Bingo. Thoughput of all kinds is the number one gotcha of low end budget hosts. Disk, network, etc. I work with tons of these kinds of hosts for clients and I'm

Bingo. Thoughput of all kinds is the number one gotcha of low end budget hosts. Disk, network, etc. I work with tons of these kinds of hosts for clients and I'm just not at all surprised anymore when everything goes to shit a month after I sign up and suddenly the VPS gets transferred off that special "new customers" node for any number of bullshit reasons. Bottom line: You get what you pay for. End of story.