|
Bandwidth Explained
Author: Breal Web Design
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:
Breal provides cost effective web site design and
hosting with a full 30 day money back guarantee. Web hosting even comes
with six months free hosting on yearly accounts. To find out
more visit http://www.brealweb.com For a complete list of
current articles, send any email to mailto:articlelist@brealweb.com
|
