Guys I'm not sure it necessary to argue over which phrase to use in this case, as we are assuming that those whom enter this debate, probably understand what the others mean, when they refer to the Overselling hosts, if they are not doing it to the detrement of their clients then there isnt a problem.
But we come back to the original point here, and despite very persuasive arguements from both sides, i believe this fact still stands that there is simply no such thing as unliimited.
Brian S i read your post, and i have to say, the point that many people are reffering to ( the scam that is offering unlimited, and there Overselling) still stand, so people will add servers as needed, and the space will increase, so lets go down a level, eventually, if enough people begin to use silly amounts of space then the cycle of profitability will be broken, and beyond that it only becomes a matter of time before the money runs out. Once that happens -- no more space.
The same I am afriad to say would still stand for bandwidth.
The fact that the above chain of events is unlikely to happen if the bussiness and expansion models are handled properly is irelevant. The company is deliberately misleading the client in the act of sale, the client ( in most cases ) will not fully understand what he is paying for, this should IMO be classed as Fraud. ( please note, this is ONLY when it becomes possibly detremental to the client or is likely to de-stablise the bussiness ) .
So you see, an Overselling problem does exist, and it applies both to companies that offer the scam of unlimited, and to those smaller companies, who offer drastically more than they can realistically maintain.
This isnt suppose to cause offence, I merely felt that perhaps this arguement did not belong in the region of technical information, but rather with simple, un avoidable, facts.
Best Regards,
AMC