Whats with this unmetered and unlimited hosting?

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by prilep, Oct 15, 2007.

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    THERE IS NO SUCH THING! Why do people keep on falling for this unmetred/unlimited webhosting. Something like that doesn't exist. Maybe unmetred does, but most webhosts go down in a month or two. Don't fall for it. There are many good hosts out there for a very good price.

    - Prilep :)
     
    prilep, Oct 15, 2007 IP
  2. ForgottenCreature

    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    I'm not sure why they do. Most webhosts I see nowadays offer 2,000 GB of bandwidth.
     
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    janneke Well-Known Member

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    My host had fair use policy have no idea if it's good or bad but so far I have no complains. Ok I have not huge traffic either :(
     
    janneke, Oct 15, 2007 IP
  4. prilep

    prilep Well-Known Member

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    They offer 2000 because they know no one will use that much. People see that much and they are like they offer more bandwidth then them im going to go with them. And the user wont probably use more than 500mb.

    - Prilep :D
     
    prilep, Oct 15, 2007 IP
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    tradeya Notable Member

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    I also agree that why dont offer a high amount of bandwidth and space instead of saying Unmetered. Now many of hosting said unmetered and we know it's almost instantly that they are not real and will go down soon. they need a new idea on this.
     
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  6. Lordy

    Lordy Peon

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    they all have it in their TOS if you use an 'excessive amount' as deemed by them, they can cancel your account.
    'excessive' being 100..200 or even 300 gigs
     
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    Unlimited? There is no such thing! Don't trust on a company selling unlimited accounts...They are definitely overselling & they will disapear soon or later.
     
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    samantha pia Prominent Member

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    they offer you that because they can limit you on other things were you'll never get to use anywhere near it. they can limit the mysql quires so your site dies if you use 50,000 in an hour, they never mention thats unlimited, but it is almost always 50,000 or less. they limit the amount of connections to your site too. they never mention that either. they limit the max file size you can download, but allow you to upload bigger, just no-one will get all the file if they try to download it.
     
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