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Bandwidth describes the amount of data a network can transport
in a certain period of time. In other words, bandwidth is
a capacity for rate of data transfer.
Every time you use a computer to communicate with another
computer via the Internet, you are moving bits of information
through various web hosting companies. Some of your Internet
activities, such as sending email, use very little bandwidth,
while other activities, such as viewing websites with large
graphics or listening to streaming audio files, use a lot
of bandwidth because you're sending lots and lots of bits.
Bandwidth As Applied To Cheap Web Hosting
In your search for a cheap web hosting company, you will
come upon the term bandwidth many times. In general, most
companies are referring to the amount of data that you are
allowed to transfer per month.
For example, one hosting company might offer an account
that allows 5 Gigabytes (GB), also stated as 5,000 Megabytes
(MB), of bandwidth per month for a particular cheap web
hosting package. If you go over this allocated amount of
bandwidth, you are then charged an extra fee per GB over
the limit.
It is very important to note that bandwidth is used every
time someone visits your website. Each time an image is
viewed, or a file is downloaded, or a page from your website
is loaded into a browser, a small amount of hosting bandwidth
is used. Basically, every time any information is transferred
from one person to another using your hosting account, bandwidth
is being utilized.
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