The point is, you aint paying for the patches or the mods, you are paying for the upkeep of the servers they are hosted on and the bandwidth the servers use, and in doing so yo get a 'thank you' with a personal server. For $6.95 USD (�5 UKP) per month or $59.99 USD (�43 UKP) a year that's not really a bad deal, granted it's probably better for us CM users than dialup however.
It's time to face the fact that the time of the 'free internet' is all but gone, because of the costs and the lack of advert money now around, if you want fast service, ya gonna have to pay for things. Incerdently, I belive all the files (part from maybe 2 unpopular ones) I've download have had 3 main servers and a couple of mirrors for them, thus I've never seen that problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "omega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > the problem is, most of the time there are only the personal servers and > *ONE* mirror for most of the files. > > im not paying $30 or so to download free things. > add that ti $30 for ISP, $60 on average per game, plus hardware. somewhere, > somebodies getting seriously ripped off. > paying the cash for a game to me is fine, but as if im going to pay to > download *FREE* patches, and *FREE* mods.its just completely wrong. > > > -omega > Blackened Interactive > http://www.nofadz.com/blackened > IRC: irc.gamesnet.net channel: #blackened-interactive > Assistant Coder, Underhive (http://www.underhive.com) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "_Phantom_" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:10 AM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > > > > I download at all kinds of times, mostly when the US are up as well, I've > > never had to wait longer than 40mins for a file off one of the main > servers > > (last one was RtCW multiplayer demo) > > I dont have the money to pay atm so I dont and use the free system > > > > As for charging, tech the are charging u so they can maintain the system, > > revnues (sp?) from adverts and the like which companys like this used to > use > > to maintain the opertations have all but vanished, if they dont charge > they > > will have to close down (hosting + bandwidth charges for something like > > fileplanet are gonna be huge!!! so after everyone pays their $x, I forget > > how much, but I know it's not much, I doubt they are turning a huge profit > > as they dont charge per download, just per month/year) > > > > If you dont like them hosting your files, email them and tell 'em to stop, > > as you are the copyright holder of the work then they have no choice (as I > > understand it), however, imho that's just petty.. if I produce something I > > want it to reach as wider audiance as I can, if some ppl chose to spend > some > > $$$$ to download files quicker, all power to 'em I say. > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
