I still download manually, and with HPR, I often use curl to grab a bunch of consecutive shows at once. Sorry, Joshua, I didn't know it was causing a problem on your end. I think it's only fair those of us who can afford to pitch in on the hosting, just let us know where.
5150 > > The site would still be hosted with ANHH, but moving the downloads would > help with the strain that seems to be caused by some people trying to > download the entire archive all at the same time ( may be a little > exaggerated, but you get the idea ) . > > Kicking in a few bucks would actually help with bandwidth costs on this end > too, and would relieve some of the strain caused by some people trying to > download the entire archive all at the same time. ( see what I did there? ) > > It would also make it easier to cover other costs of stuff I'd like to with > HPR's server. > > The sponsorship my company has done over the years hasn't really yielded a > lot in the terms of ROI, but we keep doing it because honestly, I like the > concept of HPR and want to continue supporting it. > > That being said occasionally we get stuff like people thinking it's cool to > try and hack the site, DDOS the site, or inadvertently consume all the > bandwidth for the server allowed by downloading multiple (10s of) streams > at once. All these cause issues unfortunately, some bigger issues than > others. > > So, not trying to sound greedy, but if people are looking to kick in a few > bucks, getting hosting plan with HPR's coupon or just kicking a few bucks > in with paypal (I could make a page people could donate for HPR directly) > would be a great help. > > >
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