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At Alexis Computers, we have chosen not to set a strict transfer limit. This is not unlimited transfer (no one can *really* afford to give promise that and those
claims are misleading in nature), but the reason that we have done this is
because a large portion of the domains that we host only receive around
1000-2000 page views per month. Due to this, they are only using a small
percentage of a GB of transfer per month. Since this is the case with most
domains, when we get sites that are more trafficked, in most cases we can
allow them to have the transfer that they need up to even several GB per
month if the others on that server don't need it.
In the case that a site's bandwidth becomes very resource intensive (10% of
system resources, cpu load or 10% of the transfer alloted to that server is
considered resource intensive), we reserve the right to pass along the extra
cost associated with the use of our system to the site owner. Normally you
can get around 50,000 standard page views per GB of transfer. Real
Audio / Video and / or a cgi or graphic intensive site will consume more
bandwidth than standard pageviews as each file that is called by a visitor
consumes bandwidth.
Currently, our soft limits per package are:
- Package A: 1gb
- Package B: 1gb
- Package C: 10gb
- Package D: 12gb
- Package E: 14gb
- Package F: 16gb
In the event that your site becomes so trafficked that it is requiring several GB
of transfer per month, please
contact us to see if we can give you any ideas on how to bring your transfer
down. Sometimes it can be a simple program change or researching to see if
people are linking to your graphics or files (that is a very fast way to eat up
your bandwidth - so do not let people link to your stuff).
If we are unable to lower it, at this point we will either pass along the cost of
the extra bandwidth and/or help you find a host with more bandwidth to offer
or in extreme cases where you are on the road to taking up 20 or 30 GB per
month, a dedicated server to set you up on with a good company we know.
At the present time, as of this writing, extra bandwidth is $6.00 per GB per
month.
Please note that if you suddenly start taking up more bandwidth than we can
handle, we would possibly have to take your site offline until we can get it
straightened out. This is only in extreme cases. Example: Someone uploads a
40 MB movie to their site and announces it to the public. 5000 people come
in one day to view the movie. That takes up 200,000 MB of transfer (200
GB) and costs us $1200.00! Considering that our most popular account only
costs $12.00 a month, you can see where we would have to pass that cost
along to the site owner that caused it. This is very rare and actually has only
happened once or twice to us in the past year.
We do our "soft limit" transfer in this manner to try to keep with Acts 2:44-
45 "and all that believed, were together and had all things common and sold
their possesions and goods and parted them to all men as every man had
need."
We feel that if we, as a body, will share the resources available to us, we will
be keeping with this scripture. If you are transferring an exisitng site that
already receives several GB of transfer per month, contact us and we will find
a solution for your hosting needs.
When you log into your control panel, you will see the maximum transfer limit set
for that package to help us keep track of who is using what kind of transfer. If you need more, we can analyze the use of transfer by all
the other domains and see how much we can allow you to use over that. We
will always, always, come up with a good solution! Even if it means helping
you get set up on another host that allows more bandwidth. The only reason
that we would ever cancel your domain because of transfer is if you refuse to
cooperate or we feel that you are abusing our system. Then we will have to
ask you to move your site to another option or cancel your account.
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