I've exceeded my monthly bandwidth limit by far due to a stupidity with a PHP error. I made the script before I knew much about PHP and it doesn't have any error-checking. It generated a huge error log which bumped up my transfer usage by about 1.5GB. I only have a tiny amount of allocated bandwidth, 250MB in fact, and so the bill for this extra transfer is rather large.

I can't afford to pay the bill and so my account will be terminated. I've just downloaded the whole site via my FTP account, so this is OK. However, my domain, www.james-greenwood.co.uk, I am not sure what to do.

I am going to start looking for a web host right away but I want my domain to point to it. When my web hosting company, Purple Cloud, terminate my account will that mean my domain too? I don't really understand, to be honest. When I did a WHOIS search, I am the official registrar which is nice.

What do I do to keep my domain while my account is terminated? I want to make it point to my new web host once I get it.

Thanks and please reply ASAP!

James

your domain name wont be terminated, you usually buy it with a contract of

1 year
2 year
3 year
5 year
10 year

they cant take that away from you, unless the package you bought of them was combined with your domain name and FTP account

Jaymc.co.nr

in fact it would be a good idea to check of their terms and conditions just to check

Jaymc.co.nr

If you are the registrant for the domain, then you will have received a certificate for the domain from Nominet UK as proof of legal custody of it.

What I suggest you do is ask the registrar you registered it with to redirect the DNS to a new host. At least for the interim I suggest 34sp.com as a suitable host.

They are British (yes, they own the servers themselves, located in London, not some reseller for US servers), and they will give you 1 Gig a month bandwidth plus the full features, for the basic package price of £25 for the year. They also accept payment by cheque or bank transfer, if you don't have a card.

With 34sp, if you go over in any month they simply take it off the next month's allowance, or you can pay for the over - currently £1.50 per 1000MB excess, so with them the over of 1.5 Gig would have cost you just £2.25.

If going over becomes regular they give you the chance to buy more as part of your package, or to upgrade your space which includes extra bandwidth anyway. Take a look at what they offer, and judge for yourself.

@Jamie

Yes, I registered the domain for the standard period of two years. I bought the domain at the same time as the web hosting package but they were treated as seperate orders.

@SafeTsurfa

Yes, I received that certificate and printed it off. It's stuck up on my wall now. 34sp sound good because they're British and provide a nice amount of bandwidth.

Whoops!

Sorry everyone for wasting you're time, I've managed to sort out the problem with my web host and they've agreed to let me pay a smaller amount, which I am happy with.

I'm going to bookmark this page as "34sp" so next time I need to change host (which may be quite soon) or need to recommend a host, this'll be the one.

Thanks again,

James

Sound

Jaymc.co.nr