If the site isn't critical, you can also throttle the bandwidth used at the web server level (IIS lets you do this - don't know about others). The ISP/ASP you host with might be able to throttle bandwidth at the router level as well. Finally, you could get DSL installed and run your own server :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Nesbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 11:30 PM Subject: OT: Hypotherical Question : To much sucess... > Hypothetical Question: > > Lets say you set up a web site on a hosting site and it gets wildly successful. > As in *scary* successful, the site itself is not a paying site but a hobby site. > Bandwidth costs are getting astronomical. > > We can make a few assumptions: > > 1. The site is so brilliantly coded that it gracefully accepts any amount of > traffic it receives. > > 2. The server the site resides on is powerful enough to keep up with the > traffic, and their is enough bandwidth > > 3. The site grossly exceeds the bandwidth restrictions you are paying for, > 2000Mb/Month (approx. 66Mb/Day) and succeed in at least doubling that in traffic > (4000Mb/Month + ) > > 4. You can't afford to pay #3 for any length of time as every 1000MB over the > 2000Mb/month is costing $100 ($0.10/Mb). > > > Short of shutting the site down what can you do? Has this happened to anyone? > > Thank you for your time. > > : David Nesbitt > : Web Production Specialist > : (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk > To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
