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A service provider who serves your web site for viewing on the internet is called a web host. People who are browsing the internet access web site's through each site's respective web host. The computers the web hosting companies use to serve web pages are very similar to home computers. Running software designed to serve web sites, these computers are referred to as servers.

Web hosts usually host thousands of websites, using many servers, and typically have very fast connections to the Internet. Basically, they function by renting out space to users who want users to be able to access their websites through the World Wide Web.

While some large web hosting companies have their own servers, other companies will rent servers from larger companies and sell space on these under their own name. In such cases the web space will actually belong to another much bigger company although the web host you are dealing with will be the one managing your account on the server.

There are different kinds of web-hosting setups and dependent upon your website and budget, any of these may be the right type. Bandwidth is always stated as a monthly limit in either MB or GB. This is the amount of actual data that can be transferred from the web server that holds your website, to the browser of the person who is looking at your website.

If you exceed the set limit, you will end up either paying a fee, or your website will become unavailable. The bandwidth that you use is directly connected to the level of traffic that your site receives.

You may be enticed by hosting companies that promise you unlimited bandwidth. While this certainly sounds tempting, it's not as good as it sounds. After all, bandwidth costs money, and if a company truly offered you unlimited bandwidth, they would have to have an unlimited supply of money! It's better, then, to look for a web hosting company with more realistic (and honest) advertising.