It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon - Thread 3

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[Mo1]

It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon - Thread 3

Posted on 04/07/2003 6:33 PM EDT by 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

[glock rocks]

sunrise pic somewhere in Hawaii. we get an occasional sunrise like that in salt lake, but not today ... it's the right time, but seriously overcast :o(

[RottiBiz]

Thank you for being a monthly donor, Constitution Day!

Your name has been added to the list and we very much appreciate your support.

Thanks, also, for the pings and the bumps!

[glock rocks]

(ditto) Thanks, also, for the pings and the bumps!

[glock rocks]

hey there, Ed.

might finish today.

[FairWitness]

Just sent $30 to do my little bit to support the best news and discussion forum available. Hooray for Free Republic!
FairWitness
Missouri

[glock rocks]

Thank you, FairWitness !!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, FairWitness, for your continuing support!

You have been on the Dollar-A-Day Freepers list since the first list was published in June 2001, and probably a supporter long before that.

FReepers like you have made it possible over the years for those of us who came later to experience this site.

Heartfelt thanks from all of us.

[Mo1]

Thanks for the coffee Fiddlstix!! Mo' will be very happy!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh COFFEE!!! ..

[FairWitness]

Aw shucks (blushing)! I'm more of a listener than a talker, but I get far more than my money's-worth back from Free Republic.

[glock rocks]

yeeeeeee......... mommy, make the yellow thing go away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mo1]

Are we there yet?


OK OK OK ... That's it .. I can't take watching MSNBC anymore ... the are making my blood pressure go through the roof

[EdReform]

Smiles back at ya!

[Mo1]

OMG ... FOFL!!!!

Now there is a site to see first thing in the morning ...LOL

[EdReform]

You could always set it to be your Windows Wallpaper or screen saver!

[Mo1]

And, Missouri has threatened to send even more equipment to speed us along through 2003.

I take it that this is a good threat?

[Mo1]

You have Freepmail

[Mo1]

Thank you Freepers from
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[Mo1]

Thank you Freepers from
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[Mo1]

Thank you Roscoe !!!

[Mo1]

Thank you Georgia!!