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General Information => General => Topic started by: RedRotors on July 30, 2007, 04:00:16 pm

Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: RedRotors on July 30, 2007, 04:00:16 pm: Hi,

For the ones that saw the problem of BW exceeded, i fixed the problem today by upgrading the hosting plan.. With more than 1.4 billions of hits/month and more than 20gigs of traffic a month, i had to make a new move..

Now we have 1k Gig of bandwith/month, we should have enough for a few years.. :)

Cheers!
Marc/
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: burn_your_money on July 30, 2007, 05:16:47 pm: Nice to see you are on top of things

1.4 billion hits/month :shock:

I guess we need to donate some more money eh? lol
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: RedRotors on July 31, 2007, 03:06:00 am: Not for now.. i'll post next year for the donation campaign.. :) We will probably have some more hit onthe service, the time that the site move to a new server and new DNS.. but it should be not too bad at all.. :wink:

I was also impressed by the number of hits.. i'll post the complete stats later for those who are interested..

Marc/
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: jtanguay on July 31, 2007, 04:17:58 am: i might get flamed for this, but maybe a little advertising wouldn't be so bad. its just popups that come out of nowhere that are annoying.

one little banner could probably pay for the hosting needs of this site indefinitely. then nobody would have to donate.

anyways, just an idea...
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: Turbinepowered on July 31, 2007, 05:27:57 am: Given how much this place has already educated and helped me out, I don't mind donating at all. Might not be much, but it should help.

If I knew how.
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: foxracer1 on July 31, 2007, 01:57:39 pm: Don't forget the damn spammers wasting valuable hits.
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: VWRacer on July 31, 2007, 03:30:59 pm: Quote from: "foxracer1"
Don't forget the damn spammers wasting valuable hits.

Yep...there is one right now named "doktorhotgirl" on the Section Francaise Generale. Those bastards gotta be accounting for a lot of hits. :evil:
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: RabbitJockey on July 31, 2007, 04:11:23 pm: so how is this site paid for i remember it being discussed but i don't remember how its taken care of... cause there is no advertising which is awesome
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: burn_your_money on July 31, 2007, 04:45:30 pm: Donations. There used to be a thread sticked with paypal info but I don't see it right now (I didn't look hard though)
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: jtanguay on July 31, 2007, 10:44:57 pm: so you would rather pay donations than have one simple banner on the site which could pay for the entire thing? as long as it isn't perverse, i'm cool with it.

donations = low band
banners = high band, and a little extra dough for the guy running the site.. still non profit but time is money!
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: burn_your_money on August 01, 2007, 07:02:09 am: I agree with you jtanguay, a small banner ad would not bother me at all, or even a set of google ads.
But it's not my site so I'll just keep donating money :D It's money well spent IMO
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: jtanguay on August 01, 2007, 09:45:42 pm: Quote from: "burn_your_money"
I agree with you jtanguay, a small banner ad would not bother me at all, or even a set of google ads.
But it's not my site so I'll just keep donating money :D It's money well spent IMO

true that
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: Kudagra on August 02, 2007, 03:39:03 pm: Quote from: "jtanguay"
Quote from: "burn_your_money"
I agree with you jtanguay, a small banner ad would not bother me at all, or even a set of google ads.
But it's not my site so I'll just keep donating money :D It's money well spent IMO

true that

Really Im ok with donating and a small banner.
Title: Bandwidth Exceeded
Post by: RabbitJockey on August 02, 2007, 08:26:37 pm: yeah if were getting this kind of traffic i would imagine some google ads or a banner would really pay.