I still have issues (and complaints from my BB members) about UBB loading slowly. It varies. according to the time of day, from about 4 seconds to a minute or more.
I opened a trouble ticket with my web host about the slow MySQL access and the tech told me they couldn't move me to a different server, but said that they knew this is an ongoing problem and they were busy balancing the traffic (??). Then I called sales and asked the same questions and was told that for more money (a lot more) that I could upgrade my hosting plan and get a private server.
This is simply a fairly small (car) club site and forum and I can't get into the $100+ a month range, and would like to keep it ad free. Could someone suggest possible solutions for me?