I've been wrestling with the host, and they just aren't able to do anything about the site slowness. So within a week or two, I will be moving the site to the new host. I have it already lined up, and have had a test forum up for quite some time. I've been testing SMF 2.0, but I probably won't move the board to it yet.
I'll be moving in such a way that there won't be any noticeable change other than the pages will load waaay faster.....