Be careful of unlimited hosting claims

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by Rian, Jul 5, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi Guys

    I see a large number of unlimited hosting, which include bandwidth and disk space.

    Be careful when spending money on these hosting advertisements. No hosting company can offer unlimited hosting! You are bound to step into a trap where they will close your hosting account or force you into a more expensive dedicated server hosting package.

    Here is a short write-up on these type of consumer scams.

    http://fraudencyclopedia.com/2009/07/04/unlimited-hosting-and-bandwidth-scams/
     
    Rian, Jul 5, 2009 IP
  2. flyzz

    flyzz Peon

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    yeh dont fall for this it is a scam think about it
    a computer cant have unlimited space ! if someone offers a TB for £5 dont trust them either its FRAUD!
     
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  3. ms2134

    ms2134 Well-Known Member

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    Rian,

    Thank god you have posted this.

    I could not find something to back up my claims that "Unlimited" hosted does NOT Exist.

    I have tried to put the point across many times but people still go for "unlimited"...

    I am owner of a website hosting company myself and have been up and running for over 2 years and we have a stable set of plans without having to claim "Unlimited"...

    Thanks,
    and much agreed.
    Mike
     
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  4. flyzz

    flyzz Peon

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    your hosting is expensive to be fair people that sell unlimited just ask them and keep asking them how much space is garenteed unlimited generally means that it is more than any of there other packages
     
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  5. AveUgotaWkdSide

    AveUgotaWkdSide Active Member

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    Well i sell unlimited shared hosting as i own a unlimited reseller account
     
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    rathin Peon

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    ya ur are 100% correct they are overselling host
     
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  7. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    In a server there can never be unlimited space so how can anyone provide unlimited. By unlimited i think they mean something what a normal user would max use
     
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  8. ms2134

    ms2134 Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Kiss Of Death.

    I agree with you regarding this also, and the true Noobness (No Offense) has been shown by someone admitting that they have "bought" an "Unlimited" reseller.

    HA, Despite being competition, i agree and like you Kiss_of_death.

    Regards,
    Mike
     
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  9. AveUgotaWkdSide

    AveUgotaWkdSide Active Member

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    Well I got a great lifetime deal on it and thought it was the right decision, they assured me that they dont over sell their servers. But the only thing i have found is they have strict rules
     
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  10. ms2134

    ms2134 Well-Known Member

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    That is good enough for me then Mate.

    I remove the Noobness comment from your name :cool: and apologise for making it in the first place.

    ~ Mike
     
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  11. bhanuprasad1981

    bhanuprasad1981 Active Member

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    without oversell there is no way some one can offer unmetered, bandwidth alone cost a lot 2.99$ per mbit nearly 300$ for 100mbit dedicated port + hardware cost+ cpanel etc software cost goes around 500+ $ everymonth


    here on DP many offer 10$-30$ for a year unlimited* lol
     
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  12. Rian

    Rian Well-Known Member

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    Hi Guys

    Logically, if you think about it, they still manage the amount of disk space and bandwidth by means of their terms and conditions, as you said, they are strict with their rules. Their claims of unmetered hosting is just to lure the clients to sign up.

    No company could offer unmetered hosting, what if I want to make a copy of the Internet Archives and put it online? Will your hosting company buy additional servers, premises, bandwidth, capabilities, etc. and still offer the hosting at lets say $10 per month?
     
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  13. ms2134

    ms2134 Well-Known Member

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    Rian,

    Please feel free to check out my hosting company and sign up to our $4 per month package; I will upgrade it for you and offer UNLIMITED EVERYTHING so that this task can be done.

    I will be charging you only the $4 per month for this and would like to offer you my soul to the devil in exchange for this to work. :D

    Best Regards,
    Mike
    (PS - THIS POST WAS A JOKE; Do not really attempt it; LOL)
     
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  14. Rian

    Rian Well-Known Member

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    Geez, and I almost thought we'd had a go at this :)
     
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    Hi,
    I think I dis-agree, i know that no body can provide Unlimited because the server's machines only.
    But if some of you have read the TOS of their company you will find they all will be telling the space should not be used for download purposes.

    That is what the thing. If you do not use the more space then the maximum a site will take just 200 or 300 MB not more than that.
     
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  16. Rian

    Rian Well-Known Member

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    Hi gr8ecommmerce

    You answered your own statement, in this case the company should not advertise unmetered hosting, because there is limits. Again, just a ploy to get clients signing up...
     
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  17. bhanuprasad1981

    bhanuprasad1981 Active Member

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    ohhhh cool , i would like to have a look

    i dont want unlimited space /BW / MYSQL / Addons , just 1TB of space and 5TB of BW i can pay you 4$ :D

    they are 100% legal files just backups please give me link to your hosting i will pay and start copying backups :D
     
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    ArticleScholar Well-Known Member

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    I learned this the very hard way. I lost $xxx in AdSense.
     
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  19. ms2134

    ms2134 Well-Known Member

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    That is true, but if i wanted to setup a really big site.

    NO Downloads, then the "unlimited" host is going to have some Major Issues.

    Hmm, I think i want a search engine that has a big Database...

    Its fine, i have already done all the indexing on my home computer and have 2TB of Database information using spider...

    As i have just "bought" a hosting plan that is "unlimited" i might want to upload it and have it for my search engines.

    It is within the CPU usage and all is fine.

    *This post is intended to show just how easy it is to prove unlimited does not exist*..

    ~ mike]

    Rian, - Almost mate, haha... No we are smart, reliable and stable... So sorry mate, no unlimited.
     
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  20. gr8ecom

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    Dear Rian,

    I am not trying to sell anything here, i am telling the truth. It's OK if you don't get me.:(
     
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