forum speed

Soldato
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my forum on my webserver (dreamhost) can be very slow, sometime when i click anything on my forum, it takes more than 5 seconds to loading the page. sometime its fast.

to be honest, i dont know if its speed of hosting or the actual forum i built is pile of poo. even empty forum can be slow! i wouldnt be surprised if its the hosting cos its so cheap, 20GB data, 1TB transfer per month. i uploaded a large file and downloaded it at 350kbps. tbh i'd expected more than this. like up to 800kbps or above

i really want really speedy forum like here OCUK. just been looking around for a decent UK hosting. one of them caught my eyes is vidahost. starter package i think cost £15 a year. what's client account? is cpanel easy to use? is 100MB data big enough for a forum can hold up to 1000 users?

know any hosting that can do same speed as OCUK forum (here :p )
 
thanks Beansprout

would u say if 100MB is big enough for 1,000 users? the forum i want to make is aim for deaf people in UK talking about technologies for deaf people, ie, flashing doorbell, freeview box with good subtitle etc. so speed and reliability are the most important.

will use dreamhost to host large pic/video.
 
if i sign up starter package, monthly contract but will i keep the domain for a year if i cancel/move to differnet hosting?
 
hehe thanks :)

anyway, i'm very new to the cPanel, i couldnt work it out how to create a new MySQL database and get my phpBB connect to database (i uploaded phpBB latest version via FTP). as phpBB is little out of date in 1 click software.

any tips?
 
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