How To Make The Best Use Of Web Hosting Plan With Unlimited Bandwidth

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If you are searching for an affordable web hosting company to host your web site, you must have come across many companies that provide unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space. If you haven't, try searching the internet with keywords such as unlimited bandwidth or unlimited disk space. You would be surprised by the number of companies offering such services.

However, if you think rationally and logically, you can figure out that neither of these entities - bandwidth and disk space - can be unlimited. There must be a physical limit to it, depending upon the capacity of the server computer and properties of the data-transferring medium, for example, optical fiber or a cable. In addition, both bandwidth and disk space should have a value - however, high it may be. Otherwise, it will be against the basic rules of mathematics.

Still, most of the web hosting companies use the word "unlimited" to describe their plans. It has become an accepted practice in the web hosting marketing campaigns, despite the inherent incoherence of the terms. If you read the fine print of brochures or terms of service page in the website, ...
... you can find a definite value for the word "unlimited". It is like mobile network service providers offering life term validity for their pre-paid SIM cards. The "life term" refers to the duration up to expiry of the license of the operator, not anything to do with the life of the customer.

Almost all companies provide the so-called unlimited bandwidth, perhaps to add luster to their offer. Therefore, it is better to find ways to make the best use of the unlimited offer.

Learn the Basics

If you are new to the field of web hosting, it is better to learn a few things about bandwidth and data transfer. In the web hosting jargon, bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can be transferred through a medium from and to the server. It is normally expressed in bits per second. Normally, web hosting companies specify a bandwidth limit for a month - for example, 10 GB. Unlimited bandwidth theoretically means no restrictions for bandwidth. It means any amount of data can be downloaded or uploaded from and to the website, respectively. However, this is rarely practically possible.

Basically three kinds of people or programs access a particular web page: 1) users or user-level programs, 2) owner of the website or the web master, and 3) search engine programs. Contribution of the second and third groups towards increasing bandwidth is small and can be controlled. The first group, that is, the number of visitors, is what determines the real extent of bandwidth.

Read the Fine Print

As most web hosting companies offer unlimited bandwidth and data transfer, it is important to know which ones have a larger bandwidth. To paraphrase a famous quote of George Orwell, all companies have unlimited bandwidths, but some have more unlimited bandwidths. One way to learn the actual bandwidth is to read the fine print of the contract document or the terms of use page of the website.

Who Will Benefit From This Plan?

If you are a small business owner or are about to start a website, it is better to go for this option. It saves you from calculating the exact bandwidth required. If your website do not have too many video and audio files, it is better to opt for a web hosting plan with unlimited bandwidth.

Felix Edgenbocker is a computer programmer who's always looking for cheap web hosting online. To read Felix's rating and reviews of discount hosting hurry to: www.inexpensive-web-hosting911.com