Why do some still say unlimited?

[priyanka[imported]]

Hi guys,
Still there some people who are offering unlimited diskspace, bandwidth ? When it's impossible why do they claim this?

 

[grungemusic]

Most web hosts forum just ban those threads now.

And anyone who knows a bit about web hosting knows never to go with those hosts.

 

[matrics]

Yes, but they're counting on the steady stream of neophytes (read noobs) in the industry that fall for it.

 

[Darkfire001]

Well Unlimited Webspace isn't possible. But Unlimited Bandwidth is too some degree, with a 20MB/s Connection you could churn out some serious bandwidth, but things might slowdown with too many connections.

 

[identity_00]

Right no such thing of course, however, company's can add new hard drives if ever needed. I think that is the claim that most of these company's claim.
as long as you follow the policies we will continue to upgrade.

 

[adam_uk]

they do it because they think people will never fill a 80gb hdd or max out a 100mpbs lan card.

 

[HFear]

] Hi guys,
Still there some people who are offering unlimited diskspace, bandwidth ? When it's impossible why do they claim this?

That's just how it is in business, they want to get customers. "Unemetered" would be a more specific term for this, but they probably do start charging you extra after you have started using alot of bandwidth/space.

 

[redhippo]

like its said
its a good gimmick and gamble

99% of those that go for unlimited will Never, never reach the limit
because they are newbies! ( most professional webmasters avoided them).

mostly likely they dont even have a site or just starting out...so traffic is minimal and should the sites dramatically increase in traffic after one year ...webhoster can always increase their charge!!!

so all in all it a "good' deal

hosters get their customers and clients hav a nice feeling of having unlimited everything!!!!100000000000000000g nband width!

 

[Caveman]

I think it's more of a marketing gimmick. As Hellfear pointed out, "Unmetered" would be the correct term, however, how many times have you heard Red Lobster offering "unmetered" shrimp for $9.99! Most people know what unlimited means, and that's why the term is still used in advertising, IMHO

 

[MadAboutDomains]

hmmm... Maybe we should test Out an account on one of them, totally pound it with crap, then when we run out, ask for our money back :hehe:

 

[adam_uk]

hmmm... Maybe we should test Out an account on one of them, totally pound it with crap, then when we run out, ask for our money back :hehe:

ive seen it done, someone offered unlimted disk space what not for some really cheap price

3 or 4 people signed up, started uploading downloads from fileplanet and full linux distros, we maxed out the server, pulling to our servers at 5mpbs - 20mpbs + and uploading 4gb mysql databases etc, hammered the server

didnt last a week

 

[MadAboutDomains]

really?? haha!

When you think about it though, when they say unlimited, they mean that they will upgrade or increase the server size if you are in need of more space I suppose. Maybe you have to ask them, and they will :bingo:

 

[adam_uk]

really?? haha!

When you think about it though, when they say unlimited, they mean that they will upgrade or increase the server size if you are in need of more space I suppose. Maybe you have to ask them, and they will :bingo:

we didnt get the chance!! the host shut us down because they said "we where hosting illegal files" yeh of course a free linux os is really illegal, i think one of the files hosted was a 1.6gb update for some game which we got via fileplanet.

 

[Sabre]

Unlimited bandwidth and space just does not exist... end of story!

 

[Nunim]

Best way to test for unlimited bandwith, dump a linux distro or 2 on there and let everyone dl off you. They may cap you at like 20kbs though. Or try uploading a ton of huge files to max out space and see what they can really give you. Once I dumped around 8 CDs before they said they couldn't give me more space.

 

[EazyWebHost]

Most unlimited/unmetered bandwidth providers do a bandwidth capping where your downloads can only go at a specific speed. Sometimes this is IP Throttled or for dedicated servers, they limit at the port.

For unlimited space, well, I know our hard drives do not automaticly expand to the needs of what we want, so I do not know how they do that.