Bandwidth can be a tricky subject and that is exactly why we always quote our bandwidth prices in terms of a rate, for example Mbit/sec or Kilobit/sec. Here is why.

Some companies will state "Monthly Bandwidth Allowance" and put a number on it, say 500GB (GigaBytes) for this example. They will monitor your server's activity and not limit the rate at which data can be provided to users of your computer. That's nice for speed but in some cases it leads to premature usage of your monthly allotment. Once your 500GB is used up, you start to incur extra fees depending on how much more bandwidth you use. These metered fees can be very expensive over the course of a month. You also don't realize you went over your allotment until your bill comes out and you find out you may owe the hosting company hundreds if not thousands of dollars for a very active month.

With our service that cannot happen. If your server allocation is 500GB/month that is equal to a rate of 1.54Mbit/sec (A T1 Speed). What we do is rate limit your server so that you can never exceed that rate and therefore, you can never exceed your allotment of bandwidth. Malicious or not, somebody can decide to chew up your bandwidth allotment. Not with our rate method. You have the opportunity to monitor your site's performance and balance your monthly bandwidth payment based on the desired performance. What you will not get is any suprises at the end of the month.

Of course the rate at which your server will communicate with the internet is up to you and can be changed at any time.

Here is a simple rule of thumb to give you an idea of the corresponding kBit/sec to GB/month or GB/month to kBit/sec. Remember, 1 MegaBit/sec = 1000 kBit/sec.

GB/Month (Giga Byte Per Month) to kBit/sec (Kilo Bit Per Second)  -  This converts total bandwidth to a rate:
    GB/month = kBit/sec / 3.1833

kBit/Sec (Kilo Bit Per Second) to GB/Month (Giga Byte Per Month)  -  This converts rate to total bandwidth:
    kBit/sec = GB/Month * 3.1833