Bandwidth is the amount of data, measured in Megabytes per month that clients may transfer
due to any traffic originating from or going to their website. A large part of this
traffic is web traffic (website visitors) but can also be FTP (file uploads), Anonymous
FTP (file downloads), and even E-mail services. Again, the more bandwidth allowed, the
better!
As much as you need.
All clients are allowed to use as much bandwidth as
needed per month as long as their content is in accordance with our Acceptable Uses
Policy. In short, clients can use an unlimited amount of bandwidth.
No such thing as unlimited?
Unfortunately, some hosting providers claim to offer
an unlimited amount of traffic. They are forced to cut-off high traffic, popular websites
when their bandwidth is depleted. These providers have created a controversy around the
"unlimited bandwidth" claim. We have and continue to provide unlimited
bandwidth, without discrimination. How? We have 5 diverse DS-3 connections on our very own
network. Not being co-located and having peering agreements with major carriers allow us
to obtain more bandwidth with a simple telephone call. In short, there is no such thing as
unlimited bandwidth on a co-located network.
No surprises or small print!
Some of our clients who take advantage of our
unlimited bandwidth feature push out in excess of 100 Gigabytes of data month after month.
Site0 is a member of the Better Business Bureau On-Line and the Web Host Guild,
and is an ISP Check Guaranteed Web Host. We would not have been able to earn these honors
if we misled our clients about offering unlimited bandwidth.
How can we offer unlimited bandwidth?
This is a common concern that we publicly address.
While we, and anyone else for that matter, has a limited amount of bandwidth, it is
important that we have access to more when needed. First, we are able to increase our
bandwidth available with a simple telephone call. Secondly, we have 5 diverse DS-3 lines
from different carriers, so bandwidth not only is available when needed, but from
different sources. Finally, it is statistics which always prevail and show that while some
clients will end up consuming more than their monthly fee worth of bandwidth every month,
an overwhelming majority of clients do not. In the future, bandwidth will continue to get
cheaper which works to our advantage.
