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**MK3Design** · 10-05-2006, 12:39 AM

Whats a good hosting plan for a forum to be on? Ive just started out but as I get more and more visitors I am noticing alot of change in load time!

This is the plan I am on now: http://surfspeedy.com/managed_dedica...cpanel-vps.htm (the $39 one)

**chovy** · 10-05-2006, 03:50 AM

i would recommend dreamhost... I've been with them almost a year and have two large forums. Traffic is 1TB/month or something like that. That was my biggest problem with my last ISP was the bandwidth wasn't enough for room to grow.

**yung proxy** · 10-05-2006, 06:44 AM

HostGator hands down! I tried SurfSpeedy, DreamHost, and many others. HG is the tight work

**I, Brian** · 10-11-2006, 12:04 PM

The point to remember is that unless your forum is very large and active, most any basic hosting plan with a reliable hosting provider will do.

When I opened my first forum I completely over-expected what my actual requirements would be.

Nowadays, 50MB space and 2-5GB/bandwidth is easily enough for starter forums.

**chovy** · 10-11-2006, 03:15 PM

50mb of space - what year is this...1997?

I would expect at least 1 GB of space and 1TB of bandwidth on the cheap hosting plans.

**netdesignz** · 10-13-2006, 08:46 PM

I would get the starter plan at totalchoicehosting.com

**imported_ipodman** · 10-19-2006, 04:31 PM

Hi,

I am hosted on a VPS at Knownhost.com

Very good and can handle a large amount of traffic.

-Dan

**RidinHighSpeeds** · 12-01-2006, 06:00 PM

I would recommend WireNine. I have been with them after leaving IPowerWeb and they have just been very helpful. Tech support is very quick if you ever need it. Also, they don't overload their shared servers with user-accounts...my forums are much faster to load compared to when I was hosted with IPowerWeb.

I'm pretty happy with WireNine.

**chovy** · 12-04-2006, 01:20 PM

what's your monthly package and bandwidth peak from your experience?

**toby** · 12-04-2006, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ipodman

Hi,

I am hosted on a VPS at Knownhost.com

Very good and can handle a large amount of traffic.

-Dan

Ditto and love it.

eta: And their support surpasses any I have ever dealt with.

**LeeD** · 12-04-2006, 04:34 PM

For shared hosting: www.asmallorange.com - good service/support

**grandcartel** · 12-04-2006, 05:48 PM

I would go with hytekhosting.com. They look like a cookie cutter site on the surface, but their service is amazing. Hardly any downtime

**transburgh** · 12-08-2006, 02:13 AM

Downtown Host LLC has been great. Let me know if you use them I can get you 10% off. (pm me)

**pantyholic** · 12-13-2006, 04:20 PM

Dont use vizaweb.com thats all I can say, but for a starter forum a small amout of web space is ok providing your not allowing uploads, and you have enough room to drop the backups into, I would go for 250-500mb you can always upgrade with most hosts. The most important thing people sometimes forget is regarding the database - Is the size allowed capped?

**imported_ipodman** · 12-13-2006, 04:24 PM

I agree they are very good! you get what you pay for and with them its A1

-Dan

**free_font** · 12-20-2006, 10:56 AM

I use iPowerWeb. I get about 800 visits per day to a phpNuke site. I like them because when I hit an SQL read limit I can just add a few dozen extra SQL users. I have the $7.95/mo package. I have never had an outage that I know of with ipowerweb.

If I find a host that does not have a cap on SQL reads I might move on.

**Moelman** · 12-20-2006, 09:59 PM

I've heard good things about both asmallorange and Site5.

**M5Love** · 12-21-2006, 03:08 PM

I have a VPS on asmallorange and tell you what, it beats all of the hosting companies out there! Great support and great service.

**mani_** · 12-24-2006, 12:22 PM

i think you should get a starting point from Shared hosting, then move to VPS if the forum grows too large.
Try hostgator, they are good

**imported_myhomehost** · 12-24-2006, 04:41 PM

www.myhomehost.com