02-21-2004, 11:40 AM
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how can powweb afford this? [1000 mb disk space, 150 gb DT 7.77]
1,000 MB Space
5 GB Traffic/Day! (not Month!)
Resource Center & Community
2 Months FREE + FREE Domain
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
http://powweb.com/
they myst have very cheap bandwidth
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02-21-2004, 11:43 AM
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Re: how can powweb afford this? [1000 mb disk space, 150 gb DT 7.77]
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Originally posted by kimrari
they myst have very cheap bandwidth
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Or they're overselling very heavily, which is more likely. Not a good way to run a business...
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02-21-2004, 11:47 AM
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Hm, if you have learnt probability 
5GB/day will limit you from bursting 100GB in 1 day, therefore it might not be a good news for download sites (especially certain files are out, bandwidth usage would be higher)
Since they have took out the possibility that download sites would be hosted with them, what are the chances that other sites (rare) that will utilize that much of bandwidth? Probability  They must have hired a good mathematician, PhD for their sales / marketing dept.
And overselling
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02-21-2004, 12:42 PM
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mmm anyone wanna sponsor some mirrors 
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02-21-2004, 12:51 PM
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Come to think of it... 3-4 of these accounts and a decent php-based downloading software and someone could give sourceforge.net a run for their sponsored mirrors.
Actually powweb.com can afford these prices...anyone can.... advertise a Mercedes for price of a Citi...then just take money and deliver a BICYCLE. Don't look back is the motto...that's what Powweb.com does anyway going by so many customers complaining about everything possible under the sun.
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02-21-2004, 12:53 PM
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Overselling. This is all I can think of. Or, better yet, this is all powweb can think of...
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02-21-2004, 12:54 PM
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I've been with them now for over a year -
There's a great deal of freedom that their service allows (full htaccess ability, etc) come in quite handy. I'm sure they oversell, but as was mentioned here it's not like everyone there will use what's allotted. Their service is great for someone with a personal site they like to play with on the side, but they have a nasty habbit of doing major system updates without having giving prior announcement or fully testing them.
Thier support staff is usually pretty helpful, and their online forum is a great source for help ( http://forum.powweb.com).
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02-21-2004, 01:20 PM
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and what is your url with them bdoc?
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02-21-2004, 01:29 PM
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a friend of mine which has his site on a guild he runs on a game uses powweb. He seems to like them and his site seems to run fast all the time I visit and no down time.
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02-21-2004, 01:29 PM
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and what is your url with them bdoc?
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Not the best way to put it benjohngf, but yes would you bdoc be so kind and give us the URL of the site you host with them?
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02-21-2004, 01:30 PM
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Gotta keep in mind that they want you to pay a setup fee and contract some of it. Plus if you sign-up for three months, your domain name was registered for a year free or two.
3 Months $43.31
1 year $93.24
2 years $186.48
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02-21-2004, 01:52 PM
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Quote:
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and what is your url with them bdoc?
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Wow...
htttp://www.auctionnotebooks.com
Mighty aggressive posts already!
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AUCTIONNOTEBOOKS.COM
Server Type: Apache/1.3.29 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_ssl/2.8.16 OpenSSL/0.9.7c PHP-CGI/0.1b (Spry.com also uses Apache)
Website Status: Active
Reverse IP: Web server hosts 2627 websites (reverse ip tool requires free login)
IP Address: 66.152.98.14 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: United States - California - Monterey Park - Powweb Inc
Cached Whois: 2003-11-02 (NSI is down right now)
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My personal site is with them as well....
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02-21-2004, 02:18 PM
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sorry bdoc, didn't mean that to be aggressive. just a question to give your post better credibility
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02-21-2004, 02:47 PM
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Actually They might not be overselling perse they might be offering this as a sales gimic to increase the customer base. Then again who knows what kind of servers they have set up. maybe a they have a serious storage solution, with a shared database. Who knows, I was prone to say that they were overselling, but the 5gb/day i think is what is really helping them out alot. I doubt they oversell, but then again alot of companies do.
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02-21-2004, 02:50 PM
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~$0.05 per GB is overselling no matter how you look at it, gimmick or not.
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