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AdultEUhost · 08-07-2012, 09:45 AM

every 5 minutes your bandwidth is measured.
at the end of the month all measurements are summed up and divided by the amount of measurements. Then the top 5% is removed and you get charged for the other 95%.
So if you have incidental peaks you wont have to pay for those.

5% equals about 36 hours per month, so if you pull big bandwidth over that period it will reflect your statement in the end though.

Hope that helps.

See also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing

08-07-2012, 09:45 AM
AdultEUhost ORLY? Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NL & US Posts: 2,579	every 5 minutes your bandwidth is measured. at the end of the month all measurements are summed up and divided by the amount of measurements. Then the top 5% is removed and you get charged for the other 95%. So if you have incidental peaks you wont have to pay for those. 5% equals about 36 hours per month, so if you pull big bandwidth over that period it will reflect your statement in the end though. Hope that helps. See also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing __________________ ICQ: 267-443-722 / leon [at] adulteuhost [dotcom] Nominated for an XBIZ Award as "Webhost of the Year" in 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014