Deodato - 5:15 am on Nov 8, 2005 (gmt 0)

Wheel,

The problem you're describing isn't just a bandwidth issue. With heavy forum usage, you need to be sure that there are adequate database and server resources available.

A number of shared hosting companies run a load-balanced architecture wherein your forum would be served from a number of machines at once. I'd look into that in preference to a typical standalone server, and you should be able to find something at around the $10 pm price point mentioned above.