Which Hosting to choose - Please Help

[synfist]

Hi ,

I am planning to buy vBulletin Suite.
I will be hosting a Discussion forum .

I need shared hosting service, which can support at least 100 users online

I was planning to go for blue host . But i have read couple of review in this forum, that its not good

Can any one suggest me a good hosting server. I want something in the same price range as that of blue host

[darren1981]

Hi mate,

I am using hostgator an am very impressed, they really have picked up there game of late, and always use the latest version of Cpanel, we have a vbulletin hosting review guide on our site: vbulletin 4 styles

[syrus.xl]

Hostgator!! They are receiving that many bad reviews lately over on TAZ, with regards to server loads and bad support. If it is only hosting you want then yes, go to Hostgator, but if you want a company that sells a piece of mind, their knowledge and unsurpassed service and support, with hosting just being a commodity! - then look no further than www.urljet.com - A dedicated vbulletin company, free installs and free upgrades on high-speed servers.

Oh, Hostgator give you "Unlimited" websites - like anyone will believe that statement. Any company that states "Unlimited" means one thing, they are over-selling.

However, URLJet cannot give you things like high-server loads, slow page renders or even bad support - you would need to look elsewhere for that! Sorry..

What more could you want?

[MRGTB]

Hostgator!! They are receiving that many bad reviews lately over on TAZ, with regards to server loads and bad support. If it is only hosting you want then yes, go to Hostgator, but if you want a company that sells a piece of mind, their knowledge and unsurpassed service and support, with hosting just being a commodity! - then look no further than www.urljet.com - A dedicated vbulletin company, free installs and free upgrades on high-speed servers.

Oh, Hostgator give you "Unlimited" websites - like anyone will believe that statement. Any company that states "Unlimited" means one thing, they are over-selling.

However, URLJet cannot give you things like high-server loads, slow page renders or even bad support - you would need to look elsewhere for that! Sorry..

What more could you want?

Just a quick question here? I'm gathering by your review of URLJet, that your vBulletin site is hosted with them also? If so, I just clicked your forum link and it took a while for your site to load-up. Not exactly what I would a call lightening speeds if you are with URLJet!

[alemcherry]

URLJet is good, but not the cheapest. For a new site, hostgator is not a bad idea. 100 users online might be too much for shared hosting, but trust me - it will take some time before you reach there!

[CK]

I would recommend Vidahost.

[Loco.M]

I would suggest looking at a forum for hosting, like webhostingtalk.com

[Homeworld'sa]

Just a quick question here? I'm gathering by your review of URLJet, that your vBulletin site is hosted with them also? If so, I just clicked your forum link and it took a while for your site to load-up. Not exactly what I would a call lightening speeds if you are with URLJet!

It is most likely that their R1 Backup system is hogging the resources and crashing the server.

I use URLJet and have had no issues whatsoever with my forum. Go for them if you have the money.

[Jain Farstrider]

Inmotion is a very good host to go to, check them out.

[JamesAB]

It is most likely that their R1 Backup system is hogging the resources and crashing the server.

I use URLJet and have had no issues whatsoever with my forum. Go for them if you have the money.

This is the second time I tried to visit your site and both times the site was incredibly slow. This time, according to YSlow it took over 22 seconds for the page to load. Why do you keep recommending URLjet if they have problems with speed and as you said, "...their R1 Backup system is hogging the resources and crashing the server".

Does anyone have a site hosted with URLjet that loads faster or doesn't suffer from problems with their R1Soft backups?

[syrus.xl]

My site is probably slow to some people... If I disabled all external javascript and flash that I currently have on demonstration you would see a very big difference. Just because a site is slow does not mean the server is slow, if external js is involved then your browser will be making numerous calls. I have parallelized downloads enabled on my site to use full browser capabilities, using multiple domains. Perhaps, I should enable a default style and you would see the difference.

Try it now and select the "Test Only" style...

[Homeworld'sa]

This is the second time I tried to visit your site and both times the site was incredibly slow. This time, according to YSlow it took over 22 seconds for the page to load. Why do you keep recommending URLjet if they have problems with speed and as you said, "...their R1 Backup system is hogging the resources and crashing the server".

I have a super fast broadband and don't have such problems with the slow r1soft backup. your isp is probably crap and you feel the reprecussions of such slowness.

[JamesAB]

I have a super fast broadband and don't have such problems with the slow r1soft backup. your isp is probably crap and you feel the reprecussions of such slowness.

Now I remember why I avoid this forum. There's so much misinformation. A person's ISP and a hosting company's implementation of R1Soft for backups could each effect the overall responsiveness of a site, but the two are COMPLETELY unrelated.

Homeworld'sa, if you honestly think that your broadband connection has anything to do with R1Soft backups at URLjet, you have been seriously misinformed. And no, my ISP is not "probably crap" as you suggested.

To the original poster, I wish you the best of luck finding a new host.

I'll be leaving this thread now.

Thanks,
James

[Homeworld'sa]

Homeworld'sa, if you honestly think that your broadband connection has anything to do with R1Soft backups at URLjet, you have been seriously misinformed. And no, my ISP is not "probably crap" as you suggested.

I know it doesn't. But faster connections = less problems.
If you can't access my site, tough luck to you, get a better isp. My ISP is the best in the UK.

[globecodds]

URLJet is the dogs ********, just moved from my old host and its amazing, support is 2nd to none!