Comments on: Media Template - outrageous bandwidth charges http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/ Callum's musings on the world at large... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alex http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28103 Alex Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:18:29 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28103 @Callum: No, they were shite. Box spec turned out to be similar to the dedicated server I now lease directly, but with cPanel and a few hundred users on it. They basically couldn't provide HTTP and IMAP reliably let alone any of the more advanced outlandish claims. Both services went down at least once per day, and in the end they suspended my account without explanation cutting off my access to all data and services for no reason. Avoid them at all costs. Seems you definitely do get what you pay for. If anybody well-behaved wants a bit of hosting on a dedicated box without the bullshit, let me know. @Callum: No, they were shite. Box spec turned out to be similar to the dedicated server I now lease directly, but with cPanel and a few hundred users on it. They basically couldn’t provide HTTP and IMAP reliably let alone any of the more advanced outlandish claims. Both services went down at least once per day, and in the end they suspended my account without explanation cutting off my access to all data and services for no reason. Avoid them at all costs.

Seems you definitely do get what you pay for. If anybody well-behaved wants a bit of hosting on a dedicated box without the bullshit, let me know.

]]> By: Callum http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28101 Callum Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:28:11 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28101 @<a href="http://spacehaggis.com/" rel="nofollow">Alfie Haggis</a>: Hmm, that's odd. It looks fine on Firefox 3. There's a left padding of 7px on the image so there's a nice gap between it and the text. If you could send me a screenshot that'd be great. I don't have IE6 to test. @Alfie Haggis: Hmm, that’s odd. It looks fine on Firefox 3. There’s a left padding of 7px on the image so there’s a nice gap between it and the text. If you could send me a screenshot that’d be great. I don’t have IE6 to test.

]]> By: Alfie Haggis http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28100 Alfie Haggis Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:26:06 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28100 Hi Callum Sorry, I meant for you to add some padding between the image and the text. The way it looks for me at the moment is that there is no space between the text and the image thus it kinda cancels out the letters directly adjacent to the image itself. Just makes it easier to read. Im prolly knitpicking but the rest of your sites design is pretty sharp so I thought I'd bring it up. Im using IE 6 if that helps. If your still unsure what I mean I'll send you a screenshot of it tonight. Kinda busy just now. Cheers Alfie Hi Callum

Sorry, I meant for you to add some padding between the image and the text. The way it looks for me at the moment is that there is no space between the text and the image thus it kinda cancels out the letters directly adjacent to the image itself. Just makes it easier to read.

Im prolly knitpicking but the rest of your sites design is pretty sharp so I thought I’d bring it up.

Im using IE 6 if that helps.

If your still unsure what I mean I’ll send you a screenshot of it tonight. Kinda busy just now.

Cheers

Alfie

]]> By: Callum http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28098 Callum Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:57:20 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28098 @<a href="http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28094" rel="nofollow">Alex</a>: What happened to your $5 a month package? Was it reliable, etc? @<a href="http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28096" rel="nofollow">Alfie Haggis</a>: Not quite sure what you mean by "frame your images". Do they appear wonky on your screen? Can you send me a screenshot? @Alex: What happened to your $5 a month package? Was it reliable, etc?

@Alfie Haggis: Not quite sure what you mean by “frame your images”. Do they appear wonky on your screen? Can you send me a screenshot?

]]> By: Alfie Haggis http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28096 Alfie Haggis Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:50:37 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28096 Yep, you gotta read the small print with these companies or you will get screwed. Loving this site but on a side note, can you frame your images in posts? makes reading the text a bit easier. Just a thought Cheers Alfie http://spacehaggis.com Yep, you gotta read the small print with these companies or you will get screwed.

Loving this site but on a side note, can you frame your images in posts? makes reading the text a bit easier.

Just a thought

Cheers

Alfie

http://spacehaggis.com

]]> By: Alex http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28094 Alex Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:03:19 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28094 I've moved to RapidSwitch, a UK company offering only dedicated servers (no shared hosting or VPS). Brilliantly, you can spec exactly what you want rather than a fixed set of offerings: need more memory, but not so fussed about disk? Then just pay for the extra memory. Free setup+£49/mth gets you a 2.2Ghz dual-core machine with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and 4TB/mth transfer. An extra tenner gives you unlimited bandwidth... Set up time: < 4 hours! Built in monitoring, live bandwidth, and bandwidth forecasting, KVMoIP, makes for a great professional offering. I’ve moved to RapidSwitch, a UK company offering only dedicated servers (no shared hosting or VPS). Brilliantly, you can spec exactly what you want rather than a fixed set of offerings: need more memory, but not so fussed about disk? Then just pay for the extra memory.
Free setup+£49/mth gets you a 2.2Ghz dual-core machine with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and 4TB/mth transfer. An extra tenner gives you unlimited bandwidth… Set up time: < 4 hours!
Built in monitoring, live bandwidth, and bandwidth forecasting, KVMoIP, makes for a great professional offering.

]]> By: Callum http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28092 Callum Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:06:55 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28092 Those are *crazy* cheap prices. Very impressive. I'm concerned about going too cheap in case the service suffers as a result. But for non-core services (backup servers, non-essential stuff, mirroring, etc) they might be a great option. I wonder if there really is a 2 week wait time. Those are *crazy* cheap prices. Very impressive. I’m concerned about going too cheap in case the service suffers as a result. But for non-core services (backup servers, non-essential stuff, mirroring, etc) they might be a great option. I wonder if there really is a 2 week wait time.

]]> By: Jonathan Hitchcock http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/06/03/media-template-outrageous-bandwidth-charges/#comment-28089 Jonathan Hitchcock Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:45:24 +0000 http://www.callum-macdonald.com/?p=608#comment-28089 Have you seen these deals? http://hetzner.de/rootserver_en.html I've never seen prices that low for hardware that good. And note that bandwidth is unlimited (with the proviso that they "shape" you to 10MB/s after you go over a terabyte, which is hardly a hit). Have you seen these deals?

http://hetzner.de/rootserver_en.html

I’ve never seen prices that low for hardware that good. And note that bandwidth is unlimited (with the proviso that they “shape” you to 10MB/s after you go over a terabyte, which is hardly a hit).

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