great post just what i was looking for!

i have my own vps with a company called servint i have been with them 4 years i think theyre great but in this instance i have several domains same domain name but different tlds and want to spread them around - hence why looking for other hosting plans...

to me other than reliability, cpanel/whm and fantastico are important features i look for - i also use google apps for all my email too since its free and they give you 6gb mail boxes! hth