Does anyone know why the site has been down for so long? I heard they were
working on getting it back up sometime this week, but as of this evening the
site is still not up. How can a site so popular be down so long? What
caused it to go down in the first place without notice?
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T.M.K.
> > Does anyone know why the site has been down for so long? I heard they
> were
> > working on getting it back up sometime this week, but as of this evening
> the
> > site is still not up. How can a site so popular be down so long? What
> > caused it to go down in the first place without notice?
> > --
> > T.M.K.
There is plenty of hosting services out there for sites that generate
traffic...
No offence but I think The Pits and Sim Projects "hay-days" are over and
they need "that much" bandwidth.. These days we got lots of other big sites
too so the traffic is distributed more than it used to.. I still remember
when I visited the US Pits once a day - for all my sim news and needs - now
I cannot recall the last time i was there - let alone the Sim Project
(probably due to the fact that I dont rac SCGT or F12K (or whatever :-))
Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
ed_
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Note!
Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
Eat this - suckers!
> > The hosting service they and the uspits and Alison's site were using
got
> > hosed. I believe the owners are trying to find another web hosting
service.
> > their big problem is the HUGE amounts of daily downloads that those
sites
> > generate. It gets expensive for the web hosting company to keep the
> > bandwidth open for all us users. This is about the 3rd time in the last
> > year that group of websites has had hosting problems.
> > dave henrie
Mikkel
> > Does anyone know why the site has been down for so long? I heard they
> were
> > working on getting it back up sometime this week, but as of this evening
> the
> > site is still not up. How can a site so popular be down so long? What
> > caused it to go down in the first place without notice?
> > --
> > T.M.K.
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Scott B. Husted
PA-Scott
ICQ# 4395450
> There is plenty of hosting services out there for sites that generate
> traffic...
> No offence but I think The Pits and Sim Projects "hay-days" are over and
> they need "that much" bandwidth.. These days we got lots of other big
sites
> too so the traffic is distributed more than it used to.. I still remember
> when I visited the US Pits once a day - for all my sim news and needs -
now
> I cannot recall the last time i was there - let alone the Sim Project
> (probably due to the fact that I dont rac SCGT or F12K (or whatever :-))
> Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
> ed_
> --
> Note!
> Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
> mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
> Eat this - suckers!
> > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth.
> > > The hosting service they and the uspits and Alison's site were using
> got
> > > hosed. I believe the owners are trying to find another web hosting
> service.
> > > their big problem is the HUGE amounts of daily downloads that those
> sites
> > > generate. It gets expensive for the web hosting company to keep the
> > > bandwidth open for all us users. This is about the 3rd time in the
last
> > > year that group of websites has had hosting problems.
> > > dave henrie
> --
> Scott B. Husted
> PA-Scott
> ICQ# 4395450
> > or Sportplanet.com
> > or Gamespy
> > or ..
> > or ...
> > There is plenty of hosting services out there for sites that generate
> > traffic...
> > No offence but I think The Pits and Sim Projects "hay-days" are over and
> > they need "that much" bandwidth.. These days we got lots of other big
> sites
> > too so the traffic is distributed more than it used to.. I still
remember
> > when I visited the US Pits once a day - for all my sim news and needs -
> now
> > I cannot recall the last time i was there - let alone the Sim Project
> > (probably due to the fact that I dont rac SCGT or F12K (or whatever :-))
> > Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
> > ed_
> > --
> > Note!
> > Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
> > mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
> > Eat this - suckers!
> > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth.
> > > > The hosting service they and the uspits and Alison's site were
using
> > got
> > > > hosed. I believe the owners are trying to find another web hosting
> > service.
> > > > their big problem is the HUGE amounts of daily downloads that those
> > sites
> > > > generate. It gets expensive for the web hosting company to keep the
> > > > bandwidth open for all us users. This is about the 3rd time in the
> last
> > > > year that group of websites has had hosting problems.
> > > > dave henrie
Trust me when I say Jan is as anxious as everyone to get things back up and
running.
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Scott B. Husted
PA-Scott
ICQ# 4395450
> > --
> > Scott B. Husted
> > PA-Scott
> > ICQ# 4395450
> > > or Sportplanet.com
> > > or Gamespy
> > > or ..
> > > or ...
> > > There is plenty of hosting services out there for sites that generate
> > > traffic...
> > > No offence but I think The Pits and Sim Projects "hay-days" are over
and
> > > they need "that much" bandwidth.. These days we got lots of other big
> > sites
> > > too so the traffic is distributed more than it used to.. I still
> remember
> > > when I visited the US Pits once a day - for all my sim news and
needs -
> > now
> > > I cannot recall the last time i was there - let alone the Sim Project
> > > (probably due to the fact that I dont rac SCGT or F12K (or whatever
:-))
> > > Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
> > > ed_
> > > --
> > > Note!
> > > Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
> > > mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
> > > Eat this - suckers!
> > > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth.
> > > > > The hosting service they and the uspits and Alison's site were
> using
> > > got
> > > > > hosed. I believe the owners are trying to find another web
hosting
> > > service.
> > > > > their big problem is the HUGE amounts of daily downloads that
those
> > > sites
> > > > > generate. It gets expensive for the web hosting company to keep
the
> > > > > bandwidth open for all us users. This is about the 3rd time in
the
> > last
> > > > > year that group of websites has had hosting problems.
> > > > > dave henrie
> Well I can help there. The host 'disappeared' ;) There will be an
> announcement 'soon'.
Main site should be up and running with a new host some time next week
if Murphy stays out of our way for a little while.....
We're not going anywhere just yet :-), in the meantime, feel free to get
the files you need from www.thenorwaypits.com, site *should* be up to
date with all the stuff except "news" and "forums" which will not be
hosted there at all, but all of our files should be there
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"Team Mirage" http://members.prestige.net/bttw/teammirage/
"The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/
* Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way *
"Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com
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ed_
--
Note!
Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
Eat this - suckers!
> > There is plenty of hosting services out there for sites that generate
> > traffic...
> > No offence but I think The Pits and Sim Projects "hay-days" are over and
> > they need "that much" bandwidth.. These days we got lots of other big
> sites
> > too so the traffic is distributed more than it used to.. I still
remember
> > when I visited the US Pits once a day - for all my sim news and needs -
> now
> > I cannot recall the last time i was there - let alone the Sim Project
> > (probably due to the fact that I dont rac SCGT or F12K (or whatever :-))
> > Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
> > ed_
> > --
> > Note!
> > Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
> > mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
> > Eat this - suckers!
> > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth.
> > > > The hosting service they and the uspits and Alison's site were
using
> > got
> > > > hosed. I believe the owners are trying to find another web hosting
> > service.
> > > > their big problem is the HUGE amounts of daily downloads that those
> > sites
> > > > generate. It gets expensive for the web hosting company to keep the
> > > > bandwidth open for all us users. This is about the 3rd time in the
> last
> > > > year that group of websites has had hosting problems.
> > > > dave henrie
> Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
Obviously, you have grossly underestimated our traffic. 1.6 Gig of files, 1.5-2 G/day
bandwidth. I challenge you to find a site willing to host that amount of files and bandwidth
that doesn't run into the hundreds of dollars per month. (And if someone out there knows
of a site that can do this, PLEASE let me know). Many hosting sites 'claim' unlimited
bandwidth. Just go quote those specs at them...THEN see how 'unlimited' they are...
We don't plan on going to a *** network, our prior experience with them shows that
a site that wants to keep it's individual focus does not belong on a *** network. Nor
does advertising pay for our bandwidth. There is a very good article on this subject at
Avault... http://www.racesimcentral.net/; Internet advertising
(at the moment) is nothing...the day of the dot.coms closed that door for quite awhile.
We have several other options, all of which I'm pursuing right now. Any other constructive
suggestions are more than welcome...
And The Pits is certainly not a 'has been'...nor will it be while I still have interest in doing it!
Cheers!
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?? Jan Kohl ??
SECURITY CONSULTANT
The Pits - http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Castle Graphics - http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> Finding a new host cannt be that big a deal....
Obviously, you have grossly underestimated our traffic. 1.6 Gig of files, 1.5-2 G/day
bandwidth. I challenge you to find a site willing to host that amount of files and bandwidth
that doesn't run into the hundreds of dollars per month. (And if someone out there knows
of a site that can do this, PLEASE let me know).
We don't plan on going to a *** network, our prior experience with them shows that
a site that wants to keep it's individual focus does not belong on a *** network. Nor
does advertising pay for our bandwidth. There is a very good article on this subject at
Avault... http://www.racesimcentral.net/; Internet advertising
(at the moment) is nothing...the day of the dot.coms closed that door for quite awhile.
We have several other options, all of which I'm pursuing right now. Any other constructive
suggestions are more than welcome...
And The Pits is certainly not a 'has been'...nor will it be while I still have interest in doing it!
Cheers!
--
?? Jan Kohl ??
SECURITY CONSULTANT
The Pits - http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Castle Graphics - http://www.racesimcentral.net/
End of story.
..
ed_
--
Note!
Return address is *not* my own - but the e-mail address to an e-mail
mass-distribution company that have bothered me one time to many!
Eat this - suckers!
Cheers!
--
?? Jan Kohl ??
SECURITY CONSULTANT
The Pits - http://www.theuspits.com
Castle Graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com