Data Transfer

Data transfer allowance is the amount of information your web site can send to its visitors within a calendar month. With our hosting service you will receive an allowance of 4GB per month.

Clients hosted with Hotchilli are limited to 2GB per month but can contact us to transfer their site if more is needed.

In our experience, this is never an issue unless you receive thousands of visitors every day (in which case, the small charge for additional data transfer is well worth it) or you are hosting mutimedia or other large files.

4GB corresponds to around 750 visitors per day.

Charges for Excess Data Transfer

The charges for excess data transfer usage is £15+VAT per GB, or part thereof, if not ordered in advance. Pre-ordered, the charge is £10+VAT per GB, or part thereof. This is charged at the end of each calendar month where the data transfer allowance has been exceeded.

This can happen if you run a successful advertising campaign, or appear on TV, or if you suddenly become popular on the web by word-of-mouth. If you know of an upcoming campaign, tell us and we will help you plan your web site's data transfer needs.

What is Bandwidth?

Bandwidth is the amount of data our web servers can physically send in a short amount of time. As they are located in Telehouse, London Docklands they are capable of sending out around 4MB every second (yes, that's the size of a typical MP3 song)!

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