Bandwidth estimate for website

[jonesy]

How much bandwidth is needed for something like this?

a million people accessing my website all at the same time, and then using about 40-50mb of bandwidth over the course of two hours each?


I see dedicated servers being offered for 40 pounds a month with unlimited bandwidth on 100mb/s lines. Are these sort of packages capable of handling that?


Any help would be appreciated.

 

[jonesy]

so how much would something like that cost. Would hosting companies set up such a service?

Boogles the mind how youtube operates.

 

[jonesy]

just an idea I have, nothing setup yet. Just working out in my head the feasibility of it.

I cant tell you exactly what it is for obvious reasons.

However it is going to be a one-time event, its based on a very traditional game but with the use of cutting edge tech its made much harder.

Its also combined with something that has been in the news recently.

So I am hoping to have success with press releases and such.

Im hoping for more like 100,000-200,000 players in reality.

My concerns about bandwidth are because it is going to have a 2-week registration period, building up to a start time, hence why I expect a huge amount of bandwidth being needed.

All very vague I know