[gforce75]

I know where you guys are coming from on this. I had several web service providers give me this issue, but I haven't with them. They only do it from what I've been reading is when you have something that really overloads the cpu or some stupid script generating mass errors. Other than that, no overselling on my end. Also, dreamhost offered something new like a Virtual Server, where you can add dedicated ram and processing features to your regular account. It starts at 15 and can be upgraded... so it's like you can upgrade to a vps in a way if your having these issues.

Regarding Speeds - Otoerance
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Here test this file from my server. It's just a rpg song, but I just downloaded at 850kpbs per sec. I haven't had any issues with speeds

http://myffnet.com/forum/downloads.p...id=91&act=down

(A reply from them)
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Reply from DreamHost (Jun 13th, 2007 - 18:23:28 / #12174633)
Subject: Re: Question?
Hello,

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, you wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I moved to you guys from powweb and I have to say the hosting has been smooth
> and sweet. I was just doing some reading... and yes, there are negatives
> about every host. Is this true? I'm just concerned if my site grows.
> That's all.

Thanks for your message. This is a common complaint from a small
vocal minority (there are probably less than 1% of our customers in this
situation). The problem is, they're under the assumption that download
bandwidth is directly correlated with CPU usage. We have plenty of
customers who use their entire bandwidth allotment with no issues. The
problem happens when you have a lot of resource intensive scripts (blogs,
galleries, wikis, etc) all running on your domain. Everytime the server
has to process a script or display dynamic content, it takes some of the
CPU time of the server. If you have resource intensive (or inefficient)
scripts in combination with a lot of site traffic, it's going to cause
server problems no matter how much is actually being downloaded. When it
comes down to it, we don't like to shut off a customers site. If it's one
site that is causing instability on the server that could crash hundreds
of other sites though, we have to take action to prevent that from
happening. At a certain point, there are just some sites that belong on
dedicated hosting and not a shared server. Hope this helps ease your
mind. If you have any further questions, please let us know.

Thanks!
Dan