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Originally posted by nazgul
I just wanted to give my two cents abouts about the hosting industry. Alot of companies out there do their pricing conversions completely wrong inorder to get you to think you are getting a good deal. You will see companies who offer to sell streaming at .40 to .50 a GB. The problem is they then sell the bandwith to you buy the Mpbs. They say you can get 300 GB out of 1 Mpbs and they charge you $150 an Mpbs. The problem is that you can't get 300 GB out of 1 Mpbs. You could if the hosting company was shaping their bandwidth or if your customer were accessing the content continuously, the problem is, as you all know you get traffic in peaks, due to the loss of time in these peaks all you can really get out of an Mpbs is 150 to 160 GB a month. So your real cost is like a $1 a GB.
Just wanted to put that out there, I have been watching all this for a while, and wanted the truth to be known.
naz
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True for some hosts but not for all. I sell hosting by average usage, so it accomodates peaks and valleys. To average 1mbit you'd probably be in a range of 500kbit to 3mbit all month. So yes, it is possible to get your money's worth. It seems to me you must be referring to hosts that cap the bandwidth.
Brad