As resellers we are entitled to a certain limit of bandwidth, which we can always upgrade.

Can anyone explain bandwidth(transfer) limit versus page views?

For instance, lets say I am offering you 50mb web space with 2 Gig bandwidth per month.

How many pageviews(hits) can this site get?

Any idea?

Thanks.

Well, there really isn't a way to figure out how many pageviews (nor hits which are something else) 2 GB will allow, without knowing how many KB the page is. This is trick math.

2 Gigabyte (GB) = 2,097,152 Kilobyte (KB)

If the site only consisted of 40 KB pages (this includes the page itself and a couple of images, etc.) and the full page was always downloaded by each visitor (no pressing that STOP button, heh), then you'd be able to get 52,428 full page views per month out of that allowed 2 GB/mo.

Chicken described it well.

To give an analogy, suppose you open a 1 liter bottle of soda. Whether you drink it in 8 ounce glass or little dixie cups it doesn't matter. All you have is 1 liter. When it's gone, it's gone.

Thanks everyone.

Just wondering how some resellers can provide such ridiculously low prices with such high bandwidth.

To me I see bandwidth costs at about $5 per 1 gig.

Some webhosts are providing hosting for like $5 with about 10 gig bandwidth... (sound impossible)

Any feedback? ..

Originally posted by siteMAZE
Some webhosts are providing hosting for like $5 with about 10 gig bandwidth... (sound impossible)

Well, first, $5/GB is quite expensive; but it usually covers for all the added expenses, not just bandwidth itself. Think insurance companies: you end up paying more than your should for your car coverage because insurance companies must compensate for losses with other customers: bandwidth is kind of like that.
The hosting companies do not get connectivity/bandwidth for free, so they basically take a risk with customers who do not pay their excess bandwidth use.
Now, some companies offer 10GB for $5, sure. First, they hope you won't use this bandwidth. And they may be companies with impressive connectivity, so they get it for a very reasonable price, or small companies trying to attract more customers.

Originally posted by cyansmoker


Well, first, $5/GB is quite expensive; but it usually covers for all the added expenses, not just bandwidth itself.
Keep in mind that you are selling single-account plans where most customers will never use all of their bandwidth. However, 90% of reseller will use all of their bandwidth before upgrading their plan - which means that any host playing the averages game on a reseller plan is going straight down.

Note:

You can get a page view without consuming any bandwith/data transfer. Your browser will cache sites/pages/pictures/etc that you have visited so that you do not need to download these files in the future. In fact, in webalizer you will have two terms, "Pages" and "Files". "Pages" denote the total of page-views requested by your visitors while "Files" denote the total number of those page-views that actually being transfered by the server. In short, not all pageviews will consume bandwith/data transfer. I have seen a site having "Pages" to "Files" ration of about 2:1. Hence, in calculating bandwith using pageviews, you may also want to consider this factor.

cheers,
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