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[tehsu]

I just had a quick question, I have been using dedicated servers for a long time now, and I was just looking to host one of my own 1U servers that I have been using at home, now I had a simple question, but it seems to confuse me on what exactly do I pay at the end of the month.

I have read about the 95th percentile billing, and paying for 1Mbps.

I usually had 1000GB with my servers, simple, easy.

All I need to know is if I get 1Mbps, can I not go over that 1Mbps while backing up files, or hosting a game server? or is it that I have a certain amount of bandwidth because this is really confusing me.

[rey]

It depends on the provider. Some provider limit the port to 10Mbps, some don't. You can ask your provider to make sure that you are connected to 100Mbps port full duplex. This will enable you to burst up to 100Mbps in case you need to. Hope this helps.

[tehsu]

They said it is connected to 100Mbps, if I get the 1Mbps, and the person I spoke to said I get 328GB Transfer? I think what has me confused is do I get a certain amount of transfer on the 1Mbps or is that the transfer speed I get at 95th perfect

[biggerboy]

It is usually billed at 95 percentile. I can't explain it as well as wikipedia so here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing

That 1mbps is probably billed at 95% so you would be able to burst above it for some time if it isn't capped and still pay for the 1mbps but if the 95 percentile average is higher then 1mbps you will probably pay overages.

That 328gb per month comes from utilizing the 1mbps 24/7, or if your 95 percentile average comes up to 1mbps you can assume that you used about that. You don't get a set amount of transfer per 1mbps you have, that is just the maximum that you can use if you use that amount of mbps 24/7.

[nitrohosting]

That 328gb per month comes from utilizing the 1mbps 24/7, or if your 95 percentile average comes up to 1mbps you can assume that you used about that. You don't get a set amount of transfer per 1mbps you have, that is just the maximum that you can use if you use that amount of mbps 24/7.

You'll never get 328GB from 1mbps in the real world. 100-200GB is pretty normal for 1mbps depending on what you're hosting.

Kris

[CGotzmann]

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/wiki/H...s_1_Mbps_equal