Maybe move from Hostgator to VPS

As posted, have problems with my host, Hostgator. Too much traffic, they say. It is a cheap shared account, supposed to be unlimited data, except it isn't.

I would like to have more control, and not get taken down when traffic peaks.

Jamesbond has recommended these guys:
https://afterburst.com/unmetered-ssd-vps

...very cheap. Unmetered?! Ah, ok, data bandwidth is shared, but according to this, they won't actually take down a VPS:
https://afterburst.com/network-policy?back=openvz-ssd

This is an interesting getting-started read on VPS:
https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/what-is-linux-vps-hosting/

These guys specify a certain amount of data allowed per month, also they cost more:
https://www.rosehosting.com/linux-vps-hosting.html

...I wonder what happens if that limit is reached? Throttled, taken down?

Tags: linux