Do you mean 2009 rather than 1999? A 14 year old server wouldn't have SATA drives in it... or 4GB of RAM, probably.
If the host has public pricing (rather than custom quotes) see how your $179/mo compares to their current offerings. Remember that they can do it a little cheaper since the server hardware is paid off.
I renegotiated my monthly pricing about a year ago and the host knocked off 25%. By then the server was about 2 years old.