Hetzner boosts data usage allowances
Hetzner announced today (14 July 2011) that they have increased the traffic quotas on their hosting packages.
This comes after their two biggest competitors, Afrihost and WebAfrica, bumped up the data usage allowances on their dedicated server hosting products.
MWEB also announced new hosting products this year, offering uncapped traffic and file storage in both the shared hosting, virtual private server, and dedicated server space.
The table below summarises the traffic quota increases announced by Hetzner, which the hosting company said has already been put into effect.
| Web Hosting Packages | Price | Current traffic quota | New traffic quota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro | R19 | 0.3 GB | 0.75 GB |
| Micro Pro | R39 | 0.5 GB | 1.5 GB |
| Basic | R99 | 4 GB | 10 GB |
| Standard | R149 | 7 GB | 15 GB |
| Advanced | R279 | 10 GB | 25 GB |
| Master | R439 | 15 GB | 50 GB |
| Hetzner’s Reseller offering | |||
| Volume Plan | 20 GB | 30 GB | |
The full press release is below.
We are delighted to announce a significant increase of up to 230% for our Web Hosting traffic quotas (see below).
In addition, we have decreased the traffic over-usage cost for our Home Web Hosting packages from R0.19 per MB to R0.05 per MB. These changes take effect immediately.
Web Hosting Packages Current traffic quota New traffic quota Micro 0.3 GB 0.75 GB Micro Pro 0.5 GB 1.5 GB Basic 4 GB 10 GB Standard 7 GB 15 GB Advanced 10 GB 25 GB Master 15 GB 50 GB Hetzner’s Reseller offering Volume Plan 20 GB 30 GB We hope you share our excitement in the accelerating trend of bandwidth affordability in SA and the new possibilities it creates.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support. We remain committed to transparent, sustainable business practices, providing you with a hosting service you can trust.
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