I believe jdporter gets the idea that pair.com has offered us lousy support from me.

Yes, that is quite the case..

I meant to, but forgot to, add a note in the OP to the effect that choosing Pair was not a mistake by the founders of PerlMonks; I'm afraid I had implied otherwise. What I meant, rather, was that PerlMonks seems to have outgrown Pair's ability to support us in the ways we need.

I too am extremely grateful for the hosting services Pair has provided to PerlMonks over the years.