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There are a lot of website hosting companies that are "one man bands" and resell hosting plans from a Virtual Private Server that they are renting from another website hosting company.
Some (most) of these "one man bands" almost always oversell website hosting plans to their customers offering them "the world" with unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth, but have very limited disk space and bandwidth that they can actually offer.
Larger companies like GateHost Website Hosting, have been in the website hosting industry for the past 4 years, and have a large number of website hosting servers within various datacentres.
This means that a more established company, like GateHost Website Hosting can offer and supply you with unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth.
NOTE There are companies, like HostGator, JustHost, and others who also offer unlimited website hosting plans, but have "clauses" within their Service Level Agreement or Fair Usage Policy which will catch consumers out if they try to use more disk space or bandwidth than their company anticipated.
Whereas, GateHost Website Hosting clearly state within their terms and conditions that they are quite happy to provide unlimited disk space, and unlimited bandwidth; providing that it is being used for your website, and not backing up your computer files, or illegally sharing files, etc.
Here is the extract:
"UNLIMITED" USAGE POLICIES AND DEFINITIONS
The term “UNLIMITED” is used to describe the amount of resources in the web hosting plans provided by GateHost Website Hosting, which is not set to a predefined limit value (for example - unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space, unlimited emails or other unlimited resources).
By not setting limits on key resources, we are able to offer our customers a simple, consistent pricing scheme as their websites demand more and more resources. As a result, a typical website may experience periods of great popularity and a resulting increased storage need without experiencing any associated increase in hosting charges.
In all cases, when a service is listed as “Unlimited“, it is intended for normal web hosting usage only - all activities, which may result in excessive resource usage inconsistent with regular usage patterns, are prohibited.
Our Unlimited service offers are not designed to allow a single user to influence the overall server performance. GateHost Website Hosting will make every effort to provide its customers with additional resources whenever possible, including the relocation of a customer's hosting account to a newer, faster server.
However, if the resource usage reaches a level where it may influence the overall server performance in a negative way, GateHost Website Hosting reserves the right to take corrective actions. Such actions may include disconnection or discontinuance of any and of all offered services, removal or deletion of customers' websites, website content, electronic mail, or termination of a customer's account according to GateHost Website Hosting's sole and absolute discretion.
As you can see from the above extract, their terms and conditions are very generous.
Note: Always look for website hosting reviews, for the company that you are looking to provide your services.
