Good webhosting/forums service suggestions? Have specific needs...

[Amino]

Hey guys,

Thanks for check this post out :D. I need suggestions on some good website hosting services. Here's a list of my needs, in order of decreasing importance:


1. Good customer service and reputation. I want something reliable.

2. Has to be fast, and I mean FAST. I'm going to be streaming my own music as wma's and don't want people to have to sit there for 10 minutes downloading the song.

3. 800MB or more of storage space. As I said, I'm going to be hosting my own music (ie. lots of wma's), which are going to be relatively big files as my music is trance/techno and all the songs are roughly 6-8 minutes long, along with simple info about games I play (might end up being partly a gaming-clan site.

4. POP3 emails that I can use in something like Outlook.

5. Cheap ($5-$12), with no hidden costs.

6. Good up-time.


Also, I'm probably going to start up a forum. I'm completely unfamiliar with this aspect of websites. I don't know who to look up or where to look for information about this. Will I have to host the forum on my webspace, or is there a separate "forums-hosting" space? Are there free forums? How do I design/customize them?

Thanks a lot guys/gals!

[pik4chu]

might check the cyber deals section, there was a post there about free good webhosting that I beleive is still going on, dont know the details though

[UnseenMenace]

I would consider contacting overclockers forums very own Skip considering he started these very forums he has considerable experience in both high bandwidth situations and with forums.... He also offers hosting services and technical support second to none :p