Hi all,

For the past few days I was searching for a host for our new software company. I was basically looking for a host which offers large bandwidth (as the number of downloads from our site can reach tens of GBs), and is also speedy (and of course reliable, with a decent uptime).

The more I searched the more puzzled I got :bawling:

There are hosts which offer "unlimited bandwidth", I pruned them away. But there are those which offer 20-30 GB at low prices (under $10), which of those are reliable (and fast)?

Thanks a lot for any help,

Omid.

stay away from those unlimited bandwidth.

If you are really going to use a lot of bandwidth, go with colocation or a dedicated server.

Very few sane hosts will let you move more than 100GB on a virtual server.

At the first six months I don't think that I'll need more than 20-30 GBs.

I found an interesting offer at one-hosting.com
http://www.one-hosting.com/features.php

what do you think about it?

I agree stay away from anyone offering unlimited bandwidth or diskspace for that matter.

The answer to your remaining query lies in extensive research. My suggestion would be to compile a list of prospective hosts in your price range. Review their terms of service, research their whois, advertisements from their website that interest you and see how long it takes them to respond to email enquiries at vaious times of the day. Last but not least I would setup monitoring services on the prospective hosts remaining on the list.

Of course monitoring for short periods of time will not enable you to get an accurate or complete picture of the hosts netwtork stability. However it can arm/empower you with information to determine the intergrity of the host.

For example, if during the first 24 hours of monitoring you receive reports of downtime totalling an hour or more you can certainliy ask the host about their uptime for the past 30 days and if they tell you they have been up 100% of the time you know they're lying and/or not to be trusted. Of course this test is only accurate if the person you are communicating with is in a position to answer the question in the first place.
Most likely they are or they should not be answering the email but it wold not hurt to qualify them by asking their name, title and/or position.

Hopefully you do not need to decide right away and have some time to actually research your next host. Good luck!

look at dathorn.com
they seem to have some large scale bandwidth plans