Here's a comparison of the new host and the old host, going by plans and features. It's clear that the new host is worth the higher price just on these figures alone.

	Old Host	New Host
Monthly Price	$5.95	$10.95
Setup Fee	$0	$49.95
Disk Space	1 GB	500 GB + more for sticking with them
Bandwidth per Month	50 GB	5,000 GB + more for sticking with them
PHP version	4	5
Databases I can have	50	As many as I want
Subdomains I can have	15	As many as I want
Shell Access	No	Yes
Filesystem Access	Control Panel and FTP	FTP and Shell
Read Files with PHP	Yes	Yes
Write and Create Files with PHP	No	Yes
Can send email	No	Yes
Control Panel design	Off the shelf	Custom in-house software
Reseller	Yes	No
Business Type	Small Business (One Person)	Corporate
Support	Forum, email	Forum, email, Wiki
Binary Program Support	No	Yes
Domain Hosting	No	Yes
Domain Registration	No	Yes
Java, ASP support	No	Yes (as add-ons)