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I know its an old thread but over the next few days I intend to launch a forum and need to find some decent hosting.

For the forum i've settled on phpbb. Plenty of support and hacks out there so customising should be quick. (Eric, tips on what you've used here would be much appreciated )

Hosting? I've looked at GoDaddy but dont know which one to go for
And then there's also this https://www.freeforums.org/advanced.php

Any idea how good the hosting companies really are??

beatthegmat wrote: What kind of forum you launching?

The forum is for pre-undergrad students in India. The Indian education system is 10+2+3/4/5 i.e. 10years of schooling, 2years of junior college and 3/4/5 years to get your degree depending on your specialisation.

Specifically, engineers take 4yrs but in the +2phase, they have a lot of exam choices. Targetting them.

Can i get a link to your hosting plan?

I have been using freeforums.org
but that's because its hosting for free...

It's GoDaddy all the way if I want to spend$$. for some odd reasons I wouldn't take freeforums.org 's premium services.
phpBB is robust for not-that heavy duty forums (read: gamers forums)

Neo2000 wrote:I know its an old thread but over the next few days I intend to launch a forum and need to find some decent hosting.

For the forum i've settled on phpbb. Plenty of support and hacks out there so customising should be quick. (Eric, tips on what you've used here would be much appreciated )

Hosting? I've looked at GoDaddy but dont know which one to go for
And then there's also this https://www.freeforums.org/advanced.php

Any idea how good the hosting companies really are??

Guess you met Allwin twice this summer... any suggestion from him? would you get a concession from https://www.neutralweb.com/

I'd take goDaddy. I think you can avail their special offers at right time keep tab on the site...

One quick question, Ryan,

webcomindia.com offers .com for $7.75 but do you need to purchase DNS services for $1. that includes managing CNAME etc, or does it come along with 7.75 package?

so basically u hv to spend 8.75 right?

Try this
https://www.webcomindia.net/register.php3

hahaa, isn't it funny these two ( https://www.webcomindia.com/ & https://www.webcomindia.net/ ) actually are different companies with same name
& these guys suggest us to have multiple extensions to protect the brand!! Ironically they are in web domain & hosting business!! ROTFL

Here's something to help make life easier

https://www.web-hosting-top.com/

Nice one Neo

Neo2000 wrote:Here's something to help make life easier

https://www.web-hosting-top.com/

Some days back I was doing research about all this stuff & to compare all decent plans I made a nice Spreadsheet ...

I'll upload it for other junta once I have some spare time...

Would like to suggest and recommend https://www.webproindia.com , we took hosting for our website https://www.joga-pcb.com . Server being excellent , 99.9 % up time, 24 by 7 support , high band width and very affordable pricing.