I ran into a lot of stupid technical issues trying to transfer my blog from 1and1 to mediatemple due to the fact that my database was too big for phpmyadmin. I ended up transferring it over using putty to ssh install the blog manually. Much thanks to JJ & Jason for their help, as well as the support at Media Temple for all their help.
Now to get back blogging!
What was wrong with 1&1?