Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

US based servers are always cheaper than the UK, but I prefer to be uk based. It's probably not the cheapest if i really hunted around - but the spec and response is good, as is the service I get so I'm happy with the price.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Fair enough as long as you get good service then its worth the cost!

I think the cheapest isnt always the best anyway ;)

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Back to this old argument, abyss shared hosting is dirt cheap and good isp's will not have the downtime you mentioned and certianly better uptime and reliability then a p3 500mhz running windows xp, but good luck to you and I hope you solve your current problems.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Well so far, in the last 6 months, Ive had 98% uptime. Its only recently that the uptime has decreased due to my server woes. All is solved for now. Just need 10Mbps now so I can have that lovely upload speed. Shame its not 1Mbps upload though, there were a lot of roumours it would be 1Mbps upload. :(

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

as far as i'm aware whilst ntl do turn a blind eye to the odd ftp and server, running a commercial hosting company from a residential connection is a big no no.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Its a good job I dont do that then ;)

They say the only limits are that you dont go over caps, dont charge for any services you run otherwise it will be classed as a business (I give free hosting with limits but dont sell it), and you wont get support if anything goes wrong.

Im happy with those terms and I also have my own TOS for the free hosting too.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

I'd tread carefully though, soliciting donations with the Paypal link might be pushing it :)

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

At the end of the day, when running a server its not about you, its about your users. At 25kB/s for your entire userbase you can't call this nothing more than a hobby and if that is so.....whatever floats your boat.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Its donations, not paying for something. Its if someone wants to give some money to help to pay for running the server. It costs 30p a day in electricity alone to run it.

Ive been running it for 6 months, if they had a problem Im sure they would have said something by now.

EDIT: Its not really a hobby, its just something Ive always wanted to do, its a responsibility keeping it online and running etc. 25KB/s is enough because I dont get more then 2 hits at any one time. The pages are small so take very little time to download, most less than 2 seconds.

The site is limited to 10KB/s per user anyway, so 2 users can happily browse it and not know of it. The server has a global limit of 20KB/s, I reserve 5KB/s for home browsing.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

So its a hobby then :) Also from your site there are 8 accounts, I don't think anybody would expend effort just for that. Who am I to talk anyway, just my 2 pennys.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Well I enjoy doing these sorts of things so I put in the effort :)

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Wow you upped the cap? I downloaded the page at 15kB lightning fast vrooom.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

It will start off higher. All programs/servers with a limit do. Its still set to 10KB/s.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Went on for a good 6 or 7 seconds sustained 15kB :) I take your word for it tho web browsing is hardly accurate way of measuring speed. Cached images etc. might have pushed it up.

Re: Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra?
 

Do whatever you wants.....................your money.....your server...

BTW, uptime 100% 90% or whatever is not an indication of a good server....neglected one may be!! But not always!!

I have a dedicated server in the US (costs $60.00) Celeron 2.4, 40 GB, 256 DDRAM, 10 Mbit Up/Down…..2000 GB monthly limit….Redhat 9, Plesk 7.5.4.

And in January I'm shifting to another one P4 1.6, 512, 80 GB, 100 Mbit Up/Down, and 1000 GB transfer for 39 euros!!!!

In my house I have Fedora Core 4 installed in my laptop with Apache, SSH, FTP running….and I use www.DynDNS.org!!!!