Unlimited bandwidth
and web space
In web hosting industry, the
adage "you get what you pay for" is almost universally applicable. Do
not fall for hosts offering unlimited allowances, as there is no unlimited
bandwidth, nor unlimited web space. Host pay for each GB of bandwidth
themselves. Hard drives are also not free, so how can they say it is unlimited?
They simply are performing false advertising to attract customers. The average
website does not use more than 1GB of bandwidth per month; the customer is
happy as he bought something "unlimited" and the host gets a new
client,
which does not cost them more than $ 1-2 USD per month. But imagine
what would happen if I had a website, burning much more bandwidth than an
average site does, and I signed up with a hosting company offering unlimited
traffic? The host would simply suspend my account and tell me he was using too
much bandwidth. There are even companies that offer unlimited bandwidth and
have a statement on their terms of service, explaining that unlimited bandwidth
means 40GB, for example.
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