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ngdawg · 02-06-2007, 09:55 AM

*shrug* I think it's pretty cut and dry, since he has the host request up-$200 a month=$2400 a year. Hosting is probably the easiest to understand-you're paying a company so their server can bring your site to the internet. Most of the upper echelon host servers give a package deal, ie; site hosting with a certain level of bandwidth usage, PhP capabilities, security capabilities, server maintenance, along with (if required or needed), shopping cart, popmail, chat, file archiving and site templates. None of this is ever broken down, except that a site owner can check site visitation and bandwidth usage; otherwise, it's all incorporated and the client uses the features as needed.
A small site like mine runs about $100 a year and I'll never use most of what's available in that deal.
Bandwidth is the come and go traffic generated by the site-obviously TFP needs a humongous amount. Site size also factors into the charge one pays-most hosts have a 'ladder' of offers based on the amount of gigs one needs. I suspect the number here is huge. And TFP needs a host that has good server history, not one that goes down every Wednesday because 'Steve' has that night off.
To make a long post shorter, it's not a simple thing to say 'this is where the donations' are going and break it down line by line when paying out. Either you trust that the $200 a month is the amount it costs or you don't.

02-06-2007, 09:55 AM	#155 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	shrug I think it's pretty cut and dry, since he has the host request up-$200 a month=$2400 a year. Hosting is probably the easiest to understand-you're paying a company so their server can bring your site to the internet. Most of the upper echelon host servers give a package deal, ie; site hosting with a certain level of bandwidth usage, PhP capabilities, security capabilities, server maintenance, along with (if required or needed), shopping cart, popmail, chat, file archiving and site templates. None of this is ever broken down, except that a site owner can check site visitation and bandwidth usage; otherwise, it's all incorporated and the client uses the features as needed. A small site like mine runs about $100 a year and I'll never use most of what's available in that deal. Bandwidth is the come and go traffic generated by the site-obviously TFP needs a humongous amount. Site size also factors into the charge one pays-most hosts have a 'ladder' of offers based on the amount of gigs one needs. I suspect the number here is huge. And TFP needs a host that has good server history, not one that goes down every Wednesday because 'Steve' has that night off. To make a long post shorter, it's not a simple thing to say 'this is where the donations' are going and break it down line by line when paying out. Either you trust that the $200 a month is the amount it costs or you don't. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.