I have been hosting websites for years, with various web hosting companies, and IMHO GoDaddy has one of the best offerings around.

My one major frustration is that they do not allow remote access to the shared hosting SQL Servers, citing security concerns. While I am not a DBA, and cannot dissect the security claim, as a developer it is a major burden.

In order to load or update any of my databases, I need to generate SQL scripts for the schema, and CSV files for the data. If you have ever worked with CSV files in an enterprise environment, you know what a headache this can be. I then have to upload and run the files using a management web interface. And backups have to go through the same process.

I would think with SQL 2005 schemas and partitioning, and good old fashioned authentication practices, there wouldn't be any problem.

But for everything else you get from them, including excellent support, I think I'll stick around. SQL Server access would just make them perfect!