According to the "order virtual dedicated server" page, 50TB of extra bandwidth is $74.99
On Azure or Amazon AWS, or Rackspace, this amount of traffic costs in the order of $4000.00+ if I'm not mistaken.
Where is the catch?
Where is the catch?
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Re: Where is the catch?
NFO employs large(20-50 Gbit) connections in order to fight DDoS attacks, which are an unfortunate reality in the GSP business. NFO has to pay for what bandwidth they buy regardless of if they use it or not.
In short, there is no catch. You aren't going to be suspended for using what you buy, or treated differently because of the fact that you opt to use what you're paying for. NFO under-loads their equipment and performance reflects that.
In short, there is no catch. You aren't going to be suspended for using what you buy, or treated differently because of the fact that you opt to use what you're paying for. NFO under-loads their equipment and performance reflects that.
Re: Where is the catch?
Our low prices for bandwidth are made possible primarily by the law of averages -- most people only use a fraction of their bandwidth, which brings the costs down for everyone else.
If those other hosts charge that, they are pretty wildly overcharging, because it's far beyond what they would pay per Mbps, even if everyone used all of their bandwidth. They may not be updating their pricing as their costs go down, leaving those prices back at what made sense in 2008 or so.
rymax99, we don't have to pay for the bandwidth on the whole pipe if we don't use it, but there is a minimum commitment involved, certainly, and that is also a factor, since it brings up what we have to buy. We might as well encourage using it.
If those other hosts charge that, they are pretty wildly overcharging, because it's far beyond what they would pay per Mbps, even if everyone used all of their bandwidth. They may not be updating their pricing as their costs go down, leaving those prices back at what made sense in 2008 or so.
rymax99, we don't have to pay for the bandwidth on the whole pipe if we don't use it, but there is a minimum commitment involved, certainly, and that is also a factor, since it brings up what we have to buy. We might as well encourage using it.
Re: Where is the catch?
You might also be looking at CDN bandwidth pricing, which seems to cost a significant premium vs bandwidth from a single location(could be hundreds of dollars for a few TB).
Not a NFO employee