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Originally Posted by robbdn
I'm really confused about why this site costs $400 a month to run... are there not really cheap hosting solutions out there?? Don't get me wrong, I sent my donation, and was happy to do it...
and don't yell at me for never donating before, because before two months ago I really only dropped by TFP a couple times a year, and i've only been a regular visitor/contributor to TFP for about the last two months despite my join date...
anyway, i'm getting sidetracked... how much bandwidth does this place use? I mean... there are really great hosts out there with dedicated servers, 80GB hard drive, 1.5 terabytes of transfer per month for $200... surely that would be enough for TFP, right? Or is TFP really THAT huge?
Okay, that's enough out of me.
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With the pictures and such that many put up, lots of bandwidth gets used. There are ways to reduce individual picture posting though: Link instead of upload. If you must upload, 'save for web' first and make the picture about 400width or less-that will greatly reduce its 'weight'.(that also prevents 'theft' as the picture will pixellate so badly as to be unusable to the thief, but looks fine as a post). Don't ramble when replying or post entire linked articles-paste excerpts and link the rest. This all sounds like pittance on an individual level, but when you have 100 or more here a night, posting, reading, etc., it really adds up.