Steve wrote:
> Brian, you got it right. The ixwebhosting TOS has a "fair use"
> clause which to me says "we were just kidding" when it comes to their
> webspace and throughput promises. In my opinion the come-on is
> pretty deceptive...
> http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.php/v2/pages.tos#q4
>
>
> "Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:WsCdnS0sX5xZ2HfbnZ2dnUVZ8qijnZ2d@pipex.net...
>> "Steve" <nomail@for.me> wrote in message
>> news:C3kGi.47045$jJ5.20067@newsfet03.ams...
>>> I have been shopping around for a new host for my 4 sites (with
>>> <2GB of files total). I came across www.ixwebhosting.com and saw
>>> that they offer "500 GB Web Space" for $6.95/month. That's
>>> dramatically more than the 5GB my current host gives. Not to
>>> mention the 3.5TB of monthly throughput. Oh boy. I began to get
>>> visions of storing hard drive backups, mapped Z drives on my PCs,
>>> etc, etc, to make use of that 500GB. I gave them a call. The rep
>>> on the phone tells me that the 500GB must be used for
>>> "web-accessible" files only, that are part of my websites, and that
>>> I cannot use the space for stored files. So then, I could use the
>>> 500GB for thousands of pages of pictures of my cat, but can't use
>>> the space to park backup files? That just ain't right. Is it
>>> reasonable to advertise "500GB web space" without adding that
>>> little disclaimer? Or should I just know better?
>>
>> I think its quite common, and its probably there in their terms and
>> conditions. Basically by offering 500GB of web space they hope to be
>> able to grab your attention but they also expect most sites to be
>> only a few MB. After all, most sites are quite small its only once
>> you get into file sharing and backup that large data volumes
>> typically are required as standard - hence why they exclude you from
>> that. In all probability they couldn't support more than a few sites
>> at 500GB. Something else to be aware of is the 3.5TB monthly throughput.
>> Some
>> hosts actually cap you on a daily basis, so they might actually cap
>> you at 115GB per day (which is still more than most of us would ever
>> dream of using) and they say 30x115GB/day=3.5TB/month. Of course it
>> could also be that its actually unmetered but the bandwidth is
>> limited - although with these numbers I think it works out at the
>> equivalent of 10mbps upload - which might if they are a small host
>> be their total available bandwidth. Its also worth looking at whether
>> they have any "reasonable usage"
>> clause. It might be that you could fit inside all their other
>> requirements but once your site becomes busy they reserve the option
>> to boot you down to reasonable usage. This might for example be
>> expressed in terms of cpu time.
>>
>> BTW if you did fill up 500GB of space with pictures of your cat then
>> you'd probably find that:
>> 1. You'd have to contact their support a few times because they ran
>> out of disk space before you reached the 500GB. (Been there!)
>> 2. That it would take you an age - perhaps its me but it always
>> seems to take longer than an on-paper-calculation says it should to
>> upload even 1GB of files (say 1000 * 1MB files).
>> --
>> Brian Cryer
>> www.cryer.co.uk/brian

you mean it wasn't the 500gig drive you were getting for $6 that gave you a
clue?