How much web space do I need?

Most people greatly overestimate the amount of web space they require! Our statistics show that the average site we host is between 2-3Mb in size!

As another example - our web site at http://www.getonline.co.uk (as of 09/09/1999) consisted of over 130 web pages and including all the graphics was less than 1Mb in size - now the site has over 200 pages and is still less than 2Mb in total!

Keeping your site small is "good" as it means that your site will be quicker to view for your visitors!

We recommend that the "average" size of the web pages on your site should be no more than 50k each - this will take around 20 seconds to display using a standard modem and you will get up to 200 web pages in just 10Mb of space and therefore around 400 pages in the standard 20Mb web space we offer!

So as a rough idea of how much web space you will require - multiply the number of pages you want on your site by about 50k then add on the size of any downloadable files you want to serve - that will give you your total!

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