An Internet web space hosting company typically operates a cluster of computers, otherwise known as “servers”, which are connected to the Net on a permanent basis. The word “permanent” needs to be qualified, however. Perhaps it would be better to say that a hosting company AIMS for a permanent service, but actually even the best web hosting providers only actually achieve between 99% and 99.9% connectivity.

If 99% sounds pretty good, bear in mind that 1% downtime per annum represents more than three and a half days of zero service for your website. Some cheap web space hosting providers achieve barely 97% connectivity which means you’d be looking at ten days of enforced downtime if you were careless enough to have your website hosted on their servers.

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