Hi, sorry if i posted this in the wrong place, i am new to this forum and i thought this would be the best place. well, on to my question...on average, how much bandwith does a proxy website use each month?
there are so many factors that play into bandwidth consumption that it would be foolish to even estimate.
Yes, quite right, every case is different. You could probably thrash out an average to within, say, +/- 15% over a significant period of time. Here's a few ballpark figures for you from one of mine: Day 1 uniques: 876 pages: 159304 b/w: 2.35 GB Day 2 uniques: 1391 pages: 539646 b/w: 7.24 GB Day 3 uniques: 708 pages: 298404 b/w 4.65 GB Three consecutive days plucked at random. As you can see the numbers are up and down (in and out and all around.) Gives you an idea perhaps - although I am not sure what sort of idea!
wow thanks a lot you guys...i hadnt thought about blocking countries with restricted internet access so i guess i will now head on to the tech support part of this site to find out how to do that. also, does anyone know if godaddy allows proxy websites? godaddy is my host and i do not want to be banned.
Running a proxy on a shared hosting account will almost guarantee an email from your hosting provider. Look at VPS or dedicated hosting.
If most of the users are from Iran, why should you ban it? It is for the bandwidth that we get paid, right? More number of visitors mean more chances of getting click, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
It depends on how well you promote your proxy website. I've seen proxy websites go over 10GB bandwidth a day, and there's probably others with much higher. But you also need to be aware to filter countries like Iran etc.
from what i know, countries like iran have very limited internet access so a few clicks by one user who uses it a lot is not good for business...i am trying to aim for high school students who will use it during computer class hours to access myspace and other blocked websites
I sent Godaddy an email asking if they allowed proxy sites on VPS and they said "It's not recommended, but we do allow it!"
thanks for the help so i am guessing they dont allow it on shared hosting....but wouldnt a dedicated server be faster?