dUSt Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Okay. I hope nobody takes this the wrong way, but I've been seriously thinking about something lately... As most of you may know, there are times when phatmass is really slooooow. Sometimes the phorum goes down--sometimes it takes a while for it to respond... Well, most of it can be attributed to the host I'm using. Right now, I don't pay a dime for phatmass' hosting. It's hosted by an awesome organization: catholic-church.org. They provide free web hosting to legitimate Catholic websites (I had to have a priest send them a letter). I know beggars can't be choosers, so considering I don't pay for hosting, I feel I have no room to complain about the server issues. This brings me to what I've been thinking about... I want to move pahtmass to a new server--a new hosting company, that I'd actually have to pay for. 1) because it would be faster and more reliable, and 2) because unfortunately, the current server phatmass is on DOES allow adult content with their other websites they host (which has nothing to do with catholic-church.org, as they're just a re-seller, and don't own the actual servers). So. Obviously, I then thought, "How will I pay for it?"... I'm not all that financially well off--that's why I devote so much TIME to the Church--because I don't have the money. haha... And, phatmass is no small site. It's very big, and growing every day--plus the traffic is high--all the bandwidth phatmass uses would require a pretty costly monthly plan... All that just to get to this: If I set up a system to accept monthly donations--which would automatically re-occur every month--do you think anyone would actually do it? For example, let's say I offer a $1/month plan--where every month, phatmass would automatically take $1 off your credit card--would anyone be interested in this? I could have a $5/month plan, $10/month plan, etc... Maybe the $10/month plan would include free merchandise whenever phatmass comes out with something new or something. I don't know. What do y'all think? I don't want to seem like some money-hungry dude. I'm just trying to brainstorm about some things, as I really want to improve phatmass' performance--and the only way to do that would take some kind of consistent funding every month--which personally, I don't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 Oh. Another reason I'd like a new host is so I wouldn't get these messages anymore: [font="Courier"]Your site phatmass.com has exceeded its bandwidth quota in the period beginning on 2004-03-01. Your quota is set to 10737418240 bytes, and your site has consumed 14898623396 bytes beyond that quota.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benedict_x Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I'd donate dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I'd be willing to write you a check every month or every couple months, but I don't think the monthly credit card thing would be that great for me (I don't even use my cc every month....). If you can find out some pricing on how much it would cost per month and once I see what other people think I can figure out just how do-able (as in how much) it is for me. I don't know who you're looking at for webhosting, and honestly I don't even know how much it costs to run a site like phatmass, but if you're looking around you may want to check out [url="http://www.christianwebhost.com/"]http://www.christianwebhost.com/[/url] They are one of the two companies my husband works for (so if the phorum is down I can whine at him to look at it lol). They, obviously, are Christian, and as far as I know don't allow adult content. [url="http://www.nomonthlyfees.com/"]http://www.nomonthlyfees.com/[/url] is the other company he works for, they don't allow adult content either. haha If you hosted with them I'd put money in your pocket for phatmass and you'd put money in my pocket to give back to phatmass.... talk about your vicious cycles. :haha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Let me know dust. I'll help were I can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiritual_Arsonist Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Sounds fair. Throw in some tacos, so very tasty and good for you, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' date='Mar 25 2004, 11:34 PM'] I don't know who you're looking at for webhosting, and honestly I don't even know how much it costs to run a site like phatmass, but if you're looking around you may want to check out [url="http://www.christianwebhost.com/"]http://www.christianwebhost.com/[/url] They are one of the two companies my husband works for (so if the phorum is down I can whine at him to look at it lol). They, obviously, are Christian, and as far as I know don't allow adult content. [/quote] Yikes. There BIGGEST plan is $23 a month which includes 700mb of space w/ 12gb transfer. 12gb... Right now, phatmass has used about 24gb this month already... That's double the amount of their biggest plan. If I do end up transferring--it'd have to be a huge company, with good performance ratings and a reliable history--I don't want to have phatmass in danger of going away if the hosting company folds (which happened to me a few months ago with my other websites). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Do you accept man hugs as a method of payment??? Just askin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 eep.... wow.... Matt says you could probably try calling them and seeing if you could arrange some other options, but if that doesn't work then I guess Christian webhost is out of the question.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 [quote name='dUSt' date='Mar 25 2004, 11:57 PM']Yikes. There BIGGEST plan is $23 a month which includes 700mb of space w/ 12gb transfer. 12gb... Right now, phatmass has used about 24gb this month already... That's double the amount of their biggest plan. If I do end up transferring--it'd have to be a huge company, with good performance ratings and a reliable history--I don't want to have phatmass in danger of going away if the hosting company folds (which happened to me a few months ago with my other websites).[/quote] First I say we need to pray that phatmass doesn't go away! So what are you saying that you need dust, 23.00 from 10 or 20 people a month? If I'm understanding you right you are saying that our sponsor might leave us because phatmass is to big and expensive to keep? What can we do to help? If we can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Hey, dUSt... thanks for your candor in bringing this situation to our attention. Of course none of us would ask you to carry the cost alone. I'd be willing to pay a fee for using Phatmass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 No, I think he is saying that he would like to put Phatmass on a bigger better server so its not slow, etc., but to do that means he will have to pay for webhosting instead of getting the site online for free. If he has to pay then he would need our help to support the hosting fees. If the fee is 25 bucks a month he would need 25 people to pay a dollar a month, or 5 people to pay five bucks, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Well what ever you need let me know! In the Love of Christ, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 There's also veraprise.com, but again, I have NO idea about their fees or space limits. Veraprise is run by Catholics (coincidentally they also happen to be my in-laws....) so adult content would be out of the question. They don't have prices listed on their site that I could find (I actually looked at the site a bit this time...), so you'd probably have to call or e-mail them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 phatmass won't be going away, but yeah--I'd like to get it on a bigger, faster, more reliable server... I have HUGE plans brewing up in my head, and know that with my current host, they simply won't work. So here's what the pefect thing would be: Say hosting would be $50/month That would take 50 people giving $1 per month, or 10 people giving $5 a month, or 5 people giving $10 a month, etc. Right now, phatmass makes money with CDs and t-shirts, but all that mostly goes back into the music production. I don't know--maybe we could just use that money to pay for a better server--like I said, I'm just brainstorming and putting the idea out there. I really have plans of more than just hip-hop music. I'm thinking of some really big things that would be launched off of the platform phatmass provides. In the very least, maybe it would be nice to provide a way for people to contribute--that is, if they believe in what phatmass is trying to do--namely--infuse orthodoxy into the Church's youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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