All is good… on the new host now with domain name. Please let me know if there are issues with archives or any other details. In theory this should be exactly the same (but infinitely more responsive) than the previous home. I rebuilt the MT install after tweaking a few options for my revised host and it seems to all be good.
btw – I guess advertising works. I chose to go with Hostsolutions which has an ad within the MacUpdate menu widget. They are as well the same place (and I think company) as Macupdate. So far so good…
PS – Initial DNS propagation took 23 Hours, 20 Minutes and 7 seconds.