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Originally Posted by Zamthos
Hello guys, Harbinger's Safehaven got 50 or so people on today and the lag was horrendous, is there anyone out there who knows of a cheap company with good hosting, or that will host the server for free? I've talk to one person, they want an arm and a leg for a host, hopefully someone can help out, I think the server is going to expand like crazy and we'll need a dedicated host, thanks! ~Harbinger Zamthos
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I'm sorry but what I charge is NOT an arm and a leg, I actually pretty much give away hosting for the price of what server OP's get because I want this community to thrive. And I do not give VPS's away for free because ass-hats who have no concept of appreciation for a host have pissed me off and burned that bridge with me long ago, and once again I did that for the community.
My lowest VPS starts at $50 a month and that is incredibly reasonable with un-metered bandwidth and that hardware that drives the VPS and I host many in the community and that is pretty much giving it away. If you have a community that pitches in to help, it really is NOTHING. Kingmort paid $200+ a month for the longest time for his VPS. There's something to be said about reliability and performance.
I'm glad that your server is doing well, but you really need to check into the market and get a realistic mind frame on what dedicated hosting costs.
Expecting someone to be a free host is asking for trouble especially when you don't really know who is offering the service and the reliability of the host.
For < 100 people you can live on a 5-10 mbps upload and a fairly decent machine out of your basement like Hunter did for the longest time and pretty much still does, though he runs into bandwidth problems because he doesn't co-locate his hardware in any facilities that can support his upload traffic.
And if you think I'm being an ass, I probably am a bit, but I've done plenty for this community without asking for hardly anything at all and I continue to do so.
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