It depends on what you want to do. If you are going to host a forum you need a host that can support the software. Which may or may not be different or differently priced from one to just host a website. I do a little of everything so I went with one who has add ons. I can add only what I want and thus pay only for what I use.
I am finding some pretty good deals out there. Beginners site for $24 a year at High Speed Solutions. The upgrades are very low priced.
About $350/mth for 3 ded servers.
$200/yr for two reseller acct.
it depends on th forum, if you've got a lot may be you need a semi dedicated or something
don't look for unlimited hosts as they do often oversell and does not allow forum!
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I'm currently at Servage.net
Lots of space and bandwidth for a great price .. but the speed of the websites can be much better.
As I surf each week new deals pop up and you have to be vigiliant.
Aquarian, you sound like Mad-eye Moody! But you are right, you have to constantly be on the alert for new and better deals.
I'm still experimenting with the free sites, but am I correct in assuming the more bandwidth you receive, the more you pay for the service?
Taggart,
Generally but not always and it also depends on how it's configured. I run a forum on one of mine and have had no issues. That one is on 1and1.com.