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What unmetered really means

A plain explanation of what unmetered bandwidth includes on shared hosting, and where fair use still applies.

Updated Aug 29, 20263 min read12 reads
What unmetered really means
Unmetered bandwidth on shared hosting, explained clearly

Unmetered bandwidth on LogicWeb shared hosting means we do not bill you overages for normal site traffic. Your CMS, email, and routine backups stay on the plan without a surprise transfer invoice. It is not a promise of unlimited speed, a 40 Gbps pipe, or a video CDN. Fair use still applies because the network card and other customers on the server are real limits.

What unmetered bandwidth covers

You can run a typical website, send mail, and keep backups without watching a transfer meter for everyday use. Hotlinking large media files from your homepage, or serving continuous video streams, is outside that normal workload. If a dedicated plan lists a hard transfer cap, that number is the limit you should plan around. CPU, RAM, and inode limits still apply on shared hosting either way. We removed bandwidth surprises from the invoice; we did not remove the physical limits of the connection.

If you need to distribute large video files at scale, use an object store or a CDN in front of your origin. A VPS or dedicated server with a clear network rating, plus a CDN, is the honest fit for heavy file delivery. A support ticket that says unmetered should cover a multi-terabyte stream will not change those limits.

Attack traffic is not your transfer

We filter junk traffic at the edge whenever we can. A 1 Gbps network port still cannot absorb a much larger flood on its own. That situation is a capacity issue, not an overage bill. If you expect a real launch spike, tell us ahead of time so we can plan with you.

How to choose the right plan

Stay on shared hosting when your site is a normal CMS with ordinary visitors and mail. Move to a VPS or dedicated server when you need root access, a stated network capacity, or steady delivery of large files. Our nameservers remain ns1.logicweb.com and ns2.logicweb.com after any of those moves. Shared and VPS plans keep the same price at renewal and include a 30-day money-back period if the fit is wrong.

Neighbors on a shared node are protected by LVE so one account cannot exhaust the server. That is why bursts are finite even when bandwidth is unmetered. If you are unsure which product matches your traffic, open a ticket and describe the workload in plain terms.

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