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unfortunately, he isn't. and he won't, as well.
I'm not dead (yet), using my time to edit all reviews on my site to the new 1 to 10 point system, also removing some recommended comments from companies that do not deserve it anymore.
What a BS review, atleast let the service run for 6 months and then review it, next we'll start having 1 day service reviews!
Look at GreenValueHost, many getting mad because server is not ready in a few hours.
You have probably don't seen all the reviews on the review part on LET?
Most reviews is not written after 6 months. Do anybody use a bad host for 6 months before they write anything? Or the same with a good host, why don't share it with others after a month or two?
I have checked the first page of the review forum here at LET, at any thread marked as review, and this is the result:
I have written three 18 months reviews the last month, but two of the hosts is not LET/LEB hosts (KnownHost.com and SolaDrive.com). I have written one 8 month review, and several 9 months reviews. But I also make reviews after around 30 days.
I really don't hope you think I wrote a bad review of INIZ, it was not. I will not give them 10 of 10, the only host I use that deserve that is Prometeus that I have used for 18 months+.
@ myhken
my comment is only about the "1 day service reviews" statement by asterisk14
in my opinion that is what was happening to GreenValueHost - 3,4,5, 24 hour service reviews.
don't have a problem with your review of INIZ, you fixed it, it's now OK.
@painfreepc Good to hear, I really have taken most of the feedbacks in this thread and changed my entire review site, and will never use my old "star system" again. And will not give less points for not using support. But I reserve the right to not give more then 8 of 10 points for host not giving the little extra like Prometeus does. Only stupid to give 12 of 10 points to a so good host.
Create a category called extras and rate it too?
Any feedback on my new rating system, and my explanations of the points I give:
Do it sound right?
/me checks myhken's blog for backupsy rating
Posted in 8 of 10 points
Yea, you suck big time...
) will be better. 
Just give me $100, free servers for life, a house in Miami and a yacht.
But now as I have 5 servers with you, at two location, maybe my next review (in two months time
I think we need to throw in a Fliphost or two there as well
It's all very personal and emotive. You need to remove that. Ok for a 3 line review of personal experience but for a review site which is what you run it should be less detailed.
Perhaps your scale is too wide, for example on a scale of 1-10 you would need to assume that 5 is meeting expectation. So if you rate up time over say a month where the provider offers 99.99% and this exactly what you got this month then 5 it is, all they did was meet expectation so you can't give them a lower or higher score.
If they delivered 100% then it's only marginally better than what is promised, so how do you justify a big jump from 5 to 10 for providing 100% up time? But then how can you not as they can't deliver any more than 100%.
Maybe the scale should be:
1 - Significantly below expectation
2 - Below expectation
3 - Meets Expectation
4 - Exceeded expectation
5 - Significantly exceeded expectation
So, back to the up time example. It would be a 3 for delivering 99.99%. 4 for 100%. There is no 5 available in this example, however if they offer 98% and deliver that could be a 3, 99% would be a 4 and 100% a 5.
If they offer a 30 minute response times to tickets and take 30-45 mins you may class that as a 3, 45-90 mins a 2 and above 90 mins a 1
That then narrows the subjective element where as with a scale of 1-10 that is going to be much more difficult.
You need to measure on what a host says they will deliver, not on what you think they should. So if it is unmanaged and you ask a question like "can you check why mysql is not working on my VPS" you can't mark them 2 because they said no. But you can mark them 4 if they said yes and 5 if they fixed it and told you what was wrong and suggested what else you could do.
Can you tell I am not busy..?
I should really do a review of iniz... been with em for 1 year and 1 month and 3 days today.