[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Sorry about that, lads - it took more out of me than it did you! It hasn't been explained yet, but what is certain is that it's past time to go about the process of changing providers. Despite six years of reasonable service (for the price) it's plain that the pendulum has swung the other way for the long term.

The upshot of all this is, is that we're not out of the woods yet. Over the next few days I shall find an alternate provider, take down the forum to back EVERYTHING up, change the DNS listings and load everything up on the new box.

This might take some time, so have patience, please... it's a bloody big and expensive job! I'm NOT looking forward to it, but we have no choice. I shall keep you informed as best I can in this thread before any such actions begin, but there may be little notice if we consider the international nature of all of our time zones.

Thanks for your understanding.

Jif