Shared Hosting and Bandwidth
Part of the fun of putting up a website is the prospect of becoming an Internet superstar. Your blog could end up being the place to be for news, witty commentary or penetrating wisdom. Whether or not this is going to happen, it won't happen overnight. Some users overbuy server space for their websites on the assumption that millions will be visiting every week. Shared hosting is a better place to start.
Shared hosting means that your website shares server space with other sites. Though this may be the case, those other sites will not show up to anyone who visits your site. As far as the surfer can tell, you're on your own server; not that it would matter to them much, anyway.
Shared hosting does generally come with more limitations on bandwidth and storage space than does a dedicated server. Fortunately, web sites don't take up much disc space as all their elements are compressed for faster loading. Web sites usually consume less bandwidth than their owners assume will be the case when planning their hosting, as well.
If your site really does take off, most hosting companies will allow their clients to upgrade their bandwidth package. Remember that, even if your site becomes very popular, shared hosting may still be more than adequate. As long as the machine has enough resources to allow fast load times and enough disc space to accommodate your files, there's no reason to move up to dedicated hosting.
