Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:51:15 -0800
Reply-To: David Marshall <david@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From: David Marshall <david@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: [Syncro] [Fwd: Web Site Bandwidth Usage] Syncro.org getting
the boot
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Steve,
The figures they are giving you are a little vague. You did 51MB over what
time period a day - meaning 1.5GB on a month? What you are looking for is a
company that will not give a rats kazoo about how many visitors or how many
pages you have but how much traffic you draw. I have VOLKSWAGEN.ORG /
TRANSPORTER.CA / ILTIS.CA / FASTFORWARD.CA sitting on my own personal server
on the end of a T1 circuit (downloads are aprox 100 to 130 kb/s). I get one
GB of traffic a month for free and after that is costs something like $50
CAD a GB - the thing is I usually do between 2.3 to 2.5 GB per month (high
and low over the past three) and there is a LOT of bandwidth sucking stuff
at VOLKSWAGEN.ORG - mainly in the multimedia section where I have a lot of
commercials! Without the commercials it would be pretty limited usage.
What is so "intense" about SYNCRO.ORG that is taking all the bandwidth? I
think 3000 hits a day must mean 3000 requests per day - really hard to say.
Ask them for the log so you can verify it yourself. I use a program called
ANALOG which does some really neat stuff! Where do I get my bandwidth from?
A company called ABC Communications here in Quesnel - the catch is I used to
work for them so I get to park my own server there in exchange for some
consulting work otherwise it would cost me a lot more. If you want to visit
their site it is http://www.abccom.bc.ca - they are offering 1Mb/s wireless
internet for $89.95 CAD a month with 4 static IP addresses and 1GB of
traffic a month - pretty good rate for the do-it-yourself web server person.
I will be moving to this in the next month or so.
David Marshall
Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning
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Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
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-----Original Message-----
From: sxs@concentric.net [mailto:sxs@concentric.net]
Sent: January 10, 2001 1:03 PM
To: syncro@egroups.com; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: [Syncro] [Fwd: Web Site Bandwidth Usage] Syncro.org getting the
boot
The web police have caught up with me. This is the
third warning in a 2 weeks. They say over 3000 hits a
day, but that seems impossible, and 700 pages? What
does that mean?
Any ideas on where i could park syncro.org with lots of
space and low cost?
Thanks
steve
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Web Site Bandwidth Usage
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:15:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Abuse Monitors <abuse@concentric.net>
To: Sxs@concentric.net
Dear Concentric Network Member:
A review of your web site's bandwidth use
indicates usage beyond that offered under
our Standard Connection Plan. Your statistics
for the previous 24 hours are as follows:
Pages: 731
Hits: 3167
Bandwidth (K): 51755
Bandwidth levels allowed under the Standard
Connection Plan are 50,000 K per day. Please
adjust the configuration of your web site to
meet this limit as soon as possible. Prolonged
consumption of excessive bandwidth may lead
to suspension of your web site.
Definition of terms used in our report and
suggestions for reducing bandwidth usage are
included below.
If you are not able to follow any of these
suggestions, you may want to consider one of
our three ConcentricHost Accounts. These
accounts allow between 300 - 1000 MB bandwidth
per month, and additional bandwidth may be
purchased for an added monthly charge.
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