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How much does it cost to store a really big file on your web
site? How much more does it cost if the file is downloaded ten
times? Find the answers to these and other resource questions
using our Resource calculator. Enter a number (including
fractional values) in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or
terabytes (TB), select the resource type, and click the
Calculate button.
Conserving resources keeps your Internet costs down. By
staying within the storage and traffic amounts included with
your account, you pay nothing extra.
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Disk storage:
Your account includes 20MB of free disk space for email and
files. Your storage on CTSnet is assessed daily, with amounts
over 20MB charged at 2 cents per MB. Use the calculator to
determine the daily cost for chargeable storage.
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Network traffic:
Each month, we include 500MB of complimentary network traffic
for use with a web site, FTP Dropbox, co-located server, or
CTSnet MediaCast streaming service. Use the calculator to
determine the cost for network traffic you generate.
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Q: How can my account occupy disk space on CTSnet?
There are two ways your account may use disk space on CTSnet's
servers: electronic mail and files. Your online mailbox stores
incoming mail until you connect, download, and delete it. File
storage is utilized when placing files online (e.g., uploading files
into your directory or FTP Dropbox, or when creating content for your
web site hosted on CTSnet). In either case, up to 20MB of combined
disk usage is provided to you at no charge. Throughout the day you
may use and purge more than 20MB of space as needed. But any usage
exceeding 20MB at approximately 3AM is chargeable on a daily
basis.
Q: How are disk storage charges calculated?
Once a day, CTSnet samples all the disk storage your account is
occupying. Your first 20MB of storage is free. The amount in use
over 20MB is recorded as "chargeable" disk storage. At the end of the
month, your chargeable storage from each day is added up and charged 2
cents per megabyte.
Q: How can I avoid email storage
charges?
To avoid storage charges, connect regularly to get your mail and
remove it. This is usually an automatic feature of your email
software, provided it is configured to remove your email after
successfully downloading it. Otherwise email left online will
accumulate until you manually remove it from CTSnet's servers. If you
need help with this, please contact CTSnet San Diego Technical Support.
Caution: If you use CTSnet WebMail or IMAP mail, messages are always
stored online until you delete them.
Q: How can I avoid file storage
charges?
If you don't have a web site on CTSnet, FTP Dropbox, or a shell
account, you need not worry about file storage. But if you do,
temporary files should be deleted when no longer required. Care
should be taken maintain efficient web page contents. For example,
using smaller images or reducing the number of colors in images not
only conserves disk space but can dramatically improve download times.
(That also translates to less network traffic.)
Q: What is network traffic?
Internet connectivity is like plumbing. The amount of information you
can send through a connection in a given amount of time depends on the
size. The larger the pipe, the more you can send through it faster
(this is called bandwidth). Internet providers like CTSnet
maintain extremely large (and as a result, expensive) connections
through which all customers access the Internet. Likewise, any access
from users on the Internet to CTSnet's servers (on which your web site
may be hosted) come through the CTSnet network. It's that access we
call network traffic.
Q: When would I be responsible for network
traffic?
You are responsible for network traffic exceeding 500MB per month only
if you have a CTSnet hosted service such as Personal or Business Web
Publishing, FTP Dropbox, Server Co-location, or MediaCast streaming
service. These services are all capable of generating network traffic
when Internet visitors access your online content. If you don't have
any of those services, you can surf the web, access streaming media,
and download files and not be concerned about network traffic
charges.
Q: How is network traffic
measured?
Network traffic is measured in bytes, a basic unit of character
data. 1024 bytes is one kilobyte (KB). 1024 kilobytes is one
megabyte (MB). 1024 megabytes is one gigabyte (GB). And 1024
gigabytes is one terabyte (TB). (There are measurements beyond that,
but that's generally high enough for most people). Each time files
(perhaps a web page and all its objects) are sent to a browser, the
number of bytes are recorded.
If you have any other questions about disk storage or network
traffic, please contact Customer
Support.
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