I was a little skeptical about using a hosting provider so... well, so cheap. I'd been used to paying about $25 - $35 / month for my hosting. However, HostGator has proven to be quite stable, offers a host of features that many of my local providers can't match, and have excellent support staff who have always managed to help me out with any problems. Great service in comparison to the couple dozen or so providers I have dealt with since I first started creating websites about 15 years ago.

I have no desire to be a reseller, but I have been recommending HostGator to my clients. Everyone who has moved to them has been pleased so far. The only issue I have run into on a regular basis is the port number for the SMTP servers is often set at 26 (rather than 25, which is the default in most email software). Once I figured that one out, things have gone quite smoothly.