| There are two major components in a web hosting | | | | Upon realizing that most websites do not use the |
| plan that everyone must understand, disk space and | | | | server's bandwidth to the fullest, an unlimited |
| bandwidth. The capacity of bandwidth limits how | | | | bandwidth plan is created to attract more visitors. |
| much a website can send information to their visitors' | | | | Customers that exceed the expected bandwidth |
| browser when viewing a site and disk space | | | | usage will usually receive warnings or in some cases |
| determines how much you can store your web files. | | | | lead to direct termination of service without any |
| These two components cost the most. A network | | | | notification. The latter would mean losing business and |
| line carries a measurable capacity of transfer rate | | | | money for clients as they must look for a new web |
| because the cable defines technology barrier, the | | | | hosting company while their website is offline or they |
| same goes to hard disk that define storage space. | | | | can continue using the service by paying the EXTRA |
| Now think if the Internet service provider can't | | | | costly charge. |
| provide or make claim of unlimited download and | | | | As the wise saying goes, a man's food can be |
| upload Kbps, how can a web hosting company defies | | | | another man's poison, the unlimited plan works better |
| the technology limitations. | | | | for some websites that doesn't get much traffic. A |
| It is imperative to understand the limitation of current | | | | growing potential website would otherwise need a |
| technology to measure the truthfulness of the | | | | finite bandwidth to have a measurable traffic result. |
| unlimited bandwidth offer. Bandwidth and hard disk | | | | This goes the same to websites that are hosting |
| cannot be unlimited because both have physical | | | | video and audio files that require more bandwidth |
| limitations. Bandwidth comes with a cost that is | | | | consumption. |
| incurred on web hosting companies. Unless the | | | | A smart web hosting buyer would plan ahead of their |
| provider is willing to constantly pay for customers' | | | | own needs by knowing the exact target of traffic |
| extra bandwidth, nothing is unlimited especially in the | | | | they wish to achieve with their website, then multiply |
| realm of business. | | | | the amount by two for to allow some buffer. Always |
| Web hosting is a competitive industry and to ensure | | | | remember to read the disclaimer of what the |
| its survival, many companies resort to unethical | | | | unlimited package really means and also do necessary |
| marketing and advertising techniques to | | | | checking of the web hosting background and |
| accommodate the fast selling world of capitalism. | | | | potential. Compare well before making any decision. |