Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Bandwidth

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Posts
    234

    Bandwidth

    How much bandwidth will a text-only site consume and what are the factors that decide the bandwidth? (length of site, text etc)

    Thanks guys!

  2. #2
    1 character: hosting it on a 14.4 modem
    1 MB per page: get ready to go dedicated

    There's no way to even guess without knowing how big each page is and how many visitors there are (and how often).
    Get your web design questions answered: Web Design Forums at http://www.turtletips.com/forums/ ; vBulletin Board of the Month.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    735
    Determine the size of each page(in IE it's file,properties) times the views per day and do that for each page.

    I have three text only sites and I don't believe I have ever reached .5 gig in a month. More than a thousand daily views with many very small pages.

    A 30K text only file written in html is a "humdinger".
    You'll get fewer complaints from over performing than from over promising.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Posts
    234
    okay, thanks guys.

    Btw, what is a "humdinger"?

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Mar 2002
    Location
    Westbury, LI NY
    Posts
    1,705
    Originally posted by Jonah
    Btw, what is a "humdinger"?
    *cough*

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    735
    What I meant by it was that if you coded directly rather than with a drop and drag, a 30K might be several hundred lines of text on the screen.

    Some material by its nature you might want to breakup that way, but usually most visitors won't be happy having 15-20 screens of text on one page.
    You'll get fewer complaints from over performing than from over promising.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •