I need web hosting, and my needs are pretty narrow. I don't need fancy tools or applications, everything I'm doing is pretty much text. I don't need hand-holding or customer service. But what I DO need is to not have to worry that if any of my domains (I've got five or six) go viral, I'll be socked with $$$$ bandwidth overage bills. That happened to me once a long time ago, and I still have trauma scars. I realize that no hosting service can offer, like, infinite bandwidth. At a certain point, service would either cut off or else overage charges will cut in. But are there any web hosting outfits out there known to have particularly generous bandwidth limits, and reasonably priced overage charges beyond those limits?
posted by jimmyjimjim on Aug 6, 2008 - 32 answers

I'm a new server operator, and I've got QoS set up, but the flattened bandwidth graphs make me wonder, 'How much is too much?'. [more inside]
posted by philomathoholic on Oct 5, 2007 - 4 answers

Help me understand bandwidth, servers and net speed in general please! [more inside]
posted by fightorflight on Apr 11, 2007 - 17 answers

I have a website on which I host videos. I don't want users to click the video links and watch the videos right off my server. I would like the user to click the link and get one of those boxes that asks them to save it to their computer so they can watch it on their hard drive. How do I do this?
posted by JPowers on Mar 3, 2006 - 21 answers

Help us survive a major-but-short-term traffic spike. [more inside]
posted by blag on Sep 21, 2005 - 15 answers