Something I stumbled upon is a company known as eig is acquiring a lot of hosting company's including bluehost and changing hosting specs unknown to the customer. Here is a list of acquired company's

I understand all that I was just making a comment on what happened with me.
But even if the case is wrong it only takes at most about 30 minutes to retype all the table names after you upload to the live site.

The issue is you may not know until you upload the database.

yes, the site I'm assisting with is currently on ubb.classic 6.7.3

Testing Horizontal Image Attachment Rotation

I took a peek
Two observations which probably does not have anything to do with this issue.
But needs to be addressed.
Home page is broken - It shows error establishing a database connection.
UBB permission check fails on images/news/default

As isaac stated it would be helpful to state what version you are using and if it is a upgrade or new install.
As well as the url to the site.
Same problem does not mean same issues..
It can be many issues such as you tried to upload a file that is not supported in settings or exceeds the hosts php.ini setting which ubb will not supersede

For one example when you create the storage folder you must click on the test directory link., It creates a file in that folder that is needed..

There are several of us here willing to help by simple registering on your site and testing.

You could create a special features group (VIP) and award it to users for exemplary activity (posts, support, etc) which would give them any number of the permissions that Isaac posted above; you could even stress that its only temporary and will expire after two weeks and have them re-earn their way in... It could be a great way to have your community understand that good users are noticed, and will be rewarded.

Dat design!