Hi there,
I was on another forum and the issue of hosting came up....and I was trying to tell some guys that there is no such thing as a host that will actually give unlimited bandwidth for $5 / month or whatever.......
Then I said that "bandwidth costs money"

I get this reply
"Oh and bandwith costs nothing - its the physical infrastructure that costs the money. "

Is this true........because to me it seems that alot of costs revolve around bandwidth.......

If bandwidth costs nothing, can companies just get a T3 connection, pay the monthly fees and that is it.......
Can someone please set me on the right track
Thanks again guys.......

We only wish. Bandwidth definitely costs although not what it once did. Prices range from below $1/GB to as high as $8/GB. Actually on high bandwidth plans the cost of bandwidth exceeds the cost of space. And there is again no such thing as unlimited. Do not deal with those who promise the impossible. You need to find reputable, trustworthy people as your source of information.

Only Tier 1 providers don't have to pay for bandwidth..

<I>"Oh and bandwith costs nothing - its the physical infrastructure that costs the money. " </I>

Next time you come to a highway or bridge toll booth, try refusing the pay the toll on the basis that "it was only building the bridge in the first place which cost money, they've finished building the brdige now so why should I pay?"

Hmmm...

Sure most hosting companies won't be billed for bandwidth like you and me, they won't pay by the GB or the MB, but the infrastructure is not capable of unlimited bandwidth.

Say a hosting company buys a T1 for $1000 per month. A T1 can theortically push a maximum of aout 320gb of data-transfer/bandwidth per month. Thats a cost $3.20 per GB.

A company that buys a T3 pays $25,000 per month and they can push 14400GB bandwidth a month. Thats just under $2 per GB.

Now a hosting company has to have enough lines installed to meet the bandwidth demands, otherwise you get dropped connections, packet loss and very slow loading speed.

The host that told you that is probably a 13yrs reseller who doesn't understand web hosting concepts.

(note to the gurus: I know my figure aren't exact and you can only get 320GB out of T1 is you saturate it 100% for the whole month)

Actually a 1mbps T1 would theoritically max out @ 320gb 24/7 (thats roughly 1mbps 24/7) a full 1.54mbps T1 can do roughly 474gb a month maxed 24/7 :)


Daniel~