[Babul]

i just have set my servers player amount to 41 instead of the 40 slots i bought, on PURPOSE. then i saved the server.cfg and startet the server. you know what happened? it got set back to 40 players...
thats what i call a basic, simple, Babul (aka Idiot) -proof-CP. i did a "mistake" and they corrected it (not. their script did, lol). iam sure they wont send me a warning. the maintainer of your hosting "company" doesnt seem to be able to

Code:

if (MaxPlayers set by a new user > bought playerslots)
{
MaxPlayers set by a new user = bought playerslots;
}

thats... impressing. i hope you learned that the world is full of this behavior:
"i take your money, and wait for a mistake caused by my shitty services offered, then i fuck you."
i cant tell about other hosting companies, didnt test them - i was lucky to find a company which looks and acts like one.
i bet you will find a company which will work good for you. a trial account for a few days are find to estimate the FTP upload speed, the CPU performance, and indeed the network connection (ping is most important for you indeed). try everything out, including setting a too-high player slot amount and look what happens.
i wish you good luck @ finding a good server.