I closed down the datacentre in Arnold, Nottingham a couple of years ago.
Since then I have continued hosting various websites and webservices within a dedicated hosting account in another, somewhat larger, public cloud provider.
But in the last couple of years, in the hosting market, things have changed.
Prices have generally fallen, offerings have become more featuretastic and scaleable, and uptimes have become more consistent, and much more rooted in the 99.95% – 99.99% range.
Plus, because I’m an undemanding sort, my personal hosting requirements haven’t become more complex.
So after a long hard look at the market I’m in the process of closing down my current hosting account, and have started up a hosting account with a different provider.
This website, as you would expect, wass the first to be migrated across.
I haven’t brought over the forum that’s associated with this website yet; I will probably do that later this week.
But the bottom line is that my monthly outgoings have fallen considerably, while no functionality has altered.
That, for me, is a win.