ulimited Gb of space is all fake?

[psplive]

Hi guys, i heard from quite many ppl say that any host(even those reputable wed hosting) that put ulimited gb mysql database, ulimited Gb of space, ulimited gb of Transfer. is all fake they just trying to attract more customers, isit true? once your account eated a lots of space they will kick you out or suspend your account, is this true? anyone got any experience to share?

[Michael2]

Unless they can prove you're misusing it I would think you're ok. Unlimited very rarely means unlimited. You need to read the fine print in their terms.

[nexialys]

the only question you have to ask yourself:

when i need space in my computer, do i have to pay for a new HD, or i simply go in the shop and take one free? same for the ISP... when you want more speed and bandwidth, do you have to pay your ISP or you have the whole thing for free?

the provider have to pay too, so if they say it's free, they lie... you are tricked somewhere, your account is capped.

[the geek]

I would doubt there is serious fine print that states 'we are kidding about the unlimited bit'. Regarding bandwidth, there may be clauses to start throttling it after x amount, however I doubt they can just cut you off.

These marketing initiatives are based on averages. If the average customer uses 50g per month in data transfer, some will use far more and some far less, but lumped together they still equate to the same cost to the company (and sounds a lot better than offering x amount for a capped 100g pm)

[nexialys]

my average clients have 5 static webpages without any need of MySQL/PHP... so unlimited is an amazing concept for them... when you start consuming your provided resources, you see that it's a vague concept...

[The_Big_K]

Of course, its fake! I have had a bad experience when my hosts database server started going down every few minutes. I had to move to a better host!

[psplive]

so does this mean host gator,justhost etc.. is all fake?

[cbiweb]

I trust no host who claims unlimited space or bandwidth carte blanche. Sooner or later there IS a limit, and when you hit it, something else is gonna hit something else.

My current host doesn't offer unlimited, but will auto-upgrade my account if I exceed any limits, therefore I never have downtime due to space limitations. The downside is I would have a slightly higher monthly fee. But if my site is doing that well, I won't mind.

[nexialys]

so does this mean host gator,justhost etc.. is all fake?

their services are real, their "unlimited" is fake. hostgator indicate it when you follow the registration of your account, you have some limits.

[anthonyparsons]

I tested this theory with ipowerweb years ago. Paid about $10 a month at that time for a hosting account, just when they began releasing all this "unlimited" nonsense. So I paid the money, gathered up gigs of useless photo files and let the ftp go 24/7 loading up the drive. They closed the account when I hit about 6-7 gig (I think from memory). I didn't even get to put the link pages up and see how fast their server would crash getting 50 people at once to visit the page and open pics at a few megs each.

I wonder how far will they let one go now with cheaper space, CPU's and RAM?

[hitmancode47]

It's a complete load of rubbish, considering that there is no such thing invented as "Unlimited Disk Space" no matter how much you try, your hard drives will ALWAYS fill. Basically it just means there is no Disk Space Quota.

The only thing that is truely unlimited, is monthly bandwith.

[Aery]

Totally fake, I'm just having an terrible time with LunarPages (and I had researched a lot before choosing them) and I'm moving soon.

What YOU will need to have is unlimited patience !

Best,
Aery

[JVCode]

Totally fake, I'm just having an terrible time with LunarPages (and I had researched a lot before choosing them) and I'm moving soon.

What YOU will need to have is unlimited patience !

Best,
Aery

What problem(s) are you having with LunarPages ?

[humdesi]

"ulimited Gb of space"
that a catch line hosting company use to get people to buy, but u can not have ulimited spece or bandwith

[nforums]

See this articles about overselling and numbers: http://webhostingreviewshop.com/choo...sting-company/

Unlimited disk space can't be delivered no matter what.

Unlimited bandwidth is easy to deliver because based of simple math, if you're maxing out your connection (Most shared hosts limit to around 10MB/s tops) you won't transfer much more than 300-400GB of data in a month tops. (My math is probably slightly off)

However, the problem doesn't come in when you want to use that bandwidth or disk space, it comes in on how its being used and how much processing power is using it. If you serve nothing but downloads (Linux Distro's for example) then the overhead won't be much. But when you start running scripts (vBulletin for example) and doing that much transfer, the problem is your CPU usage. And thats where a lot of hosting companies terminate accounts.