Change my Hosting provider

My first step was to have my own website so that I can start creating PHP/AJAX/RoR/Perl and whatnot pages and see how they work. So I decided to start searching for a webhost. I was previously hosted with squarebrothers. But I had to change after their servers crashed one day and all my data was lost and the subsequent customer helpdesk was apalling. I decided that their service was worthless and decided not to renew my subscription with them.

That was when I looked all over the net in search for a good webhost. I looked at close to 15 options and finally decided to go for bluehost, one of the biggest reasons for this was that they supported RoR. Since that was my prime focus after AJAX, I decided that I might as well have my webhost support all the technologies that I need rather than I having to change later. Also what I noticed was that the owners of bluehost were proactive in adapting their hosting service to the latest technologies and practises. What made my job even more simple was that they had just one hosting plan. :)

So, my next job was to initiate transfer of my domain from the previous host to the new host. I had to unock the domain first. Then I had to create an activation password (called by differing names depending on the domain registrar) and give that to my new host. It took some time(approx 1 week) from the domain to be handed over from the losing registrar to the winning registrar. Once all that was completed, my domain was successfully transfered and I could being using my new hosting plan.