Bandwidth
Explained
Learn about bandwidth
What is Bandwidth and Data
Transfer?
Simply put, bandwidth and data transfer
are synonomous, referring to the amount of data sent to and from visitors
and your website. It is calculated by the size of your web page and includes
all scripting and images on a page. For example, if you have a page totalling
20KB in file size, then when a visitor loads that page on their browser,
they are receiving 20KB of data.
This means to calculate bandwidth,
you need to consider a) the size of your pages (or website) b) the number
of visitors to your website c) the kind of files you offer your visitors.
Most personal websites have only a
small amount of data transfer, as their websites are small in file size
and they do not have a lot of visitors. Business and professional sites
are larger with more visitors and therefore use more data transfer. Breal's
entire site is under 2 MB in file size. Some sites may be significantly
larger, especially if they offer many graphics, audio, video or download
files.
Using Breal as an example, if 1,000
visitors viewed every page on the site, the total data transfer would
be 2 GB (1,000 x 2 MB = 2,000 MB) or a single 10 KB file could be viewed
200,000 times and the data transfer would be 2 GB. Most professional level
websites will use less than 2 GB bandwidth per month.
Why do some companies charge for bandwidth
and data transfer, while others claim you can have unlimited bandwith
and data transfer?
Strangely enough, free on the Internet
often means fee. Look closely at many of the unlimited offers and you
will discover that there is a limit to bandwidth. You may need to contact
the company and ask them to define what they mean by 'unlimited'.
For information on Breal's hosting
plans, visit http://www.brealweb.com/hosting/hosting.asp
About the author:
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30 day money back guarantee. Web hosting even comes with six months free
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