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slow
slower
non-existent

a couple months ago I switched hosting companies for one of my websites
I was with the previous web host for almost two years, but things just
came apart over the winter and the server my site was hosted on would
be offline for days at a time. which pretty much nullified their claims of 99%
up-time! After a month of going round-and-round with their customer
non-service I went in search of a new host and moved my website.

The new host set me up and I had no problems loading a copy of my web
pages, setting up the SQL servers, and transferring all my data. Maybe it
was too easy. Everything has been great since the move, pages seem to
be loading faster than with the previous host, the c-panel was a little
strange at first, but actually is better and easier to use at the new host.

Then this morning came.
Started my checking routine and
well
nothing!
Well, not exactly nothing, but almost the same,
or maybe worse than nothing
in place of my home page there was a notice
saying my account had been suspended!

Oh my! what could have caused that?
my site is clean, no porn, a few good niche affiliate programs,
some photos, etc. Nothing that should get a person banned.

Well, it turns out that too have your site hosted with this company
you have to login no less than every two weeks. They don't want any
orphaned sites on their servers. After logging into my c-panel and
clicking the "notices" link I found the answer and in the process also
cured the problem by just logging in. A quick note to the help desk
was answered in 30 minutes and told me about the no-orphan-sites
and login policy. I don't have to add to or edit anything on my web
site, just login at least every two weeks so the system knows that I
am still there and actively using the service.

Whew! My site is back online! :-)