Re: Re:[OT?] [cobalt-users] Am I being Robbed:? - IP's and Gigabytes

["Nico Meijer" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brent!

> } While on the subject, if you require 50Gb when not distributing
software,
> } you have a badly designed site. Or porn. ;-)
>
> This is misleading.

Well, I might have been clearer on that subject. Software distribution, porn
or a celebrity site for that matter, is a different ballgame than 'regular'
business hosting, imho. Please take note of the 'h' in 'imho'. I'm not
talking about hosting cnet.com or anything.

People tend to get lured by the large number of gb's they can use with
providers, while it's mostly a fake. ISP probably can't keep up with that
number when *every* site/server they provide actually uses that 50gb (or
whatever high number), unless of course you are a good ISP.

To me, it's like banks. Maybe a quarter or something of all the money that
goes around in the world is backed by cash or gold. If everyone wants to
cash their bank accounts, big trouble is right ahead.

> I'm not looking for a fight, or trying
> to start another war, I'm just trying to save the less technically
> orientated amongst us from taking this as the gospel.

Don't worry, no worries on this side of the line. :-) I don't do flames.

> 50gb is
> nothing for a popular high traffic web site.

True, but how many of those do we have lying around? It's a small portion.
Most sites are, I think, 'regular' business sites that might use up 1gb on a
lucky month.

> The reality is that you get what you pay for. Bandwidth is
> expensive. You're simply not going to get much bandwidth for a
> hundred bucks a month - but you'll more than likely get a hundred
> bucks worth of bandwidth for a hundred bucks.

You see, we do agree (we might put it differently, but hey?). That's why
I've chosen a provider which provides me with bandwidth and couldn't care
less how many gb's I run thru their lines. And yes, that is expensive.

Have a good weekend... Nico