Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

depends.. I have some solid recomendations...

for a members area swiftwill.com. NO ONE is better. (redundant)
C H O O p a (take out the spaces) is great too. Probally the cheapest, while maintaing the best support/knowledge for its price for gallery hosting. (redundant)
Ideal bandwidth. very cheap, only one provider, but at 18 an mbit you cant complain.
For a members area I would go with swiftwill. I have been ddos'd, brute forced, you name it and dweeks from swiftwill wrote custom mods to mitigate it all. The guy is a security expert and has pointed out exploits on tm3 and ujc. Hes that good.. Hes my first recomendation.
DUke