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| 1196685 | 2011-04-23 09:29:00 | Hi All. Can somebody explain "Monthly Bandwidth Allowance"? What is it & is it different to the GB on the ISPs plan one is on? TIA PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1196686 | 2011-04-23 10:36:00 | Same thing, bit misnamed perhaps. "Bandwidth" actually refers to the speed so doesn't really fit in with allowance which is how much of it you get to use before either being capped (ie reduced speed) or charged for excess usage. Assuming of course I understood the question correctly. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1196687 | 2011-04-23 12:40:00 | Hi PJ, I suspect that you may be asking about if you have a web site with files available that people download like books etc or even general traffic you are paying for hosting the allowance is set at a certain figure. If your web site became very popular for some reason then you go over the hosting traffic allowance the said company may well want you to pay extra for the traffic. This has nothing to do with your ISP and data cap unless your web site is hosted with the same ISP which can't supply free hosting that will do what you want. I'm pleased you asked that question and others may be better able to explain the really tech bits. But please explain to others what you are on about. Or what you are trying to do. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1196688 | 2011-04-24 00:42:00 | actually these days, monthly bandwidth used with a host is not a problem - mostly now you will get pretty much unlimited bandwidth and disc space even with a very basic hosting plan. The main thing you have to watch with the basic plans is cpu usage on the server. If you're using a lot of scripts that chew up cpu load, that's when the host will get sour real quick. (over 1 % of cpu load usualy!) But the old days of running out of your allocated 500 meg or 1 gig bandwidth halfway thru the month are loooong gone thankfully! Having said that, I think PJ is meaning the monthly datacaps of isp's - and if they differ, how they differ... |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1196689 | 2011-04-25 01:16:00 | I think I have got it! There are two seperate components. ISP data cap. In our case 2 GB. Speed up & down according to our plan & how fast our telephone line will carry data. Webhost bandwidth. The speed that they will allow data to pass, if you if you exeed this you may have to pay for the extra. Is that it? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1196690 | 2011-04-25 06:24:00 | almost ;) webhost bandwidth has nothing to do with speed tho, it is the amount of data transferred thru your hosted website account for the month, just the same as your own monthly 2 gig data cap is with your ISP. I know... why do the hosts call it bandwidth then! it just is lol and if you exceed the limit, then you're site will not show, just a page informing the the site has exceeded it's data transfer allocation for the month, please return after that... (but like I said, there shouldn't really be any limit these days, or if there is, it should be in the hundreds of gigs minimum) |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1196691 | 2011-04-25 07:01:00 | almost ;) webhost bandwidth has nothing to do with speed tho, it is the amount of data transferred thru your hosted website account for the month, just the same as your own monthly 2 gig data cap is with your ISP. I know... why do the hosts call it bandwidth then! it just is lol and if you exceed the limit, then you're site will not show, just a page informing the the site has exceeded it's data transfer allocation for the month, please return after that... (but like I said, there shouldn't really be any limit these days, or if there is, it should be in the hundreds of gigs minimum) What's the story if you use free Web Hosting then? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1196692 | 2011-04-25 07:05:00 | Indeed, the webhosts (for some obscure reason) refer to bandwith as the ammount of data you can transfer between the server and your clients. Generally (since they are servers) they have high speed connections that adjust the network load in order to provide the best performance. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1196693 | 2011-04-25 08:41:00 | Indeed, the webhosts (for some obscure reason) refer to bandwith as the ammount of data you can transfer between the server and your clients. Generally (since they are servers) they have high speed connections that adjust the network load in order to provide the best performance. Actually with NZ ISPs anyway it is normal to pay for an amount of disk space or web hosting space and and traffic is unlimited. Bandwith is not usually mentioned at all. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1196694 | 2011-04-25 10:12:00 | OK I have got it now, thanks everybody. PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
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