Lunarpages was founded in the year 2000. They use the best equipment from Dell, Sun and Cisco. The datacenter for Lunarpages is located in Los Angeles, CA.
You get a 99.9% uptime guarantee with Lunarpages. I like seeing that in writing and from our testing the service is pretty reliable.
Lunarpages does a tape backup, has a power generator in case there is citywide loss of power, ddos protection and they monitor the server 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Score - 9/10
With the basic package, you get 5000 megabytes of storage space for $6.95. This is a little on the low side. Other hosting companies offer up to 4 times this amount for the same price. I wasn't too happy with that, but you also get 400 gigabytes of data transfer, which is pretty powerful.
You can host 10 sites on 1 account with the basic package. You also get a free domain name for life and unlimited MySQL databases. The site is e-commerce ready and includes a blog, forum and photo gallery.
Set up is free and if you need to transfer a site, that is also free. You get php, perl and python support. Frontpage extensions are also available.
Score - 7/10
You can reach them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone, email or chat for technical support. The staff is pretty knowledgeable and should be able to answer any question you have quickly. I have good experiences with them when I've called and asked questions or bought up problems.
Overall, the customer service is pretty solid.
Score - 9/10
Lunarpages uses CPanel, which is standard control panel for a lot of hosting companies. It's extremely user-friendly and easy to master after you've played around with it a few times. You'll be able to view your website stats, control your emails, handle your domain names and manage pretty much everything else in your website with the CPanel.
Score - 9/10
Overall, I give Lunarpages a B and I would recommend them. They have a 30 day money back guarantee, so you're protected if you want to try them out. Lunarpages is my 6th highest rated hosting company for 2007.