hi everyone,

 

I have been looking at various hosting companies, and i used to think you just had a nice basic bandwidth of XX GB per month, but the more i look, the more i see people offering options like: 10mbps or 5% of server CPU

 

So what i have to ask, how can i compare these all against each other? (if i can at all?)

 

Thanks

 

 

Reaper

Well you can't really compare them.

 

Normally in the shared market xGB of space and xxGB of bandwidth are used.

 

With dedicated servers most sell Allotments of transfer (bandwidth) xxx GB

 

But if you colocate or with some dedicated providers you get billed on 95th percentile per mbit

 

Also you can have port speeds like 10mbps,100mbps and so on. That's just the speed it's capable of reaching.

 

If you can provide an example I'm sure we can clarify what they are offering.

Thanks for the reply Tim.

 

the MBPS one i was looking at was: http://www.hybrid-host.com/resellerhosting.html

 

"Monthly Bandwidth: 10Mbps Unmetered"

 

and the % of CPU was heartinternet who said that each account can go up to 5% of a CPU.

 

 

Reaper

Hey Reaper again =)

 

Yeh, the server(s) we use reach speeds of 10 Mbps, the bandwidth is therefore unmetered.

 

We don't plan on getting servers in England.. because there are more choices in the USA, and they tend to be cheaper and more worth the price. Also, the majority of our hosted sites are in the USA.

 

-- And I am from a town in Gloucestershire

Hi Mike,

 

Yours was just the first example i had that came to mind, im sure ive seen the same elsewhere, although it is rare.

 

 

Now were on the subject. If you have say 50 sites on a server, then in reality they wont be reaching anywhere near the 10mbps for my account? im just trying to get my options clearer before i make the decision (and the guy i normally ask hasnt replied to his emails)

 

Reaper

Hi Mike,

 

Yours was just the first example i had that came to mind, im sure ive seen the same elsewhere, although it is rare.

 

 

Now were on the subject. If you have say 50 sites on a server, then in reality they wont be reaching anywhere near the 10mbps for my account? im just trying to get my options clearer before i make the decision (and the guy i normally ask hasnt replied to his emails)

 

Reaper

 

Unfortunately it's not 10mbps per account it's 10mbps unmetered for the whole server.

 

Some dedicated providers offer 10mbps unmetered.

 

I really don't want to bash other companies, but do you really want to be with a host that has google ads on their site ?

10mbps is nothing these days - a server rate limited to 10mbps is going to have its connection saturated by a single broadband user downloading a large file - not what you want.

 

Obviously you're not going to need 10mbps+ at all times, but it's important to have that burst capacity there when you need it. I would recommend going for a 100mbit connection, but with a sensible data transfer limit over an "unlimited" 10mbit connection.