# Recommend me a Web Hosting Server

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-web-hosting-server/330171>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-web-hosting-server/330171 "2005-11-09T04:18:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-web-hosting-server/330171/1 "2005-11-09T04:18:32Z")

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I have seen a few web server hosting sites like this [one](http://www.818hosting.com/), but their claims of unlimted space and unlimited bandwidth for 6.95/mo have me thinking their claims are too good to be true.

I am looking for a good server with decent speeds capable of handling a website that deals with high volume uploads and downloads and I may eventually need somewhere in the upward space of 100 GB. I would like to start low, but want to have lots of room to expand into. I would also like to keep my costs no higher than 200/mo. Ideally I would like something under 100 to begin with, but I don’t know the real prices of these things. I think I should expect a download per file of no more than 1-5 megabites (no larger than say an MP3- that is not what I am downloading though), and would like to expect within the first 6 months reaching 10,000 downloads a month.

So what is out there? A prelimary search shows some sites offering “unlimited bandwidth” and up to 5 GB space for less than 10 dollars a month, but other sites offer 30 GB space but don’t mention bandwidth and charge anywhere from 35-275 dollars a month. Can somebody give me the rundown on the difference?