# It costs about $3,000 per year to host PF / PS, including colocation fees, vBulletin licenses and so on. I've paid this myself, mostly because I couldn't face giving up totally. But, I'm going to have to make some money here because I can't keep on otherwise.
# There are cheaper ways to host, but most involve shared boxes, and that means slo-o-ow forum response during the busy season.

I work in IT consulting, my clients have included citi, jp morgan, goldman, etc. I strongly disagree with this analysis of hosting vs. colo. You should be able to host this site for $600/year or less with no appreciable difference in performance or availability. I've been using cybrhost as a webhost for our wine site (www.pjwine.com) for the last 7 years. They are extremely knowledgeable, performance is great and for around $20 per month, you should be good to go.

I'm willing to help you transition the site if you like.

welcome back,
jd