What is an Unmetered Dedicated Server

When you look for dedicated server hosting, you'll often see two different descriptions, one for a metered server and one for an unmetered dedicated server. A metered server means that you're bandwidth is limited to a certain amount of bps per month. Once you reach that level, then you're charged a certain amount of money a month for the difference (this is agreed upon prior to you signing up for a service).

An unmetered dedicated server means that you cannot go over your bandwidth, what you pay is what you pay. This, however, doesn't meant that you don't have a sharing ratio, however, only that you cannot exceed your bandwidth amount, it's unlimited. A shared ratio is in regards to how the hosting service shares your network connection. This is actually separate from your server, and is in regards to the kb per seconds that are able to be transferred. When you choose a dedicated server, your hosting plan should include a guaranteed amount of kb per second, which should be relatively high for a dedicated server.

Unmetered servers are going to be more expensive than metered plans because there is no restriction on your monthly bandwidth usage. As more advancements are made in this field, the cost becomes less, but it is still quite a bit more than a metered plan. What's more, because you're talking about a dedicated server, you're paying a premium for that as well.

Unmetered hosting is not right for everyone. In principal it seems like an excellent thing, after all, who doesn't want unlimited bandwidth? The thing is, for most websites, unlimited service isn't necessary. What's more, if you purchase a metered plan and find that it's not enough, then you can always upgrade immediately to an unmetered plan from your web server hosting.

If you don't have an established following, or a brand that is nationally known, then you'll want to start with a less expensive plan. You might even want to start with shared hosting and graduate to dedicated server hosting and eventually to a dedicated unmetered web server. The good news is that most hosting services are flexible enough to allow you that transition as you need it.