It seems odd to me that a lot of hosts are using their own webspace to host the same files as other hosts. I get that that it would take some organization, but i imagine that established GSPs would benefit from a communal, locality based download server.
Eg, here in Australia as a small time server operator it is cheaper for me to get a US host for downloadable content than to use a local one, but if there was an option to pay a small fee to contribute to a local server i would jump at the oppurtunity. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure. I was just curious. > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Jeff Sugar <jeffsu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, there is more than one way to look at it. As a rule, my guess is > > while > > this mailing list isn't generally meant for that type of thing, there > > probably isn't a hard rule against it. However, since people were asking > > for > > a solution to this very problem, I suppose it's not such a bad thing to > > make > > the service known to those who would enjoy it. Dunno. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Is this kind of advertising even allowed here? > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Support - Frrsh <supp...@frrsh.co.uk > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > We can host the maps for you. for $5.00 p.c.m > > > > Would be simple FTP account to upload all your files to. Dedi has > > > > 100mbit full duplex line into and unlimited bandwidth. Free 10day > > trial > > > > to try and can import all your maps etc from your current host > directly > > > > onto the server for $10 if you want. > > > > > > > > Can also have web hosting if you want but I suspect you already have > > > that! > > > > > > > > Any questions just email sa...@frrsh.co.uk <mailto:sa...@frrsh.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > Kind Regards > > > > Ollie C. > > > > Frrsh > > > > > > > > Sales: > > > > Email: sa...@frrsh.co.uk <mailto:sa...@frrsh.co.uk> > > > > > > > > Support: > > > > Email: supp...@frrsh.co.uk <mailto:supp...@frrsh.co.uk> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Sugar wrote: > > > > > Don't forget good speeds :v Many cheap hosts, while providing more > > > > bandwidth > > > > > than you could ever use in a month, will not do well with multiple > > > > > concurrent downloads at high speeds. I'm lucky enough these days to > > > have > > > > a > > > > > 2x100mbit line on my dedicated server to serve the maps as well as > > the > > > > > servers, but I remember the woes of some of the shared hosts we > went > > > with > > > > > when an entire server full of people were downloading a map (and, > of > > > > course, > > > > > there's no way via svdownloadurl to get from multiple locations > > without > > > > > doing something serverside with htaccess and a randomized redirect) > > > > > > > > > > -Atreus > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM, <valvesoftware.com@ > dynamicbits.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Unless you are doing this professionally, you will find that > > > organizing > > > > >> a group of people and keeping up with the money collection is too > > time > > > > >> consuming to be worth it. All one needs is a good $5-8/month > shared > > > > >> hosting package. Search for highly rated hosts with good reviews. > > All > > > > >> you are looking for is uptime and bandwidth. You don't need any > > > features > > > > >> aside from the ability to directly download files. > > > > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
