On the subjects of bandwidth, moving and megaupload

6/23/08: After a good ten month run on HostGator, they abruptly reneged on an agreement not to cancel my account so long as there were no copyright issues or overuse of server resources. As a result I have had to go through the tedious process of re-uploading the website, for the third or fourth time since mid-2007. My new webhost, made2own, was the original home of Daily Puro. My agreement with them goes all the way to the CEO and thus should be secure. Though I am now paying more for hosting than ever before, I am much more confident that I've found a long-term home. I have been given much less bandwidth than was available over the last few years. 'Budget' hosts promise the moon and look for any excuse not to deliver. The current arrangement is sustainable. Now, for what that move means.

The vast bulk of bandwidth and server usage is in a small number of files, the newest and the most-hyped of the old. As a result I am placing old files over 250MB and new files over 100MB on megaupload. Since the total amount of material will be increasing indefinitely (especially now that I'm doing caps), that's the only way to make it possible to archive the countless smaller and older files.

To those of you who have to deal with 'country caps' and other such limitations, I recommend patience. However for files that have been posted for several weeks, I will put a given match on the server if enough people request it. Also any files that expire will be put on the server. A trade-off for inconvenience is that you can post the megaupload links wherever you like. I recommend getting a free account in order to help organize any uploads you do, and to reduce the wait time from 45 seconds to 25. I'm hopeful that in time the cost of internet resources will drop and allow all files to be put online.

With the increase in monthly cost I have increased the fundraising goal. Please support the effort!