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Unlimited Bandwidth in Web Hosting |
by:
Ashish Jain |
Bandwidth explained:
Bandwidth isamount of data transfer that you are allowed to have forhosting package i.e. Let’s say you haveweb page that is foureightKB in size, now each timeuser opens your site and goes to that page S/he downloads foureight KB of information on to their computer. Ifonezerozero users view that page one time each then there has beentotal of foureightzerozero KB of data transferred fromserver on which your files are stored forcomputer of users.
Size of web Page: foureight KB
Number of users who viewedweb page: onezerozero
Total amount of data transferred: foureightKB * onezerozero = foureightzerozero KB
Bandwidth isterm that is used to denoteamount of data that has been transferred from your web space.
The amount of bandwidth that you require while choosinghost depends on two factors:
> The size of your site.
> The popularity of your site.
If your site is not very huge and you do not have any audio/video downloads and it’s not very popular i.e. notlot of people visit your site then you do not really requirelot of bandwidth, onaverageweb site uses up only fivezerozero MB of bandwidth per month. Or if your site is small but extremely popular then you might have to go forweb hosting package that offers high bandwidth.
Onother hand if your web site is huge, providing audio/video downloads, as well as being very popular then you would certainly requirehuge amount of bandwidth. Let’s say you havevideo file that is onefivezero MB in size and insingle dayonezerozero visitors downloadfile. This means that onefive GB of bandwidth will have been used. If you multiply that by threezero days formonth it comes to fourfivezero GB.
The unlimited bandwidth controversy
For some time nowlot of hosting companies are supposedly providing "unlimited bandwidth" for their web hosting packages.
It’s absolutely true, you can have unlimited bandwidth. However, you will needunlimited amount of money by your side! Jokes apart, if you ever come across suchhost it would be best to turn around and run backway you came from.
Just think, if you can get unlimited bandwidth for $twofive-threezeromonth then why aren’t big companies like Sun, Microsoft etc. not hosted there? In fact, why is not everyone hosted there? For that matter, if unlimited isstandard feature then why don’t allhosts offer it? Is it because it is expensive and requires better hardware? No, it’s because some hosts are honest and don’t give in to such gimmicks.
Statistically speaking,Tone Internet connection (huge broadband) equals approximately fivezerozeroGB per month and costs around $onetwozerozero per month. So how can it be possible to getsame or unlimited for $threezeromonth?
There arelot of ways you can be duped by these ‘ unlimited’ hosts; here are justfew of them:
The secret of ‘unlimited’ is actually buried inTerms of Service byhost. Do not be surprised to find that unlimited = onefive GB.
The host may restrictsort of files that you can host on their server. Generally image galleries and audio/video files attractlot more downloads thereby resulting in higher bandwidth consumption. So if there are no files of this type, your site won’t really requirelot of bandwidth.
Some newly opened hosts use it asscam. They take your money and afterfew months when their server starts to become slow or reaches its limit, they run… with your money!
Some hosts outline in their Terms of Service that you can have unlimited bandwidth as long as you qualify for it. i.e. Your site must use less then, let’s say two GB of bandwidth in order to qualify forunlimited bandwidth feature. As soon as your site goes over that limit they either start charging you for it or cut off your downloads altogether.
In life it’suniversal truth that you always get what you pay for, and it’s no different for web hosting.
Ifhost is usingcheap advertising gimmick like ‘unlimited’ bandwidth they maybe lying aboutfew other things too. Their ‘dedicated’ support team could besingle person (the hoster itself in most cases) sitting in front ofcomputer and taking your calls.
Do you really want unlimited bandwidth hosting from hosts that have very limited resources at their disposal? Or, do you want to go forhost that has spent thousands of dollars on setting upgood network infrastructure, servers, andhighly qualified and dedicated support team? The choice ultimately is yours and yours alone.
Aboutauthor:
Ashish Jain
Msix.Net Web Helpers
http://www.msix.net
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