Well, I'm on a budget of about $20.00 a month and need a semi-dedicated server or at least one that can serve up my mySQL databases fast enough for multiple users online at once (globat.com just isn't quick enough for forums...) I need quite a bit of bandwidth and storage space, if your company can not give me what I need, please don't reply with some cookie cutter answer, thanks!

And if anyone could recommend a good place, thanks too!

It needs to have at least 150 gig of bandwidth...

I can only recommend you to up your budget. Take a look at the price of a dedicated server and then run the numbers, taking into consideration that the server needs to be administered, the support team must be paid, getting customers means having an advertising budget etc.

At the price you're expecting your website will be put on an a seriously oversold server which means it might be somewhat crowded and the performance not as expected.

Whether you decide to accept this advice or not, I wish you good luck in finding a good host!

Cheers!

Originally Posted by ldcdc

I can only recommend you to up your budget. Take a look at the price of a dedicated server and then run the numbers, taking into consideration that the server needs to be administered, the support team must be paid, getting customers means having an advertising budget etc.

At the price you're expecting your website will be put on an a seriously oversold server which means it might be somewhat crowded and the performance not as expected.

Whether you decide to accept this advice or not, I wish you good luck in finding a good host!

Cheers!

It'll eventually come to the point where we need a managed dedicated server, but I don't think we will for the first few months and probably won't be creating enough revenue to afford such for a little while.

Scot, I was not suggesting you should get a dedicated server... I was suggesting that for your requirements you need a bigger budget...

Originally Posted by ldcdc

Scot, I was not suggesting you should get a dedicated server... I was suggesting that for your requirements you need a bigger budget...

Yeah, I wish I did have a bigger budget, I'm just a broke student... wish I could get some kind of sponsor =P. Until then I guess I'm on shared hosting ha...