GoDaddy QUITS Coldfusion

That's a strong statement there. Are you really just "guessing" on your first point, or do you have any further detail? Otherwise, it seems a leap to go from your recent bad experience to that your assertion.

As someone hosting with hostek (and databank), and also having clients who host with them (and others), I'll say I've not heard anything to support your assertion about their business status, nor have I experienced that poor support you describe. 

A couple of my customers thought that GoDaddy was a host for pornography (because of their commercials)

Glad I don't have to worry about that anymore.

ayera.com - they're not cheap, but they're awesome.  They really know their CF!

I've also used CrystalTech too (now Small Business Authority - don't like the new name)... but the hosting is good.

GoDaddy will shut down its ColdFusion servers on November 29th so unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view) you have until then to find a new hosting solution. GoDaddy wrote that the drop of CF was to "make improvements in other areas" as only a small percentage of their customers use it.

I can guess their reasons as others here already have, but my company will continue to support it like the other reputable CF hosts mentioned above. I don't see Adobe giving up on CF just because the largest "host" in the industry did because they can't be bothered to support it.

To my knowledge, we've have CF on our servers since at least version 5 and will continue to offer hosting for it for years to come. We currently support version 9 along with PHP 5, database space, and very few limitations.

Tommy Weber

The Small Business Authority/Web Services

I highly recommend Intermedia.net -- if you care. They are not cheap but support and uptime is second to none. Plans start at $40/month (like I said, not cheap). They do have reseller pricing since you mentioned several accounts.

I think Adobe should just open it up like PHP and I guarantee it will spread like wildfire. Are they really making that much revenue from it??

The honest truth is:

1. I LOVE coldfusion

2. I hate how it's being marketed, the minimal support for it online, etc. hard to find references. In the industry it just doesn't have a name.

I just worry when i see such a large host discontinuing support. It makes me wonder about its future. Whether you like godaddy or not, when such a huge company simply gets rid of something it has negative effects.

If Walmart gets rid of your product, you just lost a huge market.

On another note, I'm on the search for a AFFORDABLE but reliable CF hosting.

Any ideas are welcome.

Ive been using Media3.net ColdFusion hosting for many years now. They have competitive pricing and excellent tech support. They have hosted ColdFusion since 1996.

I have been using hostek.com for quite some time.  Support is excellent, prices seem more than fair. They, like a lot of CF shared hosting providers, disable certain tags like cfexecute, but they list the tags they don't support in the FAQ section on their site.  Last I knew, you could also choose CF 8 or 9 as well.

Since begenning, they were neither having good support ColdFusion tech nor good uptime for their servers which is why there are many bad reviews about them

If you are looking for cheap yet reliable CF Hosting, I would like to recommend the host that I have been using for couple of years.. Hosting A to Z - http://www.hostingatoz.com . They do have CF 9 enterprise on their servers and support is also good. If you are moving from Godaddy, they are a good choice.

"good riddance" is what i thought when i 1st saw that. their cf hosting plans while really cheap, sounded like something offered by the libyan government.

12 robot's advice is pretty sound, though if you still want shared hosting, you might give cfdynamics a look, they're so stable & drama-free i literally forget who our host is sometimes ;-)