--
Slot
Tweaks & Reviews
www.slottweak.com
BTW, Thanks 4 helping me (and others) with my Guillemot Ferrari FF Wheel
;)
Alan.
> Sorry for the OT post, but I know some of you are knowledgeable in this.
> Amhosting has (temporarily?) shut down my site for excessive bandwidth
> usage. I've always thought of T&R as a small site. I'm allowed 6000mb per
> month,or about 200mb per day. That should be enough for 200,000 page views a
> day according to Amhosting. If you are familiar with slottweak.com, can you
> tell me how I can be using so much bandwidth. I really don't understand it.
> What could be using it up?
> --
> Slot
> Tweaks & Reviews
> www.slottweak.com
We went through the same BS when we first started PowerSims.com. We
purchased bandwidth from AIT, WARNING - JUST DON'T, and they complained our
site was putting 'too much pressure on our server' even though our stats
did not show us anywhere NEAR the bandwidth limit for our month. They said
it was all the 'hits' (25,000 per day) and not the bandwidth. Yeah...
right. We got out of that contract and purchased some bandwidth from
Interland. They were really good and we never had a problem with them. In
fact, if I were to do anything again requiring bandwidth, I would probably
contact them again.
Good luck and rest assured, it sounds like Amhosting has over-subscribed
the server and blaming it on your site to try and get more money via a new,
more expensive subscription.
Scott
PA-Scott
Check that your webspace hasn't been 'compromised', look for
large/unrecognised files in your webspace or web logs (if provided)
Unfortunatly what Scott said seems to be the likely cause, If you have
copies of your webstats then see about 'breach of contract' or something
similar.
Find out what your bandwidth avg is for me and I may be able to offer
you a temp home till you get it sorted
quick (and dirty) bandwidth usage calc:
(Size of images * avg number of pages viewed per visitor) *
visitors/month * 115%
Alan.
> Give me 10 mins to look at your site, and at amhosting in general, This
> *is* something I am qualified for (I Run tech support at a web hosting
> co in UK).
> BTW, Thanks 4 helping me (and others) with my Guillemot Ferrari FF Wheel
> ;)
> Alan.
> > Sorry for the OT post, but I know some of you are knowledgeable in this.
> > Amhosting has (temporarily?) shut down my site for excessive bandwidth
> > usage. I've always thought of T&R as a small site. I'm allowed 6000mb per
> > month,or about 200mb per day. That should be enough for 200,000 page views a
> > day according to Amhosting. If you are familiar with slottweak.com, can you
> > tell me how I can be using so much bandwidth. I really don't understand it.
> > What could be using it up?
> > --
> > Slot
> > Tweaks & Reviews
> > www.slottweak.com
--
Slot
Tweaks & Reviews
www.slottweak.com
> Check that your webspace hasn't been 'compromised', look for
> large/unrecognised files in your webspace or web logs (if provided)
> Unfortunatly what Scott said seems to be the likely cause, If you have
> copies of your webstats then see about 'breach of contract' or something
> similar.
> Find out what your bandwidth avg is for me and I may be able to offer
> you a temp home till you get it sorted
> quick (and dirty) bandwidth usage calc:
> (Size of images * avg number of pages viewed per visitor) *
> visitors/month * 115%
> Alan.
> > Give me 10 mins to look at your site, and at amhosting in general, This
> > *is* something I am qualified for (I Run tech support at a web hosting
> > co in UK).
> > BTW, Thanks 4 helping me (and others) with my Guillemot Ferrari FF Wheel
> > ;)
> > Alan.
> > > Sorry for the OT post, but I know some of you are knowledgeable in
this.
> > > Amhosting has (temporarily?) shut down my site for excessive bandwidth
> > > usage. I've always thought of T&R as a small site. I'm allowed 6000mb
per
> > > month,or about 200mb per day. That should be enough for 200,000 page
views a
> > > day according to Amhosting. If you are familiar with slottweak.com,
can you
> > > tell me how I can be using so much bandwidth. I really don't
understand it.
> > > What could be using it up?
> > > --
> > > Slot
> > > Tweaks & Reviews
> > > www.slottweak.com
--
Slot (who don't know shit about webs but can tweak a wheel)
Tweaks & Reviews
www.slottweak.com
> How about removing those big .jpeg-files on your front page and replacing
them
> with proper thumbnails?
One of my staff specialises in 'bandwidth reduction' for graphics
(manually done, not optimising s/ware), EMail me a copy of all your
graphics from your site and I'll get him to do his stuff on them, should
only take a couple of days, It can make a big difference (50-75%
reduction in size not uncommon, no loss in quality).
Alan.
> Alan, I can get back to you with the stats later. Basically, amhosting took
> me off line without warning. Their policy states that there will be a
> warning first. They just shut me down. We figured out that it was the GP3
> directory with large images and high traffic that was causing the problem.
> So, they deleted the whole directory which included other pics, including
> ones used on my home page. The GP3 page got a lot of hits because of a post
> in the HighGear forum. The thing is, in a couple days the post would be
> buried and forgotten anyway. I'm at work now and could have placed the pics
> elsewhere (different url) if I had the chance to save them here first. I
> have a wedding rehearsal tonight, wedding to attend tomorrow and busy
> Friday. So unless I stay up late, which I probably will, I won't have a
> chance to update things. Had they warned me yesterday, I would have taken
> care of everything right away. I don't think that shutting me down was
> called for. They said "after you ignored repeated warnings...." Well, I
> never got any warnings (which they now admit). Plus, I have 2 site with
> them. The other one, gilberthomesinc.com, hardly gets any hits at all. I
> don't think I was treated fairly.
> --
> Slot
> Tweaks & Reviews
> www.slottweak.com
> > Took a look at a cached copy of your site, (good old inktomi :))
> > No way you could use up that b/width with that no of visitors.
> > Check that your webspace hasn't been 'compromised', look for
> > large/unrecognised files in your webspace or web logs (if provided)
> > Unfortunatly what Scott said seems to be the likely cause, If you have
> > copies of your webstats then see about 'breach of contract' or something
> > similar.
> > Find out what your bandwidth avg is for me and I may be able to offer
> > you a temp home till you get it sorted
> > quick (and dirty) bandwidth usage calc:
> > (Size of images * avg number of pages viewed per visitor) *
> > visitors/month * 115%
> > Alan.
> > > Give me 10 mins to look at your site, and at amhosting in general, This
> > > *is* something I am qualified for (I Run tech support at a web hosting
> > > co in UK).
> > > BTW, Thanks 4 helping me (and others) with my Guillemot Ferrari FF Wheel
> > > ;)
> > > Alan.
> > > > Sorry for the OT post, but I know some of you are knowledgeable in
> this.
> > > > Amhosting has (temporarily?) shut down my site for excessive bandwidth
> > > > usage. I've always thought of T&R as a small site. I'm allowed 6000mb
> per
> > > > month,or about 200mb per day. That should be enough for 200,000 page
> views a
> > > > day according to Amhosting. If you are familiar with slottweak.com,
> can you
> > > > tell me how I can be using so much bandwidth. I really don't
> understand it.
> > > > What could be using it up?
> > > > --
> > > > Slot
> > > > Tweaks & Reviews
> > > > www.slottweak.com
