[jobenjo]

I was just thinking about this. Slicehost hasn't changed their prices in the 3ish years we've been with them, but the price of computers and memory has dropped considerably.

As their profit margin expands, I hope Slicehost will lower their prices, too (and if they don't I suspect that'll be a window for someone else).

[uggedal]

http://prgmr.com and http://linode.com is sitting in that window.

[bdr]

They're still growing really fast. Lowering their prices, besides reducing profit, would make them have to work harder at scaling. I don't think they're going to do it until growth levels off.

[tocomment]

That has always confused me too. Has web hosting in general gone down in cost?

[wmf]

In general yes, although it's hard to tell how much you're getting in a modern "unlimited" oversubscribed hosting plan.