Web Hosting Locations
Through our affiliation with Hetzner Online AG in Germany, Hetzner customers can experience the full benefit of hosting internationally - low bandwidth costs and increased monthly traffic - while still retaining the advantages of Hetzner’s local support and technical expertise.
Cost of Bandwidth
Highly developed Internet infrastructures and competitive market conditions make bandwidth prices in Germany extremely cost effective.
The cost of bandwidth in South Africa is slowly decreasing. Wherever possible, Hetzner passes on these cost saving benefits to our customers, ensuring very competitive rates relative to local market conditions.
Web Hosting
Transferring your hosting package to our German hosting location is a good decision if:
- Your website generates high volumes of traffic, resulting in an escalation of costs.
- Your website is targeted at reaching an international market.
| Web Hosting in South Africa (SA) | Web Hosting in Germany (DE) |
|---|---|
| Optimum access to local target market | Optimum access to international target market |
| Competitive bandwidth prices within SA market | Extremely low bandwidth prices |
| Minimal probability of international latency | Websites accessed from SA load marginally slower |
| High speed connectivity for South African users | Infrastructure between North America and Europe is excellent and a speed differential is hardly noticeable |
| Easy access to Data Centres and personnel | Support available via Hetzner SA (who will liaise with Hetzner in Germany) |
| Website visitors are less likely to be affected by local ISP bandwidth limitations | SA website visitors' bandwidth quotas are more likely to be exhausted by visiting your website internationally (due to limited international bandwidth capacity, as applied to ADSL users, for example) |
