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~Ray · 07-03-2003, 10:53 PM

Why do hosting companies charge you for overages but refuse to give you credit if you DO NOT use all of the bandwidth in the plan you prepaid for?

Bucho · 07-03-2003, 11:10 PM

thats the whole business plan.
Take Rackshack, they charge you 99 for a server with 700gb bw.
Overage is .75/gb
If you only use 100gb (my guess is that most of their clients use less than 20gb) they would have to pay you $450 back?
Not a good deal for them huh?

Thats the same reason you see so few hosts charging avg (50th percentile) on their mbit plans...

slackologist · 07-03-2003, 11:39 PM

because the majority of host users don't use all their BW..

i'd prefer to pay for what i use at a constant rate.

~Ray · 07-04-2003, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by slackologist
because the majority of host users don't use all their BW..

i'd prefer to pay for what i use at a constant rate.

Maybe a hosting compzany will begin a "pay per use" Plan?

Hardcore J · 07-04-2003, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by AdvertisingSex

Maybe a hosting compzany will begin a "pay per use" Plan?

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keyDet79 · 07-04-2003, 03:12 PM

A good alternative is to upgrade your bandwidth each month or week and downgrade it if you don't expect a busy month/week. If your host is willing to work with you on this that is.

A little bit of spam: We can do that, you can even pay per mbit (300 gigs) you use. It was said before, not everyone is this flexible. You can contact me.

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keyDet79 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,109	A good alternative is to upgrade your bandwidth each month or week and downgrade it if you don't expect a busy month/week. If your host is willing to work with you on this that is. A little bit of spam: We can do that, you can even pay per mbit (300 gigs) you use. It was said before, not everyone is this flexible. You can contact me. __________________ Multihomed quality BW for less ICQ 51034232 - MSN [email protected] - Email keydet(at)vibehosting.com Last edited by keyDet79; 07-04-2003 at 03:17 PM..

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slackologist Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 2,379	because the majority of host users don't use all their BW.. i'd prefer to pay for what i use at a constant rate.