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I started reading there TOS and even though they have "unlimited space" it says you can't even upload anything that doesn't have to do with your site, IE no file storage or your account will be suspended, I even asked them if there shared plans have limits and they told me yes, if the account is hogging resources, cpu/ram/bandwidth they will suspend or terminate the account..
If they had 100 accounts on one server, and a 500GB hard drive, each person could only get 5GB, and I'm sure they have several hundred on each server, with only 1-2TB's worth of space, and I doubt they have 10x1TB hard drives because fact is they would lose money on it, and I can see why they put that in the TOS mainly because someone probably already abused it by putting several hundred GB's of things on there account.
I kinda wanna sign up there just for a test, and just start uploading tons of things, like .sql databases or something, and see if they allow me to put 500GB's of things on there before they say something.. who wants me to? :P
Just plain and simple, if you go with a host that offers "UNLIMITED EVERYTHING" than don't whine and cry when you get suspended for using too many resources..
I bet if I had a site that was using 20-100GB a day they would terminate me within a day or two..
What it really comes down to is false advertising, they can get away with the crap so they can do it, and the main reason its being down is because 99% of the customers that signup probably will never use more than a few GB a month which benefits them a ton by profiting, but when that one user is using 500GB a month they lose money, so they find a reason to terminate/suspend the customer, which I find it legally wrong, but since there is no laws on this and I doubt will be for a few years, but I can't wait for the day for the government to step in fine the companies or shut them down all together. I think that's the only time I really would want the government to do something. I bet if pizza companies started advertising unlimited toppings and than forced a limit they would be fined/sued, oh wait it already happen to 3 pizza companies and I was in one of the class action lawsuits.
I don't always see a vps as because someone needs more resources but mainly they like to manage there own server, they like to install things, they like root, but true fully vps's do have downsides, people think they would have more resources on them but if a vps is set at 1gb/2gb and the shared has 16gb and they don't mind you bursting to there ram, than the shared would be better, same with the cpu, most vps's are limited to a certain amount of the cpu or %, if the shared company allows you to use a decent amount it could be better, and cheaper, but people have there own views and mainly most people don't like vps's because they don't know how to use them, or don't want to manage things themselves which most vps's are.
If they had 100 accounts on one server, and a 500GB hard drive, each person could only get 5GB, and I'm sure they have several hundred on each server, with only 1-2TB's worth of space, and I doubt they have 10x1TB hard drives because fact is they would lose money on it, and I can see why they put that in the TOS mainly because someone probably already abused it by putting several hundred GB's of things on there account.
I kinda wanna sign up there just for a test, and just start uploading tons of things, like .sql databases or something, and see if they allow me to put 500GB's of things on there before they say something.. who wants me to? :P
Just plain and simple, if you go with a host that offers "UNLIMITED EVERYTHING" than don't whine and cry when you get suspended for using too many resources..
I bet if I had a site that was using 20-100GB a day they would terminate me within a day or two..
What it really comes down to is false advertising, they can get away with the crap so they can do it, and the main reason its being down is because 99% of the customers that signup probably will never use more than a few GB a month which benefits them a ton by profiting, but when that one user is using 500GB a month they lose money, so they find a reason to terminate/suspend the customer, which I find it legally wrong, but since there is no laws on this and I doubt will be for a few years, but I can't wait for the day for the government to step in fine the companies or shut them down all together. I think that's the only time I really would want the government to do something. I bet if pizza companies started advertising unlimited toppings and than forced a limit they would be fined/sued, oh wait it already happen to 3 pizza companies and I was in one of the class action lawsuits.
I don't always see a vps as because someone needs more resources but mainly they like to manage there own server, they like to install things, they like root, but true fully vps's do have downsides, people think they would have more resources on them but if a vps is set at 1gb/2gb and the shared has 16gb and they don't mind you bursting to there ram, than the shared would be better, same with the cpu, most vps's are limited to a certain amount of the cpu or %, if the shared company allows you to use a decent amount it could be better, and cheaper, but people have there own views and mainly most people don't like vps's because they don't know how to use them, or don't want to manage things themselves which most vps's are.
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