Stefan - 4:33 am on Nov 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

Once you've decided on a hosting company, run a server monitor on your computer for the first while to see if their uptime is what they claim. There are simple little programs that check the header on a URL every so many minutes to see if it's live. (Sticky me, if you want, for info on a freeware version that works well for me).

Give it a month, and if you've have seen regular outages/downtime, try another company. It's no big deal moving a website.