Many web hosts advertise “unlimited storage and unmetered bandwidth.” But when your website gets a traffic spike, you suddenly receive an email threatening account suspension unless you upgrade to a £100/mo dedicated server. So what does honest “fair usage” actually mean?
The myth of unlimited storage
Hard drives and SSDs are physical objects with finite capacity. “Unlimited” hosting usually has hidden “inode limits” (file count caps) or CPU throttling buried in section 14 of their terms.
The WebSavers approach to fair usage
At WebSavers, we don’t impose artificial limits on pageviews or disk space for normal business operations. A typical small business, club, or practice website will never hit a ceiling. Fair usage simply means: don’t use our web servers as a personal cloud backup drive, video streaming warehouse, or crypto-mining node.
Contact-first, never surprise suspension
If your website experiences massive viral success and consumes unusual server resources, we don’t shut you down. We reach out personally to discuss optimization or scaling options. Read our complete Fair Usage Policy.