We’ve all heard them and sometimes we’ve also believed but I thought that it was time for me, with this blog posts, kill some of those hosting myths that are out there. You’ve probably already heard of the myths that I will talk about here but what the hey… Feel free to leave comments with some of your favorite myths. It’s all good fun!
Web Hosts Offer Unlimited Bandwidth
This can’t really be true can it as there is no such thing as unlimited bandwidth. Many of the cheaper hosting plans include the words “unlimited bandwidth” and it can’t be explained as anything else than false advertising. What they’re really talking about is the amount of possible data transfer and that amount is never limited – they’re making false promises. How come they can do this then? Well, their customers probably never will fill the maximum amount of data so they’re bending the truth a tad…
Web Hosts Offer Unlimited Disk Space
Exactly as with the web hosts offering unlimited bandwidth are the ones claiming to offer unlimited disk space just making false promises. There is no such thing as unlimited disk space and companies boosting that they’re offering their clients this are probably offering much less disk space than you thought instead.
Your Website Will Never be down
Web hosts guaranteeing 99% uptime (almost all companies today) often make it sound as if your website never be down. With simple mathematics you’ll come to the conclusion that 1% equals 3,5 days of downtime. Yes, they’re not lying with 99% uptime but you have to agree with me that it sounds much better than it actually is.
-
2012-05-16
A new tactic is being used by fashion companies trying to stop the online sale of counterfeit versions of their trademark luxury products. Up until about ten years, ago, companies like Chanel and Louis Vuitton w...
-
2012-05-10
A recent double release of patches by the PHP Group to remedy a vulnerability in Web servers is symptomatic of a problem that those who are responsible for Web servers know all too well. When a vulnerability is ...
-
2012-05-08
Last month, government takedowns of criminal websites revealed a disturbing trend: the use of e-commerce to sell illegal data. We've all used online shopping carts and clicked the checkout button on many commerc...
-
2012-05-03
The Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) that was passed by the US House of Representatives last week by a vote of 248 to 168 appears to be the next piece of computer-related legislation that wil...
-
2012-04-26
A recent report on the source and types of application hacking attacks upon Web servers highlights the linked growth of two characteristics, sophistication and automation, for the first few months of 2012. Web a...
-
2012-04-24
The war over copyright infringement between Big Media and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is not confined solely (of course) to the United States and Europe. Recently, a court battle was won by iiNet Limited, ...
-
2012-04-20
Federal authorities, attempting to trace back three threatening emails that were sent over the last few months to Pennsylvania reporters about bombs supposedly planted at the University of Pittsburgh, found a we...
-
2012-04-17
Anyone who played the game of Hot Potato as a child will instantly understand the current situation of the fees for servers involved in the Megaupload case. Last January, the popular file-sharing web site was se...
-
2012-04-12
Attacks on web servers by hackers is one of those events most feared by web hosting providers. Besides being categorized by the damage done, these events can also be classified by the type of technique used in t...
-
2012-04-03
Several trends have started to coalesce recently into a pattern that augurs well for the growth of cloud computing as a service that can be sold to customers who are already purchasing web hosting services. Clou...
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Commented by: BNS Hosting - Web Hosting Provider, 6 October, 2008
I have read this post and actually, after reading it, I just laughed... :D
Because all of it was true, web hosting providers should not use "unlimited" to attract customers. I dont know what word will exactly describe it but, as a web hosting provider, we really can promise an unlimited disk space and bandwidth. Although we have those packages that states what bandwidth and disk space you can use, but once you exceeded the quota, you will receive a notification that you have exceeded this and that. We will then charge you for that. And advice you to upgrade to much higher plan.
By the way, we are located in the Philippines but we also target those "soon to be clients" outside the country.
Anyway, Sir David, I suggest, you also put the myth about, 24/7 support... :D
Not all web hosting providers provide that kind of service. Some just dont provide phone support, email, just online ticketing system that will reply to your inquiry and then nothing was done.
In choosing a web hosting provider, a real technical support must answer all the problems that the client will encounter.
Thanks Sir David for this wonderful article, it made me laugh actually... :D
Commented by: Daniel, The Hosting Blog, 21 October, 2008
I have written many posts on unlimited space/bandwidth, however I never thought to cover the 99.99% uptime guarantee myth. You just gave me the idea for one of my next blog posts.
Commented by: Tinus, 17 November, 2008
Haha that is so true! U get lame web hosts that's offering unlimited bandwidth and space. And when you go over a certain amount they come with a story and moun in your ears to pay extra. I don't even want to start with unlimited space LOL!!
Commented by: ffmpeg hosting, 6 May, 2009
What template are you running on this site ? I really like it. Could you post where you got it from ?
Commented by: Kelso, 5 August, 2010
What do you mean.. you can't actually buy unlimited hard drives??
:)