Online backup providers were not offering unlimited storage until very recently. I believe that Crashplan was the first to offer it, and the rest had to follow in order to stay competitive.Their unlimited storage is not so unlimited anyway -- from my experience and experience of my customers, they throttle down your maximum upload speed if you upload too much. The amount of data you can upload is quite limited this way. @Mark Campbell - bringing the data back is usually not a problem. Many web backup companies will shipp your data to you on a hard drive, as an extra cost service.
Speaking of volume, I worked with startup companies generating more than one Terabyte of data daily. It was backed up to drive arrays and moved off-site weekly. For companies with smaller data volumes, the most cost effective solution seems to be dedicated hosting. Another option is backing up to another geographical location. For a two-person operation, this means copying data to your partner's home.
I am curious though why the prices are higher for businesses. Amazon S3 pricing page does not distinguish businesses and individuals. And many web backup providers sue Amazon s3 anyway.
Dan Goldberg
http://www.ewebbackup.com
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