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Programmers,

I need you to recommend me a vps host that provides unlimited & unmetered bandwidths.
Which vps host and their pack do you recommend ?
Gonna run my own searchengine. Building one with php. Gonna start small and so do not want to rent a dedicated server just yet as need to say if my venture picks up or not. Else, waste of resourcses. And time & effort. Not to mention money.
Not interested in cloud hosting as of yet.

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As implied, truly "unlimited and unmetered" VPS bandwidth is extremely uncommon. Many hosts that advertise unmetered or unlimited put real limits in the fine print: port-speed caps, fair‑use policies, overage fees or account suspension for high-volume automated activity. 's suggestion to consult specialist hosting forums is useful when comparing specific offers and recent real‑world experiences.

For a PHP search engine, outbound crawling (fetching pages) usually dominates bandwidth, not serving queries. Rough sizing using a 100 KB average HTML fetch (decimal): 1,000 pages/day ≈ 3 GB/month; 10,000/day ≈ 30 GB/month; 100,000/day ≈ 300 GB/month. Add storage for index data, peak serving traffic, and a safety margin. A controlled pilot crawl gives the best baseline numbers.

Checklist when evaluating VPS plans: explicit monthly transfer and overage costs; advertised port speed (100/1000 Mbps) and burst rules; acceptable‑use policy regarding automated crawling; DDoS/network reliability; CPU/RAM and disk I/O for indexing; snapshot/backup options; monitoring tools (vnstat, iftop) for usage tracking; and the provider's upgrade path (resize or move to dedicated hardware) if growth occurs.

Practical workflow: provision a low‑cost VPS, run a short controlled crawl while measuring egress, tune crawl rate/compression/caching to reduce transfer, then choose a plan sized from the measured peak plus margin. For sustained high bandwidth, dedicated or purpose‑built bandwidth plans typically beat any VPS "unlimited" marketing claim.

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This is really a question for webhostingtalk.com

I’m afraid that, on DaniWeb, it will just turn into a spam fest of every single hosting company in existence promoting themselves, and you won’t get any unbiased results.

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Truth be told I've never found any with "unlimited & unmetered bandwidths." Maybe one or the other but not both. If they did, my bet is it would be very expensive.

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@rprofitt

Ok. tell me the ones you found.

commented: None with the criteria you set forth. +17
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Sorry, I got your username wrong when tagging you a reply above!

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