Are we forgetting some things?
TJR Networks said:
I think other hosts should alert the person looking for hosting that it is not technically possible to offer that much space and bandwidth without overselling on a very large scale.
I disagree. It's not upto hosts to inform the people who request here of the technical information which they will probably never really understand anyway. Average, normal users don't want to know how a datacenter works, what a server actually does. They are just interested in putting up and viewing a website without trouble, running smoothly.
In fact in my view, when hosts do try to argue with this "they are overselling big time!" attitude, it makes all of us look silly. These hosting industry giants have started offering these high bandwidth plans - in some shape or form this will slowly come into effect all across the board. (Only my opinion)
As for the ridiculously huge bandwidth plans these big hosts now offer - I actually don't think it's so ridiculous. It's just difficult to understand from a small host's viewpoint - where the average startup host only sees what they have and what they usually have is their limited 1000GB Bandwidth servers with the average 80GB hard disk, or some even, a reseller account. And all we could do is compare everything to what we have. So easy to call outrage.
From a huge hosting provider's view, it's a different story. One can't say much with a reseller account / a dedicated server or two. If you don't own your own datacenter, all you can do is do your best within what you get for your money from the prices set. This is probably a possible interesting new topic.
Lastly.
Ok. I did say one should not trash another.
But I feel sorry for whoever hired you, achinapong.
