We are a rapidly growing, top 5,000 (as ranked by www.alexa.com)
e-commerce site that averages over 75,000 unique visitors and over
400,000 page views daily.  We are looking for a world class hosting
solution.  We are looking for a host who can provide a dedicated
server solution, 24/7 technical support, zero downtime, and unlimited
bandwidth.  We need site that loads quickly and is scalable to allow
large amounts of traffic that may spike, and to allow us to stream
video content.  We are looking for a host who works with a backbone
provider, and currently hosts popular, high traffic sites, and knows
how to keep them running, and running fast.
 
 What we would be looking for from you, the researcher, is a list of 3
hosts that meet these requirements, with a brief summary of each one. 
Along with the list of hosts, we need a list of 3 clients for each
host.

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Clarification of Question by freakfarm-ga on 01 Feb 2006 14:53 PST

meant to say "and unlimited bandwidth or as close to it as possible".

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Feb 2006 19:28 PST

Hello -

May I ask the nature of content your site specializes in (as some
hosts providers are selective in this regard)?

Thanks,

jbf777

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