I have never heard of them, I have been around for a while to. Best thing to do is search google for their name and see what it comes up with. If they burned someone, there will be proof on some place on the internet. One thing to look for is if they use Lousy bandwidth providers such as Cogent. You might send them an email and ask them what they use.
The way i always recomend people to try when looking for a host is to ask the host if they will allow you to take a free trial with out paying to test there service out.
Yeah I normally give a trial period to people who request it, I know that they are going to stay due to I am not offering "Junk" hosting. So I would ask them for a free trial.