It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon

Donate to FR via Secure Server ^ | March 7, 2003 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone,

Are you ready for another FReepathon?

Good news:

John and Tami negotiated a new contract with our bandwidth supplier and got our bill lowered a couple thousand per month! Our monthly expenses are now totalling just under $20,000, so we're setting the target for this Freepathon at $60,000. We have approximately $18,000 (and growing) per quarter coming from our monthly donors so we will only need to raise a little over $40,000 this time. Hopefully, we can do this in a week to ten days.

We went over the goal last quarter and we used part of the extra money to purchase and install two new servers. We now have a total of five servers running Free Republic. John can post the details, but basically, we have two servers being used as web servers, two as database servers and one for the search engine. There may be some sharing and overlapping of duties, but that's the general configuration.

John also found a way to compress the files before serving them so we are able to effectively move 20mbs of data through our 10mbs line. In other words, we've doubled our capacity and halved our bandwidth cost!

Way to go John and Tami!!

(Just in time too! We hit the 10mps X 2 capacity a few times during the peak periods of the last couple of weeks).

And finally, we've added two new high capacity disk drives (I believe they're 72 gigabytes each) and just as soon as John gets the upload and file management programs ready to go, we'll be able to offer our donors directory space on their accounts to upload pictures, graphics, and music files, etc. I believe this is going to be a very popular feature!

Looking forward to another great fundraiser!

Thank you all very much for your continuing support and dedication to the cause!

Jim

[Mo1]

Thank You Facedown

[sweetliberty]

OH NO! Another FReepathon. Tom Daschle is concerned....and deeply disturbed.

.

[terilyn]

THANK YOU

BamaGirl

[Mo1]

Thank You BJClinton

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers from
Never Land
Kansas

[umgud]

With all the current and recent traffic numbers, I hope this goes quick (and big!). This place is, dollar for dollar, a huge bargain.

[terilyn]

You are so dang fast LOL!

[SoDak]

Hey! I was just about to start eating my TV dinner. The last thing I need is something even less conducive to my apetite.

[Mo1]

Thank You Backhoe

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers from
Texas
Virginia
Oklahoma
Florida
New York
Never Never Land
Colorado

[sweetliberty]

"we'll be able to offer our donors directory space on their accounts to upload pictures, graphics, and music files, etc. I believe this is going to be a very popular feature! "

I'm really looking forward to that! It will undoubtedly be a popular feature.

[Mo1]

Thank You Amore

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And finally, we've added two new high capacity disk drives (I believe they're 72 gigabytes each) and just as soon as John gets the upload and file management programs ready to go, we'll be able to offer our donors directory space on their accounts to upload pictures, graphics, and music files, etc. I believe this is going to be a very popular feature!

Very nice!

[humblegunner]

In the mail tomorrow will be my late March and April monthly
contributions as well as an additional $30.00..
for a total of $50.00. Attribute that as you will.

And thank you, Sir, for all your efforts!

[Mo1]

Thank You BamaGirl

[Mo1]

LOL!!!

[Mo1]

Thank You Freepers from
Vermont, Indiana and Washington!!

[dts32041]

Sorry I am a monthly

[Rushmore Rocks]

A $50.00 anti-Daschle donation will be in the mail in the morning...........I promise!!!

[Mo1]

Thank You Visualops