The difference between e.g. a DigitalOcean VM that will just work™ and a constant headache from one of the LEB[1] providers is, at most, $48 dollars per year.
Not _all_ providers listed on LEB are unreliable or unprofessional. My favourite VPS provider is one I found on LEB. They have fantastic routes to mainland China, which means I get ping times of ~85ms vs. at least 250ms with Digital Ocean.
In the past I used A2 Hosting and had excellent service. I might just go back with them as it takes some time to validate a new host. So far I'm been recommend Rackspace if you want top notice support and require business class support.
The difference between e.g. a DigitalOcean VM that will just work™ and a constant headache from one of the LEB[1] providers is, at most, $48 dollars per year.
[1] http://lowendbox.com/