Website Hosting
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 by joetheblow | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I wanted to know if this is for real. This site known as Power Web is selling there services for 7.77 a month. The main thing is for me is the bandwith. If I have a site that has 30mb of stuff and 1 person goes through the whole site, I can currently at the site I am on, have 3 more poeple visit the site.
This site is offering 250 Gigabytes of bandwidth transfer. Is that possible for 7.77 a month
www.powweb.com
This site is offering 250 Gigabytes of bandwidth transfer. Is that possible for 7.77 a month
www.powweb.com
Koasati
Reply #2 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 8:41 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 8:41 AM
I use PowWeb.......but you really need to read a bit more carefully........25GB\month transfer, not 250GB.
I've been pleased with the service. The only downtime I've experienced in over a year was for scheduled maintenance.
Yes, they are for real!
I've been pleased with the service. The only downtime I've experienced in over a year was for scheduled maintenance.
Yes, they are for real!
bakerstreet
Reply #3 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:41 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:41 AM
Don't confuse transfer with 'bandwidth'. Hosts often use the terms interchangably, but 25 gigs of transfer will mean *nothing* if you have a teeny pipe that only 2 or 3 people can use comfortably at a time. I have heard that many cut-rate hosts give you tons of transfer, and then plug you into a pipe so narrow that 3 or 4 simultaneous connections tap out the width and you are suddenly at dial-up speeds or worse.
Of course it depends on what you are doing with the site, but if you have to worry about load-times causing you to lose half your visiors, it would not be worth the money.
Of course it depends on what you are doing with the site, but if you have to worry about load-times causing you to lose half your visiors, it would not be worth the money.
bakerstreet
Reply #4 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:43 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:43 AM
p.s. it doesn't have to be the size of the pipe, either. If you are buying one spot on a server with a hundred other sites on it, even a big pipe can screech to a halt. Your mileage may vary, but Caveat Emptor, I say.
joetheblow
Reply #5 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:07 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:07 PM
Right now I am using Brinkster and I wanted to know if there is a better deal out there.
http://www.brinkster.com/AboutPremiumX4.asp
I do not know to much about this subject yet. I want to get started so I know who to work with and who to avoid. Also I wanted to know what I should look for.
Thanks for your responces Koasati and bakerstreet. It really helped.
http://www.brinkster.com/AboutPremiumX4.asp
I do not know to much about this subject yet. I want to get started so I know who to work with and who to avoid. Also I wanted to know what I should look for.
Thanks for your responces Koasati and bakerstreet. It really helped.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 3:17 AM
http://www.powweb.com/webhosting.html
Is this good? Or a sham?