caleb68 opened this issue on Jan 28, 2003 ยท 20 posts
PhilC posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 7:40 AM
I addressed it this way. Any new freebie gets hosted on the server of one of my internet accounts. I forget how much I pay per month and the bandwidth allowed..... its whatever the average is. I ensure that the freebie on offer is approx no larger than 1.5 Mb, definitely not greater than 2 Mb. This takes care of the initial rush of downloads. When I come to put up a new freebie the new file takes the place of the old one. The old one then gets placed on the server in my office. This server is only an old Pentium 2 machine running at 200 Hz with enough RAM to remember how to walk and chew gum but not much more. I do not have a T1 line but rely on a DSL cable link. Judging from the feed back I get and my review of my server logs it appears to be working well. I can continue to offer boat loads of freestuff and only pay for an ISP hosted 50 Mb server plus a DSL internet connection.