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Originally Posted by seven
Didn't quite get that. If your highest use ever is suppose 100mbps and you cap at 100 mbps how's that cap going to make your site unreachable? It could only make it unreachable if your average use is for instance 65 mbps and you capped it at 10 mbps. I cap my bandwith about 30 mbps over my normal use cos that's still cheaper than what i'd pay for what i actually use at 95th percentile  |
Ok I understand your point now.
But the only reason capped bandwidth is cheaper per meg than 95th percentile is because the host knows you can really only use about 70% of your capped number on a consistent basis. Anything more than that and you'll need a bigger line. So if 100mbps capped is 30% cheaper than buying 100mbps at 95th percentile, then it's really the same.
Personally I never want the line capped because you never know when you're going to get hit with more than the normal amount of traffic, and you want your sites to be up and fast so you can cash in when that happens.