On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It's just like an airline, they overbook seats... that's good >> business *if* the actual usage statistics make sense. > > It makes sense until you get there early but after the plane is full. > As long as they take care of you, it may make sense even then. If they flew the bus with empty seats, then that cost would have to be spread over everyone's tickets. So assuming competition, the benefit of overbookeing is shared between the airline and the consumer. I think the analogy works here too. I guess it depends on the TOS/ other contracts and agreements with the hosting company. > In general hosting companies that give unlimited space and no TOS are > probably not a good place to trust your hosting. > It depends on the customer's actual need. I don't think you can assume that unlimited space where the hosting company doesn't yet have the capacity on hand is bad. > And hosting companies that take your credit card over an insecure > connection are NEVER a good place to trust your credit card > information. Well, yeah. I'm not defending that :-) I'm just talking about the general concept of overselling. -- John.
