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Why i am getting "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded".

1 points by vs4vijay ↗ HN
In last two days i have visited several website. From which i am getting "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded" from 3 Out of them. Two of them i don't remember but the last one is http://basalgangster.macgui.com/.

Is this because SpamHaus/CloudFlare DDoS Incident??

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lutusp
> Why i am getting "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded"

This is normally a notice, not to you, but to the ISP's client, that they have used more than their allotted bandwidth quota -- too many visitors downloading too many resources. It's meant to encourage the client to upgrade their service.

But there are specific reasons for this outcome. If a website operator posts a submission to HN (for example), and if it becomes popular, this might produce a spike in activity that could easily exceed the daily/weekly/whatever bandwidth limit.

> Is this because SpamHaus/CloudFlare DDoS Incident??

Possibly, but in most cases unlikely. It's more likely the result of too many visitors / too much traffic for the subscriber's service class.

bigiain
I'd guess end-of-month combined with Easter. People not noticing they're bumping into their hosting quotas because they're taking time off, combined with extra traffic (for some sites) while their audience has time off.