've not had a problem wiht the subscriptions in 7.

As for costs, it depends... You get access to both 6.5.5 and 7.x with a current member area subscription; so a renewal may be in order to get there; that's like $99.

As for upgrading, well, you could pay someone (such as myself, or groupee, etc) to do it for you; which would vary.

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