Be Careful with Unlimited Bandwidth Web Hosting Providers

Monday, October 6, 2008 8:53
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by Ricardo d Argence

If you have your own site, a very crucial thing to be aware of is bandwidth. In a nutshell, bandwidth simply refers to the amount of information you’re able to transfer at a specific time.

The less bandwidth you have, the longer your visitors will be forced to wait for your site to load no matter what type of connection they use. With more visitors, each visitor is going to have to wait his or her turn if you don’t have enough bandwidth to accommodate everyone. When selecting a host plan you must first discern how much bandwidth you need.

Anyone claiming to provide unlimited bandwidth or monthly transfer is not being completely honest. Nobody can have unlimited bandwidth. Unlimited Bandwidth is a myth.

I’ve never seen any broadband company offering an internet connection as unlimited megabytes per second. So, how could a web hosting company, which normally doesn’t even own its own access lines, claims to customers that it will give them unlimited bandwidth?

Most of the time, high bandwidth sites on these unlimited plans will be disconnected, and no refund given. Normally, the web hosting company will say that the site violated its acceptable use policy or terms of service.

Whenever you visit a site promoting unlimited bandwidth as one of the account features, be sure to visit the Acceptable Use Policy, or the Terms of Service. Read the fine text about the so called Unlimited disclaimer.

If you look first for web hosting services (those who state clearly bandwidth offered), you must attempt your best estimate and carefully monitor your usage for the first few months. When estimating, remember these factors. How many users will access your web site? How many pages to be access? How big are the graphic and HTML files?

Large multimedia files, computer programs, and file downloads require more bandwidth. Flash web sites use tons of bandwidth. Virtual Reality and full length three dimensional presentations require the most bandwidth of all.

Even though it isn’t entirely precise it still allows you to work with something until your site has been up for a good amount of time and until actual statistics have been made. Do not fall for an unlimited bandwidth trap which some companies will toss out in order to lure you in.

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