Recommended Magento Hosts

[manumana]

I'd like to start the list of Magento hosts with the application load speed:
Goaddy.com and oneandone.com - magento takes 15 secs to load
MediaTemple.com - 10 secs
Simplehelix.com - 2 secs

Do you know any better results?

[mila]

Originally Posted by manumana

I'd like to start the list of Magento hosts with the application load speed:
Goaddy.com and oneandone.com - magento takes 15 secs to load
MediaTemple.com - 10 secs
Simplehelix.com - 2 secs

Do you know any better results?

How have you checked their loading speed?
As I see SimpleHelix.com is the fastest here.

[merlinnox]

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[Zekeetas]

What's special about Magento?
I mean what are the advantages of using it over other e-commerce solutions?
@Mila:
the speed of the download file a host gives you for test has nothing to do with the actual way the server will be running.
But I second Simplehelix.com, know them as a steady shared host.
I suggest checking if they offer a trial period to see how your site will be running.