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That's the risk you run with any service provider.

At one point I had servers at The Planet/Softlayer and after a year they had a new deal with the same server/hardware with more memory for half of what I was paying. I ended up ordering a new server, and having to move my data and everything because the sales rep couldn't get me the new deal on my old server.

Spin up a new one, transfer your data, spin down the old one?

Yep. You can also keep the same IP address and just repoint it at the new server, so absolutely no downtime.

I've tried, like when I needed a bigger server but everything was sold-out, so I asked to customer services if they can apply the new price for my old server, they refused, after this I waited for a 7 months for the new servers begin available again, and then in dec/2013 they also discontinued the "new" servers without anything else in place and I cancelled my account.

So you went to another host and how much do you pay now?