Web Hosting for running a forum?

[Cidmenor]

Hi,
Going to host a big forum and need to find a good featire-rich web hosting account.
Any good website hosting solutions? Uptime, features, bonuses?
What forum software is better: phpBB, vBultein, Ekarte, SMF? Why
Is it the hosting provider I can rely on?

I've switched hosting providers a dozen times, there's nothing wrong with that, so long as you find a host that you like thats whats important, not what anyone else thinks.