I am using HostGator for my website and I think the server is great, especially since, I have an arcade with over 100 games, a music and video page, radio and tv streaming, css custom profile styles, two different skins, interactive profiles, profile gallery pictures, and mp3 uploads to user profile, no problems with the host so far :).

I use HostGator for my football site. I switched to them in June and haven't looked back.

I never seen what hostgator offers, now i am sure i am moving all my site to them !

That did not make too much sense lol.

600 members are not that many. Which host would you recommend if you expect to have, say, 10 to 50 thousand members after a year or two, and 500 to 2000 members on line simultaneously during peak time?

hostgator is awesome
however they wanted to shut me down for sending a damn xmas email out of no where and they shut down my freinds site

Ive been using them for almost a year with absolutely no problem. I use the largest shared plan they have. My board is modded photoplog, arcade,vbseo and vbplaza. Problem I have with them is the emailing method.

One note that I read a lot throughout different vb forums is that if you have 15-20 members on at once they shut down your site without a warning (shared plans). Something about too many connections. So since my forum has picked up Im considering moving to realwebhost.net. I read great reviews about them..

instead of listening about gossips, why don't you ask the guys in the support system?!

I bought a board second hand before i bought my new key and hostgator knew that it wasnt a real key even tho i thought it was . They suspended my account so i bought a new key. I think the are secure fast and look out for vbull :)

If you read about the same issue a lot under reviews you are led to believe it no? So why bother with the hassle of asking them. ;)