stm,
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/153...headlines=true). Apparently their servers are located in California, which fails as a hosting location for two reasons. First it is a geologically instable area which is prone to devastating earthquakes and two its political climate has created an antiquated and unreliable power grid that is very susceptible to power spikes caused by long hot spells. Apparently their data center's backup generators also failed to start, which violates another one of my rules about having adequate backup systems.