Unlimited Bandwidth or Data transfer - the Difference is?

Unlimited Bandwidth or Data transfer - the Difference is

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What is the difference between Unlimited bandwidth and unlimited Data transfer, most people and even hosting companies confuse the terms, although I would bet that some hosting companies do it on purpose. So the popular misconception among many people, is that bandwidth and data transfer are the same if FALSE! Yes they are very closely linked, but if you are hosting a website you better understand and learn the difference. It will save you both time and money.. Put simply, bandwidth is the quantity of data that can be transferred from a website at any one time - Example of this is the size of the water pipe (say your tap), while data transfer is the amount transferred over a period of time. (This is the amount of water used during a specific period of time, coming out of your pipe (Tap) So here are some pitfalls -- Unlimited Data Transfer - so you can have all the water you want, but the size of pipe you get is 1/16" of 1mm in size. Reality is not very good - you wont get much water out. On the web means any large traffic spike your site will not be accessible during that time period. Unmetered Bandwidth, well that is somewhat impossible since there is always a certain size of internet connection. For example your home DSL connection is 3Mb/sec or 6Mb/Sec download. An internet provider has many forms to obtain bandwidth, but most will and should provide more then they need. As a result as long as the hosting provider has sufficient bandwith, you should not have an issue. Typically servers have 100Mbit or 1000Mbit (Gigabit) throughout. So the size of the water pipes are large to allow buckets of water to come out in seconds. So why are these things important to you? The lower your bandwidth provided by your web hosting provider, the slower your site will download to users' computers, irrespective of how fast their internet connections are. If multiple users are accessing your site at once, they may find that they experience extremely slow, or no, connectivity. Data transfer allowances control how much data can be transferred from your site over a certain time. For example, a web hosting provider may impose a limit of 2 gigabytes of data per month. If your website exceeds this, it may be taken offline until the next month. You will often be given an option to upgrade your data transfer allowance, and even the more affordable website hosting plans can give you flexibility in this department.

So what you need to know -Bandwidth is rarely under your control Bandwidth, unlike data transfer, cannot normally be increased. It is an extremely expensive commodity. The more visitors looking at a website, the less bandwidth there is available, and the slower the site will download. Getting a web hosting solution with good bandwidth is really important. - Data transfer you do and can control to an extent. You can limit download of files from your site, reduce FTP uploads / downloads, and a few other things. So hopefully now you will read carefully when you see those ads that state - Unlimited data transfer and remember this - You can have all the water you want from the tap - water will be feed at a drop an hour. -

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