Hosting Bandwidth...does my math suck?

[pine]

Maybe someone here will be willing to offer some insight. My wifey and I are considering moving our domain from one virtual host to another...triple the available server space for only a few dollars more.

My question is this.. if the new virtual host is offering a gig of storage, and you get 50 gigs transfer per month before paying overs (overs are $1.99 per extra gig of transfer up to 100 gigs), are the hosts planning on making back the low initial hosting fee on bandwidth usage? I guess it would depend on how much traffic a site has, but would your initial reaction to this deal be, "Look out for the over usage bandwidth bill?"




p.s. - before you say it, I'm on the way to go fuck myself right now. It's just that there's a lot of traffic, and it's raining, so I might be a little behind on the fucking myself schedule.

[Smegma]

That's some EXPENSIVE bandwidth. Damn.

[MadDog]

Everyone on here goes apeshit when they hear about the high per GB overages people pay on virtual hosted accounts, but I've never come across a virtual account with overage much cheaper than ~$2/GB.

I hear a lot about 20 cents or 30 cents per GB, but isn't that for dedicated servers which are already costing several hundred $$ per month? Even places everyone recommends hands down, such as Like Whoa, have similar overage charges.

I'd love to hear about how a smaller player can actually not get killed by BW charges on a virtual account.

[Brad Mitchell]

If you would like to understand more about all that... Feel free to give me a call and I'll explain how it works. Whether it's my company or not, I'm happy to help you make a good decision!

Cheers,

Brad
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[salsbury]

it's partially used to simply increase profits, of course (everything is, after all). however, the overage fee is also there to try to get you to buy a larger plan if you think you'll use more bandwidth - that helps them plan their bandwidth purchases and growth.

[boneprone]

thats a bit much!
I can also consult you if ya need and send you to some people we trust.

I dont own a hosting comany, but I know most of the good guys and could shoot you their way, or perhaps vouch for some of the companies you have i mind.

[pine]

Thanks for the input and the offers of assistance.

Sin, Boneprone...we'll be in touch.