[Shotimes] FordCDs.com Site Update

[clubairth@bellsouth.net]

Jon:
 Contact me. I have sent several e-mails but I don't think they are getting 
thru?
.
.

Kevin

> FordCDs.com Site Update:
>
> For those of you interested in my recent post regarding publishing the 
> ALLDATA disc images (for service data on all makes and models 1982-2005) 
> on the site: rest assured that I am still working toward the cause, but I 
> have not yet found a working solution to make these disc images usable by 
> the public at large.
>
> On another note, the site has been gaining popularity by huge leaps and 
> bounds.  About a year ago, this originally started out as a side project 
> to take advantage of some unutilized bandwidth to my dedicated Linux 
> server at ServerBeach.  As of this month, traffic to and from FordCDs.com 
> routinely fills the 10Mb/s pipe to my server, slowing down the whole 
> server (which I use for my personal website, email, and BitTorrenting). 
> Also, my server account is limited to 2000GB/month of transfer, and at the 
> current rate, I am headed to use about 2300GB, meaning I'll have to pay an 
> overage charge of about 40% over my normal bill.  FYI: that comes to about 
> 4600 CD .ISO downloads per month...
>
> Now since I set up the PayPal donation account (about 6 months ago), I've 
> received about $50 in donations, and for that I'm very grateful. Those of 
> you who know me know that I'm not the type to beg or complain about 
> sponsorship; after all, no one forced me to take on this endeavor.
>
> So: I'm going to give it a month, watch my bandwidth numbers (taking the 
> site down as necessary to keep them under my limits), and probably 
> eventually post a poll to find out how useful these discs are to the 
> people downloading them.  In the end, I will likely either a) switch to a 
> 100% BitTorrent-based system, b) figure out some kind of "mandatory 
> donation" scheme so I'm not throwing away my server bandwidth for free, or 
> c) both.
>
> I will keep the lists posted on the changes.  Thanks for making this 
> project a success.
>
> Regards,
> Jon Heese
> http://www.FordCDs.com