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Originally posted by Smoothie:
My server has unlimited space, bandwidth for $10 a month.
(actually $9.95 and if you pay for a year it is even cheaper)
http://phpwebhosting.com/
oh and where in the sticky does it tell me what it costs to keep this place up a month?
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From the FAQ of that host:
Q. You say that transfer is unmetered, but is there any limit to the amount I can use?
A. Though we do not have any pre-set limits, you will not be allowed to and/or over five GB of bandwidth/month. If you use more than this only occasionally, then that is fine. Sites hosting illegal files, porn, warez, file archives or other "download-only" sites are not accepted.
The main point of our "un-metered" policy is to allow us to have a friendly service where you do not need to always be worried about incurring extra fees by going over pre-set limits.
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I seem to recall this site getting 200'000 page views daily. And theres a website on top of that to support. Just because you can run a relatively small forum for $10/month does not mean it can be done for a forum of this size. Plus you have the hardware costs, there was a lightning strike on the server late last year and for a while we were down for a few days.
If you don't want to pay, don't pay. But don't go on about how Ziroc shouldn't be asking for donations.