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It's virtually impossible to have unlimited diskspace and it would put a hosting company out of business as soon as some person hogs it all.
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I agree with that comment and most I've seen on this thread. Free hosting is a relative term and should be treated as such. Any company who offers free hosting HAS to be doing something to collect revenue. Whether it's advertising, promoting pay-for services (as an upgrade to free services), trying to get a lot of users to test a new service, or whatever...
Take note that consumers/users MUST review the TOS/AUP documents for their respective hosting providers (free or otherwise). This protects both of you in the long run - you understand the groundrules up-front - they can more easily manage their relationship with you by not having to slap (or cut off) your wrist when you break their rules.
It's all in expectation management. Some hosts do a better job of this than others. I'd like to read additional suggestions on how to best explain what is reasonable use and what is not... and how to get that communication effectively across to prospective/new customers.
BTW, just as an example (not an ad or spam), our company claims "no hard bandwidth limits" instead of "Unlimited". I think that's a fair distinction, IMO. Anyone agree/disagree?
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