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August 21, 2002 1:07:53 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I wanted to know if this is for real. This site known as Power Web is selling there services for 7.77 a month. The main thing is for me is the bandwith. If I have a site that has 30mb of stuff and 1 person goes through the whole site, I can currently at the site I am on, have 3 more poeple visit the site.

This site is offering 250 Gigabytes of bandwidth transfer. Is that possible for 7.77 a month

www.powweb.com

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joetheblow
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Reply #1 August 21, 2002 3:17:25 AM
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Here is a link to there info page:

http://www.powweb.com/webhosting.html

Is this good? Or a sham?
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Koasati
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Reply #2 August 21, 2002 8:41:59 AM
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I use PowWeb.......but you really need to read a bit more carefully........25GB\month transfer, not 250GB.
I've been pleased with the service. The only downtime I've experienced in over a year was for scheduled maintenance.
Yes, they are for real!
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bakerstreet
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Reply #3 August 21, 2002 9:41:12 AM
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Don't confuse transfer with 'bandwidth'. Hosts often use the terms interchangably, but 25 gigs of transfer will mean *nothing* if you have a teeny pipe that only 2 or 3 people can use comfortably at a time. I have heard that many cut-rate hosts give you tons of transfer, and then plug you into a pipe so narrow that 3 or 4 simultaneous connections tap out the width and you are suddenly at dial-up speeds or worse.

Of course it depends on what you are doing with the site, but if you have to worry about load-times causing you to lose half your visiors, it would not be worth the money.
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joetheblow
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Reply #4 August 21, 2002 9:43:28 AM
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p.s. it doesn't have to be the size of the pipe, either. If you are buying one spot on a server with a hundred other sites on it, even a big pipe can screech to a halt. Your mileage may vary, but Caveat Emptor, I say.
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Reply #5 August 21, 2002 4:07:46 PM
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Right now I am using Brinkster and I wanted to know if there is a better deal out there.

http://www.brinkster.com/AboutPremiumX4.asp

I do not know to much about this subject yet. I want to get started so I know who to work with and who to avoid. Also I wanted to know what I should look for.

Thanks for your responces Koasati and bakerstreet. It really helped.
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