I joined up with netfirms.com about 3 months ago, very happy with them.
They do support .htaccess, I used it recently to do a url redirection.

I found this thread:
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=3342

I also use netfirms.com, and it seems the bug is still unresolved.

phpbb works on netfirms.com.

Hi,
I've just installed punbb, it was no trouble at all, and I was able to login as
Administrator.
However, when I click on the "Administation" button, I get the error message
shown in the title.

Anyone got an idea what this bug is and what is causing it?