OVER AT THE TYPEPAD TEST BLOG I mentioned bandwidth as an issue for bloggers. I just looked to see how much bandwidth InstaPundit has used this month — so far it’s 216 gigabytes. Your results are likely to vary, but you should certainly take bandwidth, and the likelihood that it will grow, into account when you choose hosts.

UPDATE: Tom Smith thinks my house looks tidy. Er, parts of it. Don’t look in the study, where books, manuscripts, MIDI cables, and assorted bits of hardware are strewn everywhere.