How much money do they (FilePlanet) make off of advertisement, they usually have a banner, a column, a pop under, and this flash thing which flies across the screen for 15 seconds not letting you close it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "omega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > oh they dropped the price down? amazing. > last time i looked it was $30 a month US or something outrageous like that > :P > > but still, gamespy is just greedy. they started out small, now they're huge > and have swallowed a number of companies. you cant tell me that they cant > afford the servers without charging money to download the free hosted things > :P > plus, its not worth it. every mirror sucks. i had access to a personal > server at one point and it was no better. i *have* gotten over 300k/sec on a > public mirror in the middle of the night. (and even during the day, when > holy wars came out i grabbed it around 360). but still. i agree with > whatever whoever said, if they ARE making money off the free stuff. theres > no way you can deny that, even if its $6.95 a month. the services they offer > (which honestly from my standpoint arent that great) can be covered montly > by say, 50 people paying that. (i used to admin stuff that was faster;p) > look how many people there are on the planet ;p > -omega > Blackened Interactive > http://www.nofadz.com/blackened > IRC: irc.gamesnet.net channel: #blackened-interactive > Assistant Coder, Underhive (http://www.underhive.com) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "_Phantom_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > The point is, you aint paying for the patches or the mods, you are paying > > for the upkeep of the servers they are hosted on and the bandwidth the > > servers use, and in doing so yo get a 'thank you' with a personal server. > > For $6.95 USD (�5 UKP) per month or $59.99 USD (�43 UKP) a year that's not > > really a bad deal, granted it's probably better for us CM users than > dialup > > however. > > > > It's time to face the fact that the time of the 'free internet' is all but > > gone, because of the costs and the lack of advert money now around, if you > > want fast service, ya gonna have to pay for things. > > > > Incerdently, I belive all the files (part from maybe 2 unpopular ones) > I've > > download have had 3 main servers and a couple of mirrors for them, thus > I've > > never seen that problem. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "omega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 3:17 PM > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > > > > the problem is, most of the time there are only the personal servers and > > > *ONE* mirror for most of the files. > > > > > > im not paying $30 or so to download free things. > > > add that ti $30 for ISP, $60 on average per game, plus hardware. > > somewhere, > > > somebodies getting seriously ripped off. > > > paying the cash for a game to me is fine, but as if im going to pay to > > > download *FREE* patches, and *FREE* mods.its just completely wrong. > > > > > > > > > -omega > > > Blackened Interactive > > > http://www.nofadz.com/blackened > > > IRC: irc.gamesnet.net channel: #blackened-interactive > > > Assistant Coder, Underhive (http://www.underhive.com) > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "_Phantom_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:10 AM > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > > > > > > > I download at all kinds of times, mostly when the US are up as well, > > I've > > > > never had to wait longer than 40mins for a file off one of the main > > > servers > > > > (last one was RtCW multiplayer demo) > > > > I dont have the money to pay atm so I dont and use the free system > > > > > > > > As for charging, tech the are charging u so they can maintain the > > system, > > > > revnues (sp?) from adverts and the like which companys like this used > to > > > use > > > > to maintain the opertations have all but vanished, if they dont charge > > > they > > > > will have to close down (hosting + bandwidth charges for something > like > > > > fileplanet are gonna be huge!!! so after everyone pays their $x, I > > forget > > > > how much, but I know it's not much, I doubt they are turning a huge > > profit > > > > as they dont charge per download, just per month/year) > > > > > > > > If you dont like them hosting your files, email them and tell 'em to > > stop, > > > > as you are the copyright holder of the work then they have no choice > (as > > I > > > > understand it), however, imho that's just petty.. if I produce > something > > I > > > > want it to reach as wider audiance as I can, if some ppl chose to > spend > > > some > > > > $$$$ to download files quicker, all power to 'em I say. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
