We understand how difficult it can be to cut through the technical gibberish and jargon and understand the difference between different website hosting packages.  We're here to help you slash your way through the Megahertz and Gigabytes so that you can figure out what really is the best fit for you.

What is bandwidth?  How much do I need?

Bandwidth is basically the amount of data that your website transmits.   The most often used term is GB/month.  (GigaBytes per month).

To put things in perspective... a full, uncompressed DVD movie is roughly 4.5 GB.  The average mp3 is less than .5% of one Gigabyte.

So plan accordingly.  If you plan on having more than 10,000 people download more than 2 or 3 mp3 songs in a day, or 1,000 people watch a couple of videos, you're going to need more than 300 GB of bandwidth.

But if you're running a family website, or a small business without a lot of audio, video, and other multimedia packages, a smaller package will work just fine for you.  Depending on the number of people in your family, and the size of the pictures/material you are putting on your website, you will probably only need 50 GB of bandwidth (also known as "transfer").