The Sim Project ... looking for answers

The Sim Project is one of my favorite sites. It's provided some great work for SCGT, and now F1CS 2k. 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.

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 "T.M.K." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:h5_O6.2409$[email hidden]... > The Sim Project is one of my favorite sites. It's provided some greatwork > for SCGT, and now F1CS 2k. > > Does anyone know why the site has been down for so long? I heard theywere > working on getting it back up sometime this week, but as of this eveningthe

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> 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. > >

They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth. Dave Henrie wrote:

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> 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 > "T.M.K." <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:h5_O6.2409$[email hidden]... > > The Sim Project is one of my favorite sites. It's provided some great > work > > for SCGT, and now F1CS 2k. > > > > 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. > > > >

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! "Bryon Lape" <wrote: > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth. > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > 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

Alison Hine's site is to be found at http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk Mikkel Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2p0P6.49903$[email hidden]... > 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 hostingservice.

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> 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 > "T.M.K." <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:h5_O6.2409$[email hidden]... > > The Sim Project is one of my favorite sites. It's provided some great > work > > for SCGT, and now F1CS 2k. > > > > 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. > > > > > >

I think you under estimate the amount of traffic and downloads the Pits still generated. I won't speak for Jan though since I'm not paying the bills for hosting anymore =) -- Scott B. Husted PA-Scott ICQ# 4395450 "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Zs7P6.479$[email hidden]... > 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! > > > "Bryon Lape" <wrote: > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth. > > > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > > 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 > > >

I let Jan know we are getting restless here, hopefully he'll post something soon that explains the problems.. dave henrie "Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I think you under estimate the amount of traffic and downloads the Pits > still generated. I won't speak for Jan though since I'm not paying the > bills for hosting anymore =) > > -- > Scott B. Husted > PA-Scott > ICQ# 4395450 > > > "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Zs7P6.479$[email hidden]... > > 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

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> > 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! > > > > > > "Bryon Lape" <wrote: > > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth. > > > > > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > > > > The hosting service they and the uspits and Alison's site were

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> > 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'. Trust me when I say Jan is as anxious as everyone to get things back up and running. -- Scott B. Husted PA-Scott ICQ# 4395450 "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:eMgP6.52877$[email hidden]... > I let Jan know we are getting restless here, hopefully he'll post > something soon that explains the problems.. > dave henrie > "Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I think you under estimate the amount of traffic and downloads the Pits > > still generated. I won't speak for Jan though since I'm not paying the > > bills for hosting anymore =) > > > > -- > > Scott B. Husted > > PA-Scott > > ICQ# 4395450 > > > > > > "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:Zs7P6.479$[email hidden]... > > > 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! > > > > > > > > > "Bryon Lape" <wrote: > > > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth. > > > > > > > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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" wrote: > > Well I can help there. The host 'disappeared' ;) There will be an > announcement 'soon'. And when Scott says disappeared, he means literally..... 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

"Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Zs7P6.479$[email hidden]...

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> 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....

'No offence'? So I'm not supposed to take offense over your newly found role as internet gaming site analyst? Sorry, Ed, but had I said the same thing about GPLEA, that would have started a whole NEW flaming war over at the GPL forums. 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 gaming network, our prior experience with them shows that a site that wants to keep it's individual focus does not belong on a gaming network. Nor does advertising pay for our bandwidth. There is a very good article on this subject at Avault... http://www.avault.com/developer/getarticle.asp?name=bclair1 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.theuspits.com Castle Graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com

"Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Zs7P6.479$[email hidden]...

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> 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....

'No offence'? So I'm not supposed to take offense over your newly found role as internet gaming site analyst? Sorry, Ed, but had I said the same thing about GPLEA, that would have started a whole NEW flaming war over at the GPL forums. 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 gaming network, our prior experience with them shows that a site that wants to keep it's individual focus does not belong on a gaming network. Nor does advertising pay for our bandwidth. There is a very good article on this subject at Avault... http://www.avault.com/developer/getarticle.asp?name=bclair1 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.theuspits.com Castle Graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com

I'm not sure I do Scott... But I do know for sure how much traffic how much traffic we generate ourselfs and finding a new host wasnt a problem at all for us. -- 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! Scott B. Husted wrote: > I think you under estimate the amount of traffic and downloads the Pits > still generated. I won't speak for Jan though since I'm not paying the > bills for hosting anymore =) > "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Zs7P6.479$[email hidden]... > > 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! > > > > > > "Bryon Lape" <wrote: > > > They need to check out hispeed.net. Unlimited bandwidth. > > > > > > Dave Henrie wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >

Jan Kohl wrote: > 'No offence'? So I'm not supposed to take offense over your newly foundrole as > internet gaming site analyst? Sorry, Ed, but had I said the same thingabout GPLEA, > that would have started a whole NEW flaming war over at the GPL forums. Oh Please Jan, Dont make this into something *big* - I never meant for it to be offensive.. I merley telling it the way I see it. 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!

"Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:S_AP6.1146$[email hidden]... > Oh Please Jan, > Dont make this into something *big* - I never meant for it to be offensive.. > I merley telling it the way I see it. Exactly...but your basis for argument was rather flawed, from my point of view. You said you don't visit The Pits much any more...but you don't race alot of the sims that we carry stuff for, and you do alot of stuff for GPL yourself. Does that make the sites that you don't visit 'has beens'? I don't visit GPLEA that much, but I don't race GPL that much either...nor would I consider that a basis to say that GPLEA was 'over the hill'... Cheers! -- �� Jan Kohl �� SECURITY CONSULTANT The Pits - http://www.theuspits.com Castle Graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com