Need shared hosting for big forum
 

as you can see from the title, I am looking for big shared hosting account to host a forum.
can only pay via paypal...
Where can I find shared hosting that allow big forum?
Any thoughts on Downtownhost.com web hosting deals?
What will be better: Shared or VPS hosting account for running a forum?

It's better to use a VPS and vpsblast.net or aspnix.com can be helpful for you in that.
Their plans have many useful resources and their uptime is high.
Being in your place, I'd check out all their plans and choose the best one for myself.

I think you should do a comparison of offers to make a proper choice. I like Ramsurge hosting solutions. Servers are rock-solid and prices are competitive. You can use them without any hesitations.

Believe that VPS would be much better option for your needs.
downtownhost.com is reliable one. It has been providing hosting services since 2001.
I suppose that is one of the best web hosting providers in the world.
25off - gives 25% off for the life of your account with them.

Hello,

If you are looking to host high traffic website, then it is better go for VPS hosting plan, you can also choose advanced shared hosting plans. Check with Hosting Raja.

I researched a lot of providers and consulted many experienced webmasters. Decided to try citynetworkhosting web host and can say that I am fully satisfied using their services. Sign up was easy, support is great, speed is fantastic, and their prices are outstanding.

I have the only one suggestion - Ramsurge for webhosting. This is a great hosting company, they deliver a quality service, with all most 100% uptime, prices are perfect for the startup or major cms website!

A2hosting.com is able to satisfy the needs of any discriminating webmaster.
They have resourceful plans with SSD and their prices are competitive.

I suppose you should have more options to choose from. I can share some experience with great option - 4Goodhosting. I haven't had a single downtime since I joined them. I may not get as much space or bandwidth as other hosts, but the quality is excellent. I suggest you to choose VPS hosting offered by 4Goodhosting so that your big website will load smoothly.

At the beginning stage of a forum shared hosting would be an ideal choice. But later when your forum gets more members and traffic, Shared hosting would not help you much. You may need to face many down time problem with a shared hosting plan on high traffic. In such case VPS hosting would be very useful. It could be ideal to meet heavy traffics. You can get best deals on shared hosting plan and VPS hosting plans from www.TuckTail.com at low cost with 24/7 customer support. Good luck mate.

You'd better choose downtownhost.com VPS hosting solution for running a forum.
You will have much better speed, uptime, pages will be loaded faster and visitors will be happy with this.
Choose from a variety of Operating System (OS) flavors. They offer: CentOS, Debian, Slackware, Ubuntu, Gentoo and Fedora.

According to my knowledge Webintellects.com team are professionals. They are responsive and generally get the problem fixed very quickly. I highly recommend them for those looking for a reliable host with great support.

Excellent quality of service - I am happy with Downtownhost.com.
Every support request I have submitted has been resolved quickly (most within an hour) even at 2 am. The patience of their staff with people like me who need lots of guidance is much appreciated.

If you are looking to host big forum on shared host then you need to consider following points.

1)Resource usage in terms if cpu amd memory
2)Traffic/ bandwidth usage
3)Database size
4)Number of visitors

Big forum generally need high bandwidth and resources that sometimes become problem on shared hosting as there are already multiple sites are hosting and sharing server resources.

In this case host your site on cloud vm or dedicated server is an ideal solution for best performance.

I think santrex.net and readymakers.com are able to meet the needs of any discriminating webmaster.
They provide services with SAS drives and prices are competitive.
Support is active for 24 hours.