I just finished moving my web server, mail, and dns from my old and busted virtual colo, hosted at vcolo.com to the new hotness at vpsland.com, and what a hassle. The service at vcolo was spotty and slow, and their web site atrocious. For example, I've never been able to log into their site using their login form. I have to go through the forgot password workflow every time, and when I log out, I can't log in with the new password. That's not exactly what I would call professional grade. Vcolo served its purpose fairly well, since I didn't need much, but the frustration finally drove me to endure the nuisance of switching services. On a tip from a friend, I decided to give Google Apps For Your Domain a go to host mail. Since I use POP, the mailbox size limit shouldn't be an issue. The spam had become an issue for Heidi, and I'm no expert at configuring such filters, so I'm expecting Google to do a much better job than I ever did. The GAFYD documentation could use some humanizing, but my mail is now working again, so I must have understood it well enough. So after getting the blog content and and other miscellaneous goodies moved over, now all I need to do is get through to the vcolo people that our relationship has ended. I used their Contact Us form on Thursday, but (not surprisingly) saw no indication that they received it. It would make me notably unhappy should they insist I pay for a month of service due to their sub-par site functionality. At some point, maybe I'll need honest to goodness dedicated hardware. Here's hoping vpsland's service can adequately delay that. [ UPDATE ] I caught them on IRC and confirmed they got my submission via the Contact Us form. I asked them to compile a final invoice for me, considering I haven't received an invoice for a couple months. The site has a billing status page that seems to indicate that I have a balance due of $0, but cannot access any other account pages until I pay my overdue balance. Oh, and it only has records running through December 2006. They said the account would be closed around the 15th. I'm still waiting on the final invoice.