jasonl Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 I know, based on my ohter posts, that this post will likely be moved to somehwere...I couldnt seem to find the appropriate spot to post this up on. I noticed one thing that troubled me. Even though I am not letting anyone download files off of my site, i am still using bandwith. Nominal at best bandwith, but its still being used. I am about to launch a pretty big site, and when i do, I don't want to worry about it going down because of this reason. So, if I need to upgrade now, or soon, I wanted to know... Thanks Jason Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 Anything happening in your account is counted, uploads, downloads, emails...all of it. Also, moving for organization. Quote
jasonl Posted November 1, 2004 Author Posted November 1, 2004 Does this include other people accessing my site? Quote
TCH-Dick Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 Like Thomas said, all activity counts towards your bandwidth but you can add bandwidth if needed or upgrade to a higher plan at anytime. Just drop a ticket to the help desk when the time comes and they will take care of you. Quote
jasonl Posted November 1, 2004 Author Posted November 1, 2004 well now how am I supposed to control what everyone in the world does? heh I mean, I can't control how many people are going to hit my site.... and I don't remember having this concern before but maybe it was because it was something that was never discussed or that I did not pick up on......maybe you guys are just more detailed, I don't know...but when I put my big site up, I ain't paying 100 dollars a month for the world to access my site LOL....you know? thats a little extreme I know but still.... Quote
MikeJ Posted November 1, 2004 Posted November 1, 2004 It's the price of popularity. If your site is popular, you will have to pay the fees to keep it up. But if your site is really that popular, you can often offset your fees (or even make money) by selling advertising or by asking your visitors to donate (depending on the type of site you have). If you have someone maliciously using up your bandwidth, you can block them using the IP deny feature in control panel. Bandwidth is also going to be affected by the content of your site. If your site is just web pages being displayed, you will have to get quite a bit of traffic before you have to worry about running out of bandwidth, but if you are providing downloads of any sort, movies, audio, or something else that is large in size, then you will have to watch your bandwidth (for example, I posted a single 6 MB home video up of Batman's vehicle during filming in Chicago in my blog, and that alone accounted for almost 900 GB's of bandwidth used in August... that's an extreme example, but gives you an idea of what you should be careful of). Quote
jasonl Posted November 1, 2004 Author Posted November 1, 2004 That makes a lot more sense now, many thanks. I have a feeling that I will be upgrading before too very long to a more comprehensive bandwith package. Quote
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