$180 per 1000GB extra bandwidth - Is this normal?

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    Hi,

    I recently asked my webhost what the price was for extra bandwidth and I got back that it cost $180 per 1000GB extra. Is this a normal price? It sounds a bit expensive to me. I currently have 3000GB per month, if i want to double that will cost $540 per month extra :/
    What do you pay for extra bandwidth?
     
    fatabbot, Jun 22, 2008 IP
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    I pay 100$/1000GB of quality carrier-grade bandwidth. I have low bandwidth needs so it is a bit expensive I suppose, but if you need 20TB per month or more 95th percentile is the way to go, since the more you buy, the less it costs.
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    This isn't expensive, it is quite a standard pricing for USA bandwidth. It is considered cheap in other parts of the world. For Singapore, you will get about 300GB for such prices and for Australia I think it would be around 60GB.
     
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    Whats 95th percentile?
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    95 percentile is whereby they charge according to the bandwidth which you are using 95% of the time, for eg for your MRTG chart, you can draw a line corresponding to the usage 95% of the time and the mbps used at that point will be use for billing.

     
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