Hosting Company Advice - How much bandwidth?
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I'm not sure how to estimate how much bandwidth I would need for a website. It's basically just a blog. Mostly text, some pics, a few zips. Probably wont get much traffic. Is 10GB a month enough?
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How big is everything? Like, if you selected your pages, your pictures, and your zip files, how many bytes are selected?
How many hits do you think you'll get a month?
Multiply the two. This is your theoretical upper bound. That assumes that everyone downloads every picture and every zip file. It's a very impractical upper limit... but it's one.
You will likely be more than fine with 10GB a month... unless you're hosting files for the latest game release or a free adult site.
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If you're asking this question, buy a bandwidth-limited package instead of a transfer-limited package. (Bandwidth is measured in bytes per second, not bytes). Any reputable hosting company should offer both kinds. If it's just a tiny site like that, a typical 20kb/sec package should be plenty. After a few months you'll know what your actual traffic usage is like, and can change to a more appropriate package if you like.
If the hosting company you are looking at is only offering transfer-limited packages, that's a strong warning sign that you should avoid this company. Such people are out to squeeze you for money, and typically have many hidden charges.
