I completely agree. I used GoDaddy until I starting using Drupal. Everything was incredibly slow. I switched to BlueHost, saving $8/month and got incredible service and no problems for over a year now.
Joel
From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Ms. Nancy Wichmann Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:29 PM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] Error updating database
My experience with anything less than a dedicated server at Godaddy is that speed is frequently a problem. I would suggest hosting elsewhere.
Nancy
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________________________________ From: James Rome It apparently DID timeout. I called GoDaddy, they tested the database and said it was working.