Almost every day I see people here asking for cheap hosting. The truth is, there is no cheap hosting if you create traffic. There is cheap hosting for pages that don't have any traffic, but why even host those?
I have several cheap hosts for TGPs and some galleries. We try to treat them like raw eggs, knowing they'l kick us out if we use the purchased bandwith, but sometimes you just get a little bit more vistors.
This morning servage suspended my account. Reason: too many visitors. They say our sites make the other sites on the server slow, so we are hurting their customers.
I had purchased 600 MB and have so far only used 5% of my purchased volume this month. Their speed is 10mbs and their servers work at a glacial speed anyway, so why bother restricting anything?
It's really lovely to get up in the morning and see your galleries nuked, knowing 100k visitors per day will get a "page not found". Then try to get a hold of the company. They are located in Europe and the US but don't think they have telephone numbers or faxes on either location.
The bottom line is either pay premium bucks for a second or third dedicated server or start liking companies that sell you terrabytes for less but won't let you use it.
And always read the 100 pages of fine print they have hidden somewhere on their page.
I have several cheap hosts for TGPs and some galleries. We try to treat them like raw eggs, knowing they'l kick us out if we use the purchased bandwith, but sometimes you just get a little bit more vistors.
This morning servage suspended my account. Reason: too many visitors. They say our sites make the other sites on the server slow, so we are hurting their customers.
I had purchased 600 MB and have so far only used 5% of my purchased volume this month. Their speed is 10mbs and their servers work at a glacial speed anyway, so why bother restricting anything?
It's really lovely to get up in the morning and see your galleries nuked, knowing 100k visitors per day will get a "page not found". Then try to get a hold of the company. They are located in Europe and the US but don't think they have telephone numbers or faxes on either location.
The bottom line is either pay premium bucks for a second or third dedicated server or start liking companies that sell you terrabytes for less but won't let you use it.
And always read the 100 pages of fine print they have hidden somewhere on their page.
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