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Hosting Data-Transfer Quotas Are Fading Out

Posted by kdawson on from the unmetered-is-not-unlimited dept.

miller60 writes "One of the largest Web hosts has scrapped data transfer quotas on all its shared hosting plans, retiring one of the oldest metrics in the hosting industry. With its latest move, 1&1 Internet has gone all-in on 'unlimited' hosting, a controversial practice viewed by many as a gimmick that promises more than it can deliver. Yahoo and Go Daddy have also experimented with unlimited plans, as the shared hosting sector responds to a tough economy, tough competition, and predictions that it will be made obsolete by cloud computing."

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  1. GoDaddy is an amusing name by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not GoMummy or GoBaby? All I know about this company is that I've seen people complain and that some of their ads are risque, but I still chuckle every time I see the name. "GoDaddy unlimited hosting" sounds like an all night party for old bong smoking pot bellied losers.

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  2. Re:On the flip side by TapeCutter · · Score: 3, Funny

    "what if mom unplugs your server to give your basement it's annual vacuum?"

    Who cares about a power blip? - I would love mum to come over and shovel the crap off the carpet but she keeps giving me all this shit about how being 80 means she's too old to push a wheelbarrow.

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
  3. Re:Always been on 95th percentile by notmyusualnickname · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, he has a French sounding name, an email address from altiva.fr, his sig has a URL in French with the French TLD...

  4. Re:My experiance with "no data transfer quotas" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    THIS.

    Also, why in GODS name did you post this thing on SLASHDOT?!
    Say bye to your site again in 3...2...1...