Setting up a forum with same software as F.com

just wanted to create a thread in order to help me plan the pitfalls of setting up a forums like F.com (would be about Pool,not expat life)

i browsed thru phpBB and went to see the hosting page,
what u recommend? shared or dedicated servers?

[quote=“dablindfrog”]what u recommend? shared or dedicated servers?[/quote]Whatever offers the amount of space and bandwidth you need and is the right price. Dedicated servers are for people wanting to compete with google. Forumosa is on a shared server I believe.

Get the cheapest that has what you need and upgrade later if you need it.