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syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member -  
syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member -
Hello,

So a small silly question probably, what is a website’s traffic? I just had mine suspended because I exceeded the allowed traffic, when I asked what it was they answered “Traffic refers to people visiting your site on the internet.”

Isn’t it still not very clear in my head, is it the visits by people? I thought it was the limit of what I could upload to the site per month...

Thanks in advance

T.

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    RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360
     
    HI
    syrinxxxx

    If you have this problem, it’s because your host has set a traffic limit!

    That means they limit the number of gigabytes visitors download from your site in one month!

    Let me explain:
    each time a visitor comes to your site, they download your pages in their “temp”

    so if you have a limit of 100MB, for example, and you only have one page that is 100KB,

    and well after 1000 visitors you will have reached the limit!

    1000 Visitors X 100KB = 100MB !!!

    RAD
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    ♣ The biggest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      Okay, so the more my site is visited, the more I pay: :D
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      1. NeoTux Posted messages 3352 Status Member 774 > syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member
         
        That's it. ;)

        But it's logical .... :)
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  2. NeoTux Posted messages 3352 Status Member 774
     
    Bandwidth is the usable data transfer capacity of a network link. It is expressed as capacity-throughput over a given time and is often noted in Mbps (or Mb/s). Thus, 1 Mbps potentially allows 1 Megabit to pass each second. It is then easy to compare bandwidth to the width of a highway: the more lanes there are, the greater the traffic capacity. It is indeed the access of internet users to your site online. It has no relation to disk space.
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      okay thanks, I think I understood.

      So another question: actually I’m allowed 1 GB of traffic per month, if it’s the users doing it I can’t really control it?

      I received messages from my hosting provider saying I exceeded this traffic and that they would suspend my site until next month unless I pay for more traffic. There must be a way to control this traffic, so it doesn’t exceed 1 GB (I don’t know anything but a gig is already a lot for me)

      If I put a video on my site of about 200 MB, say, and 5 people watch it in full, would we reach 1 GB of traffic?
      wow I think I got nothing right actually
      sorry :s
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      1. NeoTux Posted messages 3352 Status Member 774 > syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member
         
        No, you cannot limit it.

        The goal of a website is to be known and visited.

        What is the point of restricting access?
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  3. RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360
     
    If I put a video on my site of 200 MB say, and if 5 people watch it in full, do we reach 1 GB of traffic?

    you got it all !!
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    ♣ The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      Okay, so I have a video of around 200MB on a page of my site and hosting at start1g with OVH.
      Should I change my plan?
      I’m not going to pay a little traffic every week for a few more people to watch the video, right? :D
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  4. RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360
     
    yes

    or host your video elsewhere !!

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    ♣  The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      Oh yes, okay if on the OVH server I put HTML pages with a bit of text and I put my video on YouTube, will it count a few KB for the page and then the rest is handled on YouTube?

      So basically anything that's a bit heavy should I host it elsewhere?
      Could YouTube work?

      Rad, on your site with all the tutorials, how do you do it?
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  6. RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360
     
    Rad on your site with all the tutorials, how do you do it?

    FREE does not limit traffic!! and I have several spaces with them !!!
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    ♣ The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      So to fix the traffic issue, I create a Free email address, I open an account with them, I host my video there and then embed it on a page of my OVH-hosted site with an HTML code (a bit like Photobucket)

      Could it work like that or do I need to host the whole site with Free?


      in any case, thank you very much for all these clear answers !!!
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  7. RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360
     
    yes

    but still making an index page at free! sometimes they check if it’s not just for storing files!! , but no problem
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    ♣ The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      Hello hello, and best wishes!!!!!
      I signed up with Free but on this page.
      On another post, I had seen a link that you had put to Free and it seems that it wasn’t the same ...
      I can’t seem to find that post anymore...
      (To register, do they have to send me a paper file at my place?)

      Thank you in advance!
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      1. RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360 > syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member
         
        HI

        YES this is here, the old link must be dead, they changed their site!!

        and yes you will receive by mail your codes and password,

        RAD
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        ♣ The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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  8. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
     
    thank you VERY MUCH!
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  9. ThEBiShOp Posted messages 9307 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 606
     
    Traffic is not limited with Free, but the bandwidth for the visitor is...

    For some internet users, browsing Free sites is quite painful, so if we have to download large files, let's not even talk about it...
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      hi thebishop,
      you’re right, but do you know another free solution?
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      1. RAD ZONE Posted messages 5362 Status Contributor 1 360 > syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member
         
        This problem is known and doesn’t bother as many people as that!!

        I even manage the FTP from Thailand and navigation works without any problem on my free sites from Bangkok!! a bit tougher here at the Burmese border, but that’s due to the wifi connection at my place!

        I even watch the demo videos without any problem!, It depends on the time and the traffic present!! but don’t forget that it’s a shared hosting!!!!

        and I have never found anything better in the world for free, so the few problems encountered aren’t that important!! (some PHP restrictions bother me more than the bandwidth)!!
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        ♣ The biggest mistake a man can make is to be afraid to make one. ♣
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  10. ThEBiShOp Posted messages 9307 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 606
     
    demo1g at OVH isn’t bad, 1GB

    In fact Free is quite irregular, it depends on what we need to host.
    If the site is intended to have many visits and many large files, it’s better to avoid.
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    1. syrinxxxx Posted messages 334 Status Member 28
       
      The problem was that I’m on OVH Start 1GB and they suspended my account because the traffic was 1.17 GB. So I’m removing the video (200 MB) from OVH which makes me pay and hosting it with someone else, like free, for example ;)
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