bandwidth need


Hi friends !
Most hosting companies offer a variety of bandwidth options in their plans.So can u please tell me what exactly bandwidth is and how can we determine the amount of bandwidth a hosting company can provide?My web site is composed of static web pages and there is marginal traffic on my site.
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wipr
Wipro Dedicated Servers
Bandwidth represents the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time.Browsing the web, sending e-mail and downloading a file occasionally doesn’t consume much bandwidth. Downloading or uploading video or huge audio files will use much more of it. At the moment 2-3% of internet users consume about 90% of the overall available bandwidth. For this reason other users may experience setbacks in performance and slowdowns.Bandwidth is all about the type of the connection and the amount of data specific connection type allows to be transfered in a specific period of time.
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Tosh
Dedicated Hosting
The internet, in the most simplest of terms, is a group of millions of computers connected by networks. These connections within the internet can be large or small depending upon the cabling and equipment that is used at a particular internet location. It is the size of each network connection that determines how much bandwidth is available

TRAFFIC :
Traffic is simply the number of bits that are transferred on network connections.Depending upon the network connection between the web site and the internet, the transfer may occur very quickly, or it could take time if other people are also downloading files at the same time.

These are the factors on which bandwidth relies upon.It can vary from network to network and from one host to another.

1. Upstream and Downstream Bandwidth
Upstream type of Bandwidth, also called Upload Bandwidth determines the amount of data that can be sent (uploaded) to the Internet. This is very important for transmitting data and uploading files to the server.
Downstream or Download type of Bandwidth determines the amount of data that is recived from the Internet. This is important for downloading the files from the Internet.

2. Basic Consumer Bandwidth, LAN Bandwidth, WAN Bandwidth solutions

Basic Consumer Internet access is most commonly provided by Dial-Up, DSL or Cable connections. Each of these types of connections allows certain amount of data to be transmitted in a fixed amount of time.
LAN (Local Area Network) stands for a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link. A local area network may have as few as two or three users (for example, in a home network) or as many as thousands of users (for example, in an FDDI network). The most widely used local area network connection technology is Ethernet. Others areToken Ring technology, FDDI and ARCNET. LAN can also use wireless technology. Bandwidth allowed in a specific LAN community depends on the type of connection technology used.
WAN (Wide Area Networks) are connections between business organizations and the outside world. A WAN may also be part of a private network that extends across multiple business locations in a city, across the country or even worldwide. Typically WAN represents LAN of the certain organization connected to the outside world. The most common WAN connection is a T1 line. In order to expand Bandwidth multiple T1 lines may be bond together. Another high bandwidth protocol for business connectivity is DS3 over fiber optic SONET service or a T3 line. One of the most popular solutions is Ethernet. Ethernet that runs on LAN can be extended to the WAN. __________________
Tosh
Dedicated Hostin

Most personal or small business sites will not need more than 1GB of bandwidth per month. If you have a web site that is composed of static web pages and you expect little traffic to your site on a daily basis, go with a low bandwidth plan. If you go over the amount of bandwidth allocated in your plan, your hosting company could charge you over usage fees, so if you think the traffic to your site will be significant, you may want to go through the calculations above to estimate the amount of bandwidth required in a hosting plan.
Cpwebhosting provides various hosting plans which comprises of bandwidth suited exactly to the needs of the plan type.so for any assistance you may have a look over our various hosting plans at cpwebhosting.net.
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Tosh
Dedicated Hosting
okay thank you for your suggestions.But is your company U.S based??
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wipr
Wipro Dedicated Servers
yes our company is located in Florida(U.S.A).We offer all types of top-notch hosting services to our customers and that too at an affordable price.
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Tosh
Dedicated Hosting