[Insanity and Malfunctions] Limits to the umlimited in the hosting industry

Once upon a time there was a man. This man was looking for web hosting. He looked far and wide finally he came upon a host who offered him Unlimited Space and Bandwidth for low price of $20.00 a year. He thought to himself wow this is a really good deal and signed up immediately. He even prepaid for five years thinking it was such a good deal.

Everything was fine the first week he had the hosting. His sites opened fast and the service was reliable. He even had support he thought he had made the best decision of his life. Even into the second week of being with this host he positive he had found the illusive golden egg.

About the middle of the second week he awoke to the fact that his sites were no longer there. The hosting company?s site was not even there. The support staff was no longer there. No body even answered the phone at the company. So in essence no body was home. He tried everything to contact this company even using the messenger handle they gave him to contact but there just was no answer. He even posted on the forums where he found them to no avail.

There was not much the man could do but try to find another host to take his business. He was very sad and lost for many weeks. Then he came to the realization that he had been scammed. Now the man was nobody?s fool. He was very smart and thought he had done enough research to cover himself. Although he had done the things he had learned to protect himself he still got taken in by the Unlimited Space and bandwidth.


I told this story to illustrate a point. Is there such a thing as Unlimited Space and Bandwidth in a finite world? The short answer is no. The concept does not even exist because everything man does has limits. Even un metered does not exist. Everything has a cap on it. Can you go out and buy unlimited or un metered gas for your car? No you can not. Can you get unlimited cash from an ATM? No you can not. The why would people believe that there is such a thing in the hosting industry?

I do not care who you host with. They can offer you what ever they like to get your money. Most of these hosts know you will never test the limits of your hosting. If you do try they just terminate you for using too many resources. They know they will never have to answer for it also. What makes people think that their host is going to give them another hard drive when hard drives cost more per month then what they pay for the hosting? I can tell you right now people this is not going to happen. Hosts are in the business to make money.

All of this being said it is ultimately your decision. Just remember the old saying if something looks or sounds to good to be true it usually is. Even life has it?s limits it is called death. If limitless things were possible don?t you all think the dead world?s leaders would still be alive?