Just learned a valuable lesson and lost quite a bit of money from a webhost claiming unlimited bandwidth. At that time I'll call myself "iamstpd". Now I know what to look for, but I want to hear your recommendations. Maybe for what I want to pay a good host just doesn't exist, but I'm willing to believe one does. I really don't need a lot of bells and whistles. The usuals plus CGI, PHP, and a way to prevent bandwidth theft would be great.. What I mean is .htaccess. Thanks for any feedback.

Another person looking for a $1--/Gb of transfer for shared hosting?

Well, do a search in the web hosting special offers forum - you might turn up a thing or 2.

Just wondering, but is it in fashion to want to pay $25 or less for over 20Gb of transfer nowadays? That pretty much cuts the profit of most companies out there... :confused:

nono, that was yesterday. Today it is 60 GB for $ 25.-
http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31913

Sorry imnotstpd and speakerguy. I am not trying to make fun of you. You are both in a marketplace trying to buy your vegetables for the lowest price and I hope you both find what you are looking for.

Another person looking for a $1--/Gb of transfer for shared hosting?


Well, many hosts offer 5 g for $4.95 per month. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like $1--/Gb to me.

On another note...I'm not saying the site will use that every month, but if it does occasionally, I want to rest assured it won't be wiped out. All these hosts would like you to pay 1 year up front knowing full well they've got you by the b***s. Umm, sorry, thanks for the feedback.

host's that offer 1 GB per 1$ are more likely to play the number game and kick you immediatly (TOS violation) a soon as you start to use 60-70% of your bandwidht. But you get what you pay for. :)

Originally posted by Angel78
host's that offer 1 GB per 1$ are more likely to play the number game and kick you immediatly (TOS violation) a soon as you start to use 60-70% of your bandwidht. But you get what you pay for. :)

This may be the case with some unscrupulous hosts, but I wouldn't tarnish all hosts with the same brush - Cogent and Yipes bandwidth means that you can now get more transfer for your money...

you may be right but there is a lot "host's"out there that just want your money...and if you complain or use a lot bandwidht..kick-tras and your outthere :)

But the number game is always better than unlimited offer :)

Originally posted by imnotstpd
Well, many hosts offer 5 g for $4.95 per month. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like $1--/Gb to me.
You aren't wrong, but there's a big difference between a $5 for 5GB account and a $30 for 30GB account. Without going into details about the whole thing (meaning, without adding up all the numbers and costs besides just straight bandwidth costs), if the host's cost is $3 per GB, then with that $5 for 5 account, the host's cost is $15 minus your $5 so they are looking at a loss of $10 max. on just the transfer (again, this isn't a very accurate cost analysis). With a $30 for 30 deal though, the host could be out $60 ($90- your payment of $30). Add everything else in, and this is a bit too much of 'playing the numbers' than most hosts will gamble.

I say don't bet on it - raise your price to US$50 at least to get what you paid for. I'm not trying to say that all people who offers you US$30 for 30Gb of transfer are out to play you out, but given the market price for bandwidth these days, it's kind of like what all the others are saying - the host will play the number game with you, attract you with a great offer, and even before you hit 10Gb, slam you down for "overusage of server resources" and all that crap.

Colocation, at the lowest (on a decent backbone, mind you) are around $2 per Gb of transfer. Why would such a host give you the full 30Gb if you're only really paying for 15Gb of it, not counting the webspace, the technical support and such?

Just my 2cents worth ;)

hmmm. I don't think it's possible to get 60G bandwidth for $25 or less. I will be interested to know if you get any offers. thanks.