i like powervps.com a lot. i've heard good things about servint.com too. i like powervps because any problems i have, i just submit a ticket and things usually get fixed within 15 minutes. i'd read reviews on VPS providers first though before signing up. the webhostingtalk forum is a good place to start.

It seems 2 months left since the request was posted. I believe thread started is not interstellar in the suggestions anymore?

shortly after the thread was started I purchased my VPS from knownhost and implemented most of the recommendations and security features. its working great