Thanks for the welcome!
we are in fact still up in the air on the host.
Specifically a site a friend of ours runs with moderate success runs on calpop. It doesnt seem dedicated server prices aproach those prices for the amount of transfer.
The part thats worrisome. Usually you get what you pay for and its so much cheaper than others we have found that it seems sort of shady. Also reviews from half a year+ ago are very negative.
The part that looks positive is that we know someone running a site on there (although it doesnt draw significant traffic. It just has its members and sort of just mantains). Also, any recent reviews on calpop seem to be on the positive side.