Comments on: 500GB/Month of bandwidth. How fast is that, really? http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/ Notes from the edge Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: samual wright http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-14353 samual wright Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:18:29 +0000 http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/#comment-14353 Ya, Jerry is right. Hosting companies will "say" just about anything. But can they provide it? It's more then just transfer rates. What if their connection is down or clogged? Some hosting companies are just a few computers on a T-1 line somewhere. Look for hosts that have many many connections to the internet with major Tier 1 backbones, such as UUNet or NTT/Verio, etc. Also, you have to worry about their backup power, cooling, and building security. Check out this company to see a list of things to worry about, besides just the transfer rates. http://servepath.com/servepath/data-center/data_center.htm Ya, Jerry is right. Hosting companies will “say” just about anything. But can they provide it? It’s more then just transfer rates. What if their connection is down or clogged? Some hosting companies are just a few computers on a T-1 line somewhere. Look for hosts that have many many connections to the internet with major Tier 1 backbones, such as UUNet or NTT/Verio, etc. Also, you have to worry about their backup power, cooling, and building security. Check out this company to see a list of things to worry about, besides just the transfer rates.

http://servepath.com/servepath/data-center/data_center.htm

]]> By: Jerry http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-13341 Jerry Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:27:27 +0000 http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/#comment-13341 As Bill learned yesterday, it isn't always about the amount of bandwidth... more often than not, the server hosting providers offer may not be able to handle the necessary load. As Bill learned yesterday, it isn’t always about the amount of bandwidth… more often than not, the server hosting providers offer may not be able to handle the necessary load.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-13288 Jenny Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:07:10 +0000 http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/hosting-bandwidth-calculator/#comment-13288 most web hosts offer fake unlimited bandwidth promises without knowing the exact calculations. this article might shed some lights to them. btw it is always better to measure the BW by the type of connection than monthly BW. if it is capped then we are ripped ;) Jenny http://www.spaml.com most web hosts offer fake unlimited bandwidth promises without knowing the exact calculations. this article might shed some lights to them.

btw it is always better to measure the BW by the type of connection than monthly BW. if it is capped then we are ripped ;)

Jenny
http://www.spaml.com

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