Why is Dreamhost so bad? 
thegoleffect: Lack of control for one, unless you go with a VPS, which, by the way, should be a good thing.  I don't want to always worry about security or scalability.  But its not great in this case.  The machine my personal domains were on got hacked and everyone else on that machine also got screwed.  I had to clean that up myself.  Not that I mind, but if the expectation is for them to handle root, security, etc - then they should be.Otherwise, I love the deal and use it for cheap file storage.  But, it takes DH a while to pick up new trends, they move pretty slow for what should be a nimble company.  So, DH isn't something I fanboy over though.