unasoto Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 I've been looking at web hosting sites and something that I've never understood is why they have a bandwidth limit per month like 50 gb per month these are business and their internet connections should be insane, a basic t1 at the least if not greater t3 or fiber. I can understand limits on disk space their servers have limitations. A minimal DSL upload is 128kbps x 60 seconds x 60 minutes x 24 hours x 30 days would equal 331,776,000,000 bits per month. I understand that they have several hundred sites on one connection. I would think that they would limit it by bps 50 GB would be 19,290 bps or 1/6th of a DSL connection or a very old dialup. Quote
Xarf Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Bandwidth limitations are in place for a number of reasons: You get what you pay for (No over-use) The company can regulate what they use and what customers use Bandwidth costs money, so the more you use, the more you pay Quote
unasoto Posted August 1, 2008 Author Posted August 1, 2008 the point of my question is why is it in a per month rate and not a per second rate. if I put out a podcast like hak5 does once a month and I use 49 GB in 60 minutes vs. 49 GB in 30 days Quote
MRGRIM Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Because it's a way to make money, they are selling a service, part of that service is providing you with bandwidth. I'm sure if someone provided unlimited bandwidth hosting then it would quickly be abused. The software I am writing is sold in two packages;- 1. Self install, you buy it, look after it and pay a support contract or a per incident fee 2. You pay a per monthly fee to have it hosted with myself. Alot of the hosting options are money for nothing, a customer may think, 10GB monthly usage, well I may have a busy month and for the sake of $10 a month I may as well go to 50GB. To be honest I have never had a problem with bandwidth, every hosting package I've ever had or provided has always been ample. Quote
antirem Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 [deleting comment.. re read thread.. and i didnt write something relevant] Quote
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