If you had 30-40 paying customers you should have been able to comfortably pay for your server. Did you have any paying customers, or only free accounts? I know this is in the free forum, but you need to have a source of income to offer free hosting, and it either comes out of the owner's pocket - or out of their revenue. You know what happens if you don't have enough $$! So I'm just wondering if you can tell us a bit more about the host, and what you offered, etc.