The amount of space you need and the expected and maximum bandwidth usage can affect your monthly rate. You can also incur additional costs for exceeding your contracted bandwidth rate. Other features like site monitoring, backup service, and redundant power supplies can add hundreds of dollars per month to the basic service fee. The two most important factors to consider when choosing a provider are the support and the facilities. Great customer and technical support can make or break your site hosting experience.
Expertise counts, too.
When it comes to facilities, focus on how well provisioned the service is to outlast disaster. This includes power outages, cut telecom cables, floods, and fire. Like a Timex watch, you still want your site to keep on ticking no matter the calamity. You'll also want to look into the Internet connections. Find out how many and how large a connection they have to the Internet.