I need someone to explain to me like im 5 yrs old.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by tony404

The difference between getting a server with straight gigs and mbps.I had a server with straight gigs never went over 1886 gig for a month. The new company told me they are both exactly the same thing. Been with them for 5 days,im at 6mbps already and this hasnt been a banner month. Please help me undertstand

Some fine hosting companies Ive recommended to you in the past.

NationalNet is where Oprano lives
NakedHosting is great if you want you hand held
MojoHost is another SOLID host whit some great tools
and Caronet can handle them all from big to small...[AEBN,Xpeeps, etc... all live in one data center]

I personally know each owner at all 4 places. I know any of them would not only explain to you what your looking at but help you plan to scale your operation.

I cant tell you about any place else.

[SinSational]

GB is actual transfer
Mbps is rate of transfer
1Mbps = approx. 320GB's

if your server was pushing 10Mbps every second of every minute of every hour of every day for 1 month, then you would use approx. 3200GB's a month.

the reality is that your traffic spikes and falls throughout the day.
the benefit to having a plan based on Mbps is that your server could be doing 8Mbps for an hour, 2Mbps for an hour, 55Mbps for an hour, etc etc, but your billing is based on the average rate of transfer, usually measured in 5 minute intervals. and with 95th percentile billing, your host will remove the top 5 spikes of traffic.

if you are on a 10Mbps metered port, there is no way that you will get the full 3200GB of transfer unless your server is pinned at 10Mbps for the whole month. so it is best to have your server on a 100Mbps port to allow your traffic to spike when needed. as already mentioned, your server could do over 10Mbps for portions of every day and you could still fall under the 10Mbps average for the month.

[wingchun22]

thats a good one