So last week I got an email that the company that I was using for hosting services was sold. Today I got another email telling me what that meant. And what it meant was transferring my services to another place that is owned by the company that now owns the old place. No big deal.... just kidding.
For the same level plan, at least in terms of traffic, the price literally is 6.2 times as expensive as I have been paying. I'm pretty sure that I don't need to spend hundreds of dollars a month to host my site. If I did that kind of traffic I'd be posting this from a much nicer hotel than the Super 8 I'm currently posting from.
With that said, I'm looking for suggestions for self-hosted WP stuff. I have to think there's a reliable, good option out there for $100 or less per month. I've been using Websynthesis, and have been very happy with their services. They weren't perfect, but they were pretty close.