Provider advice need.

[BitMite]

My board has exploded during the last 2 weeks and I need advice on a solid provider. ASO already booted me and my current host is barely holding up.

Current board details
Space: 250 meg
New members a day: 150
Active users at anytime: 700
Bandwidth: 20gig/week
Posts: 24K

I also don't have experience with dedicated servers nor the time. I'm paying $45 at my current provider, but my bandwidth limit is already running out so I know I'll need to pay more but I'm not sure how much...

Thank you for any help.

[Floris]

A few dedicated hosting solutions could be softlayer.com or staminus.net

[encryption]

why did ASO boot you ? Was it something you did ?

[BitMite]

Apparently if you keep the server to busy you get shut down because it interrupts other sites on the server, even though I was within all of my package limits. I've had great success with them with smaller sites, but not bigger ones. I know ASO is well respected and have great service, for smaller sites, but not bigger sites unless you have +/- $300 for a dedicated server with them.

[Joshs]

700 active users is way too much for shared hosting. Check out: www.softlayer.com for dedicated.

[TygerTyger]

Wow, well done! Can I ask how you managed to get a smallish board expanding so fast?

[rh2004]

I guess original idea and advertising

[BitMite]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll defenitely take a look at them.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Try Hostww.Net (http://www.hostww.net). They're fantastic and, I'm sure, can more than handle your traffic.

[Reb007]

Have a look at WebHostingTalk and although I agree a dedicated server is probably going to be necesary, it may be possible to run on a decent VPS and thats likely to be quite a bit less expensive.

[BitMite]

I went with softlayer.com and I'm pleased with them so far. Thanks for the suggestions.