The Cheap Affordable Web Hosting Trap
Go to your favorite search engine and search for keywords like "cheap affordable web hosting" and you will find a million websites claiming to provide your the best webhosting services. One website claims large amounts of bandwidth and yet, better still claim unlimited bandwidth. But, in reality but does dead cheap affordable web hosting exist? Usually, it doesn’t. You only get what you pay for: Webhosting is not an exception to this general rule that governs our lives.
A web hosting company usually owns many servers which are usually located in a place where the environmental factors are kept under tight control. This is a costly process. Server equipment is costly, bandwidth is costly and so are the service staff. So, can a webhost offer 1000GB of disk space and unlimited bandwidth for a few dollars a month? In reality it cannot. However, you will see pages after pages full of fictional figures and may be enticed to believe them.
Most of the websites offering web hosting are resellers. These websites buy hosting packages from bigger hosts and resell them at very cheap prices. Typically, a reseller account with 10GB disk space and 100GB transfer costs about $30 a month. So how can the website claim 100GB disk space? The answer is simple-they are lying! This is simply a marketing gimmick. They are aware that it is impossible to use even a fraction of the resources mentioned without overloading the server and this is a good pretext for them to suspend your account.
Before choosing a webhost, you should read the terms of service (TOS). These so called dead cheap web hosts will clearly mention it in their TOS that your account will be suspended if you use too many system resources. If your account is suspended, it will mean a lot of down time for your site(s). For this reason, it is always a good decision to keep away from these so called cheap affordable web hosting companies and stick with good ones even if they cost a couple of dollars more.
Tags: webhosting, hosting, website, cheap hosting
Written by admin on October 18, 2007
Category: Hosting Articles, Shared Hosting
2 Comments
Wawan
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:16 am
Westnic ? please dont use westnic , because not good services
ncahost
November 10th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Wawan@ I have read about some bad experiences, but I am fully satisfied with Westnic. At least for now. It has been about 6 months, and till now not a single problem.
