Each plan comes with between 1gb and 6gb of transfers each month, free of charge. Click here to compare plans..

Additional pre-paid traffic can be purchased in blocks of 1GB for AUD $15/month ex GST. (US$12/month). Overflow traffic is charged at 2.5c/mb (2c/mb US).

1gb is more than enough for most web sites. If you are planning on a high-volume site however, please consider our larger plans. We offer some of the lowest traffic rates in Australia, which coupled with our high-powered servers, put us in a position to deal with even the most demanding of sites.

What is traffic?
What is the difference between bandwidth and traffic?
Why does traffic cost money?
Will I need extra traffic?
What happens if I exceed my plans traffic allowance?
Why do some providers offer unlimited bandwidth/traffic

What is traffic?

Each time someone visits your site on the internet, web pages, images and other information are sent to their computer.

Most commercial web sites transfer 100 - 500MB of data per month.

Monthly Traffic is the maximum monthly amount of data transfer your site can provide, without exceeding the limitations of the plan.

Most companies should never have to worry about traffic, as we provide a generous 1gb-7.5gb of free transfers each month depending on your plan.

A flexible sliding scale comes into effect after the first 1gb, and dedicated servers are available for up to 300 GB.

What is the difference between bandwidth and traffic?

Many companies use the term bandwidth to describe their traffic limitations.

Bandwidth is the width of the pipe the data travels down.

Traffic on the other hand, is the amount of data you actually send and receive.

For example, if you have a 56kbps modem, your modem can transfer 56,000 bits (7kb) per second. The modem has a bandwidth of 56kbps.

Your office ADSL connection may allow 256-24mbps of bandwidth, however your monthly traffic limitation may be 1gb.

Many smaller companies provide 1Mbps connections, or 10Mbps connections to the internet per server.

We are connected to the internet via multiple OC3 connections which each provide 622Mbps of bandwidth (77mb) per second and fiber connections providing a total of over 2Tbps bandwidth (over 2000 gigabits per second).

Why does traffic cost money?

Unless an ISP owns their own telecommunications network, they are charged for internet traffic due to the costs of maintaining the communications hardware.

Large telecommunications companies who do own and maintain telecommunications networks must pass the charges of maintenance on to their customers, in the same way that we do.

This is why international phone calls cost extra, or have per-minute costs, or why your home ADSL connection has a monthly traffic limit.

Will I need extra traffic?

Let's say your site receives 250 visitors a month, with each visitor being sent 3-4 pages of text and images (approximately 120k).
250 visitors x 120k = 30,000k = 29MB / month

In this case, your site would need a traffic of at least 50-100MB per month.

We provide a minimum of 1 gigabyte of transfers per month. This is 1024MB, which is adequate for even the following situations:

We charge 4c/mb or less for extra traffic, depending on your hosting plan.

What happens if I exceed my plans traffic allowance?

If you go over your limit once or twice, that's fine with us. You can also ask us to limit your transfers if you prefer.

Additional pre-paid traffic can be purchased in blocks of 1GB for AUD $16.50/month (US$12/month). Overflow traffic is charged at 4c/mb (3c/mb US).

To exceed 1 GB each month, you must have a very successful online business.

Our Corporate Servers are geared towards higher-usage customers requiring 25-100 GB per month, and provide numerous other benefits. Enquiries welcome.

Why do some providers offer unlimited traffic?

Many hosting services ignore their own bandwidth limitations and install hundreds of web sites on the same machines and connections. Alternatively, they may limit your server to a 1 or 2Mbps connection, where the achievable transfer is much less than the 200gb/month they are offering in their plans.

This saturates the connections and means most of your customers wait longer than they need to.

Therefore, while the plan may say "Unlimited Traffic", this is really limited by the connection speed and server speed they are offering.

Slow connections can be especially noticeable at peak-times - when you most need the power and additional traffic - and don't look good for business. Our load-ratio policies and flexible scalability keep our customers and your customers satisfied.