Web Hosting Bandwidth

August 10th, 2009 | Posted by admin in Articles

If you are searching for a web host, you will see that all hosts offer a variety of bandwidth options in their hosting plans. So what is bandwidth more exactly?

Every time someone visits your website, traffic is created. Traffic is measured in bits, and so is bandwidth. So, more traffic you have, more bandwidth you need. The size of your website is also important. Because, if you have a large website or you are hosting large files, you will need more bandwidth.

If you have a small website, around 1GB monthly bandwidth will probably be enough. But you can also calculate the amount of bandwidth you need with this calculator:

Total bandwidth = visits a day * page views per visit * average page size * 30 (number of days a month)