{"id":828,"date":"2006-12-19T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=828"},"modified":"2006-12-20T11:17:39","modified_gmt":"2006-12-20T16:17:39","slug":"perspective-realigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Perspective, Realigned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to everyone who left so many comments on the post earlier today<\/a>. The big thing that I’ve learned is that bandwidth is much, much cheaper elsewhere. I use HostingMatters<\/a>, who I chose because they have a good reputation for uptime and customer service. These were my main concerns after leaving ANHosting, who were lacking in both. <\/p>\n

Tirgaya<\/a> linked to Dreamhost<\/a>, who offers 2TB(!!!!) of transfer a month, for a fraction of what I’m paying at HM. Hang on, let me get the calculator…<\/p>\n

Poke. poke. poke.<\/em><\/p>\n

Okay…<\/p>\n

Hosting Matters = $0.52 per gigabyte.<\/strong>
\nDreamHost = $0.004 per gigabyte.<\/strong> (No, that isn’t a typo, it is really four thenths of a cent per gig.)<\/p>\n

I’m speechless. The price difference is ridiculous. If these numbers are for real, then I could easily run this site for eight bucks a month. Without the #@%#@ ads. Without killing my comics with JPG abuse. This… this can’t be right.<\/p>\n

Let me run the numbers again…<\/p>\n

Okay. The numbers are for real. Really strange. This sounds too good to be true. What the heck? They have a $50 signup fee, so I don’t want to do anything rash, but this looks like it would solve all of my problems if it actually works.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to do anything just yet, but it looks like I have lots<\/em> of options. One way or another, I think I can get back to the days of careless and rampant bandwidth comsumption.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the advice, and the numerous offers for help, the offers for spare bandwidth, the encouragement, and everything else. <\/p>\n

LATER: Okay, maybe<\/a> Dreamhost is a bad idea<\/a>. Still, somewhere between 52 cents and .4 cents there ought to be someone half-decent.<\/p>\n

STILL LATER: I get it. The $0.004 per gig is allowed, because what they DON’T tell you on the features page is that you are also limited by CPU minutes per day. It looks like the 2TB limit is a sham, since apparently you’ll hit the CPU limit WAAAY before you get anywhere near the bandwidth limit.<\/p>\n

Sneaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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