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Getting a website for your company or business must be done with caution.

There are many providers out there who promises so much but fail to deliver. The bandwidth provided by the hosting company is very important because it play a big role in determining the amount of data being transmitted through the internet.

In the market, there are many providers who promote their hosting which have unlimited bandwidth. To be honest, there is no such thing as unlimited bandwidth. These plans that claim to offer this sort of coverage really doesn't exist. This claim is just a marketing tool or sales pitch to trick you into signing up with their company. You can ask anyone who is familiar with web hosting service and they will tell you that unlimited bandwidth is impossible.

The scheme behind this unlimited bandwidth plan is to earn from the extra bandwidth that you use. Actually, you will have a certain amount of bandwidth, once you exceeded your limit, they will charge you. The more bandwidth you use, the more you have to pay. Therefore, 'Unlimited Bandwidth' is a lie and please do not fall for these sort of plan unless you are willing to pay.

Unlimited bandwidth is only possible if a website hosting company possess their own internet broadband company. If they have own broadband company, then it is possible to offer their customers unlimited bandwidth per second. This will make the website very powerful. However, when customers sign up with the so called unlimited bandwidth plans, their website will usually get disconnected.

While you feel frustrated, the hosting company would not even care and will not give you a refund. They are able to do this by abusing the legal means. They will state that their website violated a certain term in the terms of service and this gives them enough reason to not provide refund when requested.

In order to protect yourself from deceit, you should always study the terms of service. Although the list in those documents is boring to read, we must do it nevertheless so that we do not get cheated. Go through every statement and understand each and every one of them. Attention must be put on the unlimited bandwidth disclaimer. By doing that, you will know what is the final product offered by that particular web hosting company.

In choosing the web provider, you should know how much bandwidth you need for you website. Based on your needs, you can determine and know your limit with the volume of data provided for your website. If you choose a 10 GB bandwidth per month plan, then make sure that you do not exceed that limit. If you do, you will have to pay extra fees. To know how much bandwidth you need, you should consider the amount of users that will be accessing your website, the amount of pages that your users will browse and the size of the files and codes in your website. Consider these few points and you can make a judgment on how much bandwidth you need in your website.

So, are you looking forward to have your own website soon? If yes, getting started is easy - Just pick up a good web host Check out my favourite web host - HostMonster and its hosting plan reviews at HostMonsterSecretRevealed.com Although they are relative new in the industry, their offer is quite a bargain and their web hosting features rocks!

Article by Phil.

The bill for corporate, or even large marketing sites can run into hundreds, or even thousands of dollars a year. As major business sites grow larger by the day, the need for fancier features like interactive databases and video or audio options increases the costs of staying current in today's rapidly changing hosting scene.

One of the financial solutions online businesses, both large and small, are looking at is self hosting, or setting up your own server and operating it yourself.

Larger businesses would need to consider adding a department of creative employees to handle the technical aspects and the constant need for new content. Smaller, personal online businesses, like skillful Internet Marketers, could do with a scaled-down version of the same processes and run it themselves.

Here's two basic concepts you will need to thoroughly understand what is involved before jumping into self hosting for yourself:

** You need to have more than a basic understanding of how websites and
email processes work and, definitely, some of the hidden requirements
of the Internet that you never thought about before. You will need to
totally understand the intricacies of using email, uploading with FTP and
how your website functions in the background. Some study will be
required if you want to keep customers visiting your site.

** The first piece of hardware you would need to research and select is the
server. You could probably use one of the mid-range "over the counter"
home computers currently made by any reputable computer company. It
doesn't have to be a high end, big bucks box.

What you do need, though, is a fast Internet connection to handle the
amount of traffic you expect to have on your website. The faster the
Broadband Internet connection, the better your incoming traffic will be
handled by your server. Based on what you anticipate for high traffic on
your site, you might actually need a higher specification computer.

The more memory you have the better your server will perform. The
applications you run on your server to attract your clients and keep them
happy will often require large amounts of memory. If you run out of
memory, your computer will slow down considerably and start using your
hard drive to run the applications your customers want to access.

These two points of concern are not the only considerations you will need to think about before and overcome when you start to host your own websites, but they do give you a good start to understand what is required. The main point to keep in mind is that everything you select for your server has to be chosen to benefit your customers.

Dan Thompson is a veteran website designer and has used numerous web hosts in his time. Dan specializes in writing web host reviews, his latest article is a Hostmonster Review. You can view Dan's latest web hosting review at http://www.hostmonster-the-review.com

If you are going to a use low priced web hosting service, or budget web hosting, there is one service you should check out thoroughly first. If you get locked into a contract with a hosting service that does not provide the tech/customer service you need to run your business, you will be paying monthly fees for nothing.

Absolutely the most important service to check before you wave your credit card is Customer Service. This is all about tech service. If you are considering a budget hosting service, make sure that their tech support is 24/7. If not, consider what you are risking. Your business runs online 24/7. Your customers go to your site (24/7) to find information they need or to buy your products. They definitely expect to do this whenever they want to do it.

A good number of the budget hosting services have 6 or 8 or 12 hour delays before responding to your dilemma, but not all of them. You have to put in the time to find the good ones. Again, what are you risking if this hosting service has less than what you need to run a professional business online?

One way to check out any hosting service is to ask to their customer service department several questions. Call them during their published business hours, using the help numbers listed on their website. If you can't find phone numbers in plain site, try their "About Us" or "Contact Us" links.
Not there either? Start thinking about checking out other hosting services for what you need.

One last thing to try, if you still aren't convinced about the level of customer service provided by the service you are checking out, is good old email. Formulate two or three questions about their hosting service and send it off. If they cannot be contacted by email, run...don't walk! If you do not get a rapid reply with satisfactory answers, run faster.

If you ignore this advice, then you can expect no support when your site goes down or starts acting like it's obsessed. If you think about it, monthly hosting service fees for a few dollars do not have enough of a budget to have a large tech department, if any.

Dan Thompson is a veteran website designer and has used numerous webhosts in his time. Dan specialises in writing web host reviews, his latest article is a Hostmonster Review

You can view Dan's latest web hosting review at http://www.hostmonster-the-review.com