My bandwith counter was at 600mbs on a 999999 (whatever amount of nines) bandwith account and suddently "This Account Has Been Suspended" was all you could get.
Pass was reset. No access. Received an email saying that too much band was used bla bla, move to VPS or else.
From to . I felt like sending them to go get some customer relationship lessons. A gift from me since they seem to have it so hard.
I went for the VPS Linux so that I can at least get my data back.
But liked the full contral of it all etc etc so I am giving it a go.
Learned that cURL didn’t work so my site is dead anyway so I spent 4 hours installing cURL but the thing wouldn’t install unless you installed something else and THAT wouldn’t install unless you installed something else and so on russian dolling linux madness until i got to the point that the first thing DID install and so on till the end 4 times in total (digging the links out of google as theirs were dead so I had to discover what their processor was for the right package) and in the end I restarted the server, crossed my fingers and cUrl STILL isn’t working.
Nor is email.
I am into technology, build pcs, bike/car/beats/any engines, sites, washing mahines anything that can be taken apart so I usually hit on it till I master it but i am now wondering if this is really on.
It looks like I could be stuck on it for 6 monts doing a lot of guesswork and lateral thinking before I get my site back on track.
You know, somebody that’s used to a horse and cart gets given a 1967 Rolls Roice in boxes and two broken clues on how to set the camshaft timing, no gap settings for the valves and some "factory problem" with the oil feed!
I know it is only a month but if I must take 2 weeks off to study a book on how to set my VPS up via what looks like old DOS commands then technology isn’t THAT advanced is it?
I know I am not at the back of the class to do with this stuff so I am wondering what most people do when they get to this point of their site’s lives. Any words of support? I’d need someone good with it living in the house then I’d learn very easy just by watching but on my own?
Internet "tutorials" all assume you know already how to perform many simple (to them) operations but when you don’t, it’s hell.
Years ago I learned to prioritize and to be as logical as I can in my decisions.
I make 00 a month using shared servers, but I need to be on top of it 14 hours a day.
Duplicating my business ca be done in about a year if I keep on schedule, and I am working on a system that next time can duplicated in three months only.
Should I drop everything, change direction to learn how to set up emails and scripts with linux servers?
Nope.
I agree that the Bash shell can be sexy to the right people but I just love to fiddle with my 1972 Alfa GTV! It takes me to the seaside where I can see the horizon in the evenings 
Frankly, it sounds like you need a fully managed VPS provider. It helps to have a helping hand once in a while. In fact, a fully managed provider can work on those pesky issues and report back on how it got fixed. You learn from it and get stuff done at the same time. The unix shell with its trillion programs can be intimidating at first but believe me when I say that it’s very capable. Nothing in the GUI camp comes close to the functionality of say the Bash shell.
You can find plenty of tutorials on google but you have to know the keywords to search for. It’s the chicken and egg situation. But don’t get discouraged. With enough perseverance you’ll learn how to be self sufficient.
By the way, be sure to ask your potential provider as many question as possible to ensure that indeed their "fully managed" service covers helping you with script errors and software installs.
By the way, my name is Joe and I help run two Web hosting businesses here in Houston, TX.
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