Thanks Jan,
It's a great company... I've been with them since 1996.
They usually write us in advance and announce that there will be some short outage for maintenance in the middle of the night so I am rarely taken by surprise.
I have a very small group of e-clients on that server and I like to stay ahead of their observations that there is a problem.
It seems like the hosting company is aware that something needs fixing so now I can just ride it out.
all the best,
mike