Ok, so I'm looking to start a forum site...and I need a web hosting service.

I had a look at Exabytes and their rates are expensive....almost RM500 for a year for what I'm looking to do. Where else, GoDaddy.com shows it as about US$5/month (and with unlimited bandwith).

Is there any reason Exabytes so expensive? Is GoDaddy reliable? Which (honestly) do you think I should choose?

Thanks!

I am here to ask a question and get opinions from the ones with the know-how, not buy from you. ntq

My bad, I was indeed looking at the wrong one.

Ok guys, the thing is, the forum is going to cater to an international audience, most probably North American.

Another thing, I see all these web hosting fellows got storage and bandwith. For a site which I think will start generating 5k visitors per day within 3 months (low estimate), what should I go with? GoDaddy gives unlimited bandwith for all packages.

Please briefly explain the meaning of bandwith and storage in the context of web hosting.

Thanks!

Just for comparison sake, does anyone know how much is the bandwith used by a site like Lowyat forum? Will give me a rough idea of things.