Well, the first half of the migration process is complete, a new domain name has been chosen: mr-miata.net I got it through Yahoo! they have a deal where it is a $1 for a year (first year and new names only), so for $21 I have that domain registered for the next 3 years.
Now comes the hard part, finding a host. I want one that is cheap, less than $10 a month, that is reliable and meets some not to demanding requirements: UNIX hosting, 5G storage, 25G transfer, 5 MySQL dbs, FTP and the latest PHP & Pearl. If they are giving a domain name it better get registered to me, not them and then they better offer to host that name and my new dot net one on the same site. Yahoo is just a little over the limit at $12 a month. Right now I’m leaning towards BlueHost for $6.95. Their CEO even has a WordPress blog: MattHeaton.com.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/06: 370
Say it ain’t so, now how am I going to check to see if the problem is bigger than just my site?
If you have some sort of broad band connection, consider hosting it yourself. Surely you have an old PC you could load up with Linux, MySql, Word Press, etc.
My site is running on an old 300 mhz machine and it is not too terribly slow.
My provider specifically forbids it, right there in the fine print of their TOS.