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Shared hosting banwidth limits

Hi,

I have a shared hosting account with a 20GB monthly bandwidth limit. I have exceeded my monthly limit and according to my host my counter is never reset, they say they use a continuous 30 day counter.

So for example, I make payment on the 1st of each month, say I use 20GB in the last week of the month. My bandwidth counter is not reset on the 1st of the new month and my bandwidth will only become available in the last week of the new month.

Is this common practice by shared hosting companies?

Sounds a bit shady to me. Surely my counters should be reset on the 1st of every month when I make payment and 20GB of bandwidth should be available from the day payment is made?

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This has nothing to do with programming. You can try serverfault.com, and yes, this is a common way to bill. – Brad Nov 21 '10 at 8:05
Doesn't belong on stackoverflow.com. serverfault.com looks like a better spot. – Sam Bisbee Nov 21 '10 at 8:06
Ok, you can delete it and I'll ask on serverfault. thanks – mike Nov 21 '10 at 8:09
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Yes, this is a common practice of hosting companies, if you find yourself going over 20 GB a lot you may want to consider upgrading to a higher package or even to a VPS/Dedicated server option

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