I too find the Bluehost basic plan very variable in terms of speed – especially in the admin side. I measure the speed with occasional page load requests from Pingdom – it averages out at 6 seconds, then went down to 2-3 for a week, now it is back at 10 seconds. Perhaps because I have been uploaded a lot of images. However, 6 seconds is a lot for a buyer to wait for – I’m sure people will give up after an image or two.
I’ve looked at alternatives – there is the Pro plan for $19.99 a month, then the various VPS solutions for $25 – 50 a month.
Anyone moved up to the Pro? If you did, did you see an improvement in the site performance.
I still get heavy CPU throttling each morning on Bluehost – lasts for about 5 hours and then goes.
Steve
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