[Shotimes] FordCDs.com Site Update

[clubairth@bellsouth.net]

Jon:
 Still no luck? I have resent it twice?
Kevin


> 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>> 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
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