Don’t Buy on Bandwidth

When looking for new web hosting services, it’s easy to get fixated on the amount of bandwidth that comes with the hosting plan. But tread carefully and choose wisely because extra bandwidth often means less features and you’ll probably end up paying more than you thought.

Extra Bandwidth = Less Features

Many web host providers attract new business by offering extremely large amounts of bandwidth, some of gigantic proportions that you could never possibly hope to use. But check the small print because in return for giving you lot’s of bandwidth, they’ll often charge you more for access to some of the essential website features such as security tools, scripts, additional domains and databases.

Remove Your Bandwidth Blinkers

To give you some idea of actual bandwidth usage, a simple 20 page website with moderate amount of visitors will use up to 2GB of bandwidth per month. A more popular ecommerce or social media website will use up to 5GB per month. If you have an extremely popular photo gallery website then you could be looking at up to 10GB of bandwidth per month.

These levels are approximate and are intended to give you some idea of the amount of actual bandwidth usage levels you are likely to incur. We recommend you don’t let yourself be fooled by having access to far too much bandwidth because it’s a false economy and you’re never likely to use it.

Go For The Features Instead

What’s more important than bandwidth is the level of features you get with the new hosting plan. It’s worth going for a plan with more features and less bandwidth because that way you’ll have access to the tools that let you really get the most from your online presence.

All Inclusive Hosting is Better Value

Ideally you should go for ‘all inclusive hosting’ where all the tools and features are included in the price and you don’t have to pay any more for using them. If this is not an option from your current host then it might be time to find a new host provider.

At Poldings Ltd, our Home Hosting and Business Hosting plans come with all the tools and features included for one single price. This means that you can access the most advanced features without paying any more to use them.

If you’re unsure about which hosting plan is going to be the best solution for you, use our Hosting Plan Selection Tool that will help select the right plan for you. Alternatively, Contact Us for further assistance.

Vincent Polding
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http://www.poldings.co.uk