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Russell wrote:Wordpress is a fairly simple beast (all things considered), and they have an entire department dedicated to just transferring accounts in from competitors.

Just open a ticket and ask what the process is that they will use for moving your site over, and what they will do to minimize downtime.

I talked to the folks there, and they also tell me it is a pretty simple process.. I am already paid up for a few more months on GoDaddy, so I'm going to wait till this summer. I figure that pulling my site and not using the services I already paid for is sorta like rewarding them. I won't give Go Daddy another cent though.

My real concern is on how smoothly they can transfer my wordpress blog.

Thanks everyone for the input, I don't have a problem with hunting, nor risque comercials. I like Danika, but I am angry about a vender that would actively work against his entire customer base. I supose I should boycott Apple, but I've never been tempted to by their stuff any way.
It sounds like Host Gater is not only reputable but provides quality service. I just hope that when I pull the switch I can do it smoothly. A Wordpress blog along with an archive of old blogspot has lots of bits and pieces.

One side benefit though, would be that I could move my wiki off my home machine. onto a sub domain or its own at little extra cost.

SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. It would linking to a a site that copyright material a felony and subject to having the site taken off line without a trial.
For instance if a poster were to link from this site to a European site, that used an image from a newspaper. The Hollywood folks could yank the forum site from user access. Here is a good explaination from a webmasters perspective.
Here is my response .
I want to bail because the company I have been using took a stance which I find unacceptable.

RHenriksen wrote:I've had good service from HostGator. Their rates are so low that personally I wouldn't sweat the extra 8.25%...

They are more than what I've been used to paying though, and takes a 3 year purchase to get a good price. I suppose you are right but it annoys me to be punished by my government for doing business with a local company.

I have a Wordpress blog on GoDaddy, Because of their support of the SOPA thing I want to change host providers. I have used Go Daddy for about 7 years and have no complaints about their service or support. I talked to the good folks at Host Gater and they assured me that they can move everything and that it is a piece of cake.

Has anyone done business with Host Gater. or moved a web site before? I really don't want to risk blowing up the whole blog.
Host Gater is a Texas company so I suppose I would have to pay sales tax. Is there another host that I won't have to pay taxes?