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A service provider who serves your web site for viewing on the internet is called a web host. People who are browsing the internet access web site's through each site's respective web host. The computers the web hosting companies use to serve web pages are very similar to home computers. Running software designed to serve web sites, these computers are referred to as servers.

A web host will typically have a fast connection to the Internet and they may host thousands of web sites on many servers. The web host essentially rents out space to you so that you can get your website up on the World Wide Web.

Some large web hosts own their own collection of servers; some rent a server from a larger web hosting company and then resell the space under their own company name. In this case the web host will manage your account on the server, but they will be renting the actual web space from another much larger company.

There are a large variety of web hosting plans which are all designed upon the needs of your website and your budget requirements. Bandwidth is always a factor and will be limited in a MB or GB size. Plainly spoken, this is the amount of data that can be moved from the web server where your site is hosted, to the browser of the surfer currently looking through your website.

In case you happen to cross limits, you will either need to pay additional charges or your website will no longer remain accessible. The total number of web surfers visiting your website determines your bandwidth usage.

While some web hosting companies claim to offer unlimited bandwidth, this gimmick is actually an outright lie and these companies are should be avoided. Not only is unlimited bandwidth technically impossible, bandwidth costs a web hosting company money just like any other commodity, so if unlimited bandwidth was possible, it would cost an infinite sum of money. Therefore, you should focus on selecting the right web hosting company for your needs.