Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 dUSt, if there is anything we can do to help make Phatmass a nicer place to be, and to keep any stress off of you, please let us know. I'm sure we'd be more than happy to oblige! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 add me to the list of "what can we do to help"s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I'll help where possible, hope everything is alright. God bless, Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 And Dito. (had to use one t to be original....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birgitta Noel Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Bump Ditto, Ditto Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Gee. Well, as of today, phatmass is exceeding it's bandwidth limit--and will be until the 8th. It costs me $5 for every gigabyte it goes over the limit. Phatmass averages about 1.5 gigabytes a day. I closed the phorum down for a little while to stop the bandwidth usage and try to figure out what to do. I'll probably be taking all the videos down, and possibly the radio too. It's discouraging because I haven't even finished 59beads.com yet, and I anticipate that will generate even more bandwidth... I'm definitely not complaining about the bandwidth being used, because that means people are actually visiting the site--I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to continue to pay for it. As you all know I left the free host I was using because 1) I felt guilty hogging up all his server resources and 2) because it was on a server that allowed adult content. That's the other thing... I could save about 1/2 of what I'm paying right now if I was willing to use a server that allowed adult content--which i'm not. So... that's where I'm at. I decided to just go ahead and open up the phorum and pay whatever overage charges I accrue this month. Phatmass does make money off of CD and t-shirt sales, but the original intent of that was to use that money to pay for more music production. I've always hoped that donations would cover server and hosting costs, but unfortunately, they do not (it costs me about $65/month to keep phatmass up and running). So. Not to be doom and gloom, but reality has hit me. I have to make some decisions about how to scale back the bandwidth usage. Personally, I'm pretty poor. haha... I honestly can't afford to pay for phatmass anymore out of my own pocket. So--what I'll probably end up doing is taking off all the things on phatmass that contribute to a lot of bandwidth being used--so that means no more videos, radio, mp3s, or games. So that's pretty much it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 WE figured all the stress was getting to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Aww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Sep 3 2004, 05:25 PM'] WE figured all the stress was getting to you. [/quote] Naw. I don't even know what stress feels like to tell you the truth. But as some of you may know, I work for a major airline--and that airline will be making some drastic cuts in pay and health benefits very, very soon. So that kinda factors into it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I'm going to try to remember to donate as much as I can each month. I'm terribly forgetful. I'm sorry for that, I had fully intended to donate more often. I understand that you can't be expected to shoulder all the costs it will take to run this place. I'll try to do more, and we're all praying for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azriel Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 dUst - I'll try to up my monthly donation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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