Help me choose a host please

[Brittany]

Ok currently I am on yahoo small business. My forum has only been up for a week and almost has 300 members (its a military support site). So it will grow to probably around 2000 members.
Yahoo will not allow me to upload the ioncube so I can use vbplaza (I have already bought it).
I need a hosting plan that has unlimited bandwidth and alot of email addresses.
So what would be the best host company for me?
Thank you :]

[choppers4life]

You need to watch out for hosts that say they will give you unlimited bandwidth, There is no such thing. Do a search here for a few reviews for some hosting,http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

[eUKhost.com]

Ok currently I am on yahoo small business. My forum has only been up for a week and almost has 300 members (its a military support site). So it will grow to probably around 2000 members.
Yahoo will not allow me to upload the ioncube so I can use vbplaza (I have already bought it).
I need a hosting plan that has unlimited bandwidth and alot of email addresses.
So what would be the best host company for me?
Thank you :]

Unlimited bandwidth is a marketing strategy but you need to avoid overselling hosts. I would recommend a VPS rather than a unlimited bandwidth and unlimited space plan.

[Brittany]

Im thinking about Hostmonster.
Would they work for what I need with my site?

[Brittany]

I was told by Hostmonster as long as I dont have like 10,000 members on at one time I should be fine. Is this true?

[royo]

10,000? You'd be lucky if you can have 100 on at the same time on the site without it lagging. That's just sales talking .

[Brittany]

10,000? You'd be lucky if you can have 100 on at the same time on the site without it lagging. That's just sales talking .

Ok so what host should I use then?
I dont want to mess up and go with a site like yahoo again.

[Brittany]

I mean they wont even let me use vbplaza.

[royo]

Try hawkhost.com, they're pretty solid and should fit in your budget.

[Brittany]

what about downtownhost.com?

[royo]

Those are good too, just make sure to ask sales before you sign up if they can support everything you need.

[Brittany]

Alrighty, thank you very much.

[Schnee]

I love ace-host.net

Our forum has 3,000 members, about 100 online at any time and they have not had ONE problem. Ever.

When we get up to about 300 online at a time or more, we have to turn some stuff off to keep things going, but still, for shared hosting? I cannot think of a better host. And I have tried a few.

[Hayk]

Try hostgator, they are reliable enough for shared hosting

[topvip]

you can test www.chinahotelonline.net ,the site is very big, but runs very fast.

there url is www.hostgator.com