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This is why over time if you sign-up for the basic shared service the performance will degrade.
Frankly it has to for the service provider to make any money. Now, do not necessarily be put off by
this because if you are only running a standard static website that has no interactive or HD video then
you will probably not even be aware of the degradation as the server gets overloaded. Yes, pages
opening may be slightly slower at some times but that will be inconsistent throughout the day. And
this is the big problem most of the times your webserver may work perfectly but as soon as a popular
interactive site comes online they will start to hog the available shared resources and then everyone
suffers. In the dormitory metaphor the greedy new resident is now overflowing out of their allotted
space into yours and everyone else’s floor space. And this is why service providers came up with
Virtual Private Servers (VPS) to prevent this resource land-grab.