Fiction,
I have had difficulty in the past with hosts. I have had serious success as have others here at CAP : http://www.mojohost.com
Since I have been with them over a year now i have had zero problems. In fact they have bent over backwards for me debugging scripts that didnt transfer properly, etc… things you wont get most hosts to do.
Never notice downtime
Managed top of the line machine is about $200USD per month fully managed