@Kevin Muldoon - You completely missed the point. I never said anyone using low cost hosting is doing something wrong. I said if you rely on WordPress for your business and think $50 or more is too much for hosting than you are doing something wrong. That doesn't mean a low cost host won't do the job. It means when the time comes to step up to more expensive hosting you balk because of the price... you are doing something wrong.

Retread what I said rather than twisting my words and taking it as some sort of personal attack.

I clearly stated we used BlueHost, as cheap as it comes, and it was great. BUT the time did come when the low cost solution was hurting our business and we had to step up and switch to a higher end solution.

Low cost hosting will only take you so far if your site is truly successful.

As for support with higher end hosts, as with anything there are good companies and there are bad companies. I know from personal experience that FireHost provides the highest quality hosting and support I've experienced and I've been doing this for 16 years. There is a reason why companies like WPEngine and Page.ly stake their success as hosting companies on partnering with FireHost. A bad partner could kill your business in that situation.

Ultimately if you find $50 or $100 too much, who cares? You obviously aren't their target audience. There are plenty of customers out there that will value what they offer and have no problem paying the premium. There are enough solutions available to keep all kinds of customers happy.