for the power and also space used in the datacentre. Other Limited or application-specific hosting services include: File hosting service Web hosting service E-mail hosting service DNS hosting service Game servers Wiki farms Colocation center Bandwidth cost Internet hosting services include the required Internet connection; they may charge a flat rate per month or charge per bandwidth used a common payment plan is to sell a predetermined amount of bandwidth and charge for any 'overage' (Usage above the predetermined limit) the customer may incur on a per GB (Gigabyte) basis. The overage charge would be agreed upon at the start of the contract. Patent dispute Web hosting technology has been causing some controversy, as Web.com claims that it holds patent rights to some common hosting technologies, including the use of a web-based control panel to manage the hosting service, with its 19 patents. In addition, Web.com sued GoDaddy as well for similar patent infringement. See also Internet service provider Application service provider Hosted service provider Utility computing Green hosting Cloud storage Hybrid server Infrastructure as a service Bulletproof hosting References Internet hosting