After having used DreamHost for three years and recently transitioned a client to them from PowWeb, I would without reservation recommend DreamHost over the latter, if only for the exceptional customer service and reliability. The main reasons for the transition was that PowWeb was running a broken version of PHP and refused to even acknowledge the problem, and their tech support stopped answering email requests after the second one! The DreamHost control panel offers more flexibility and a nicer interface as well.
After having used DreamHost for three years and recently transitioned a client to them from PowWeb, I would without reservation recommend DreamHost over the latter, if only for the exceptional customer service and reliability. The main reasons for the transition was that PowWeb was running a broken version of PHP and refused to even acknowledge the problem, and their tech support stopped answering email requests after the second one! The DreamHost control panel offers more flexibility and a nicer interface as well.