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It's Time for our Second Quarter FReepathon - Thread 3
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Posted on 04/14/2003 1:08:17 PM PDT by 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
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Breaking News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: appreciation; bandwidth; celebration; freepathon; freepers; gratitude; love; supportoursite; willworkforfood
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I Like that one .. my I borrow it?
761
posted on
04/15/2003 8:55:27 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: Mo1
Thanks for the fireworks. 'Nite.
(BTW, you can put Freeper Chick ostrich back in her pen until next quarter!!)
762
posted on
04/15/2003 8:56:40 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(The number of Saddam sightings is rapidly approaching those of Elvis!)
To: Jim Robinson
$60 from West Virginia
$20 from Missouri
Thank you West (by God) Virginia and Missouri!!
763
posted on
04/15/2003 8:57:28 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Go FReepers...GO FReepers!!!!!...Go FREEPERS!!!!o FREEPERS!!!...GO)
To: SoDak
....like it is, without having to have freepathons...... But the FReepathons are so much fun - we've got to have them, at least once in a while......
764
posted on
04/15/2003 8:58:59 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Go FReepers...GO FReepers!!!!!...Go FREEPERS!!!!o FREEPERS!!!...GO)
To: EdReform
765
posted on
04/15/2003 8:59:31 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: Jim Robinson; All
GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY
AND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE,
AND MAY GOD PROTECT ALL WHO TOIL TO KEEP US SAFE.
766
posted on
04/15/2003 8:59:33 PM PDT
by
justshe
(Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor.)
To: CedarDave
WoooooHooooo!! Time to Celebrate another Successful FReepathon!
<=== Launch Fireworks
767
posted on
04/15/2003 8:59:37 PM PDT
by
Jen
(FReepdom is not FRee! Please help support FreeRepublic!!!)
To: Mo1
Go for it, it's a good pic.
To: Gabz
Two more:
$50 from Never Never Land
$20 from Washington
Thank you FReepers!!
769
posted on
04/15/2003 9:00:05 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(FReepers are the GReatest!!)
To: Mo1
Congratulations and thanks to all who helped.
770
posted on
04/15/2003 9:00:49 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Mo1
something funny for yall....LOL
I email my friends next door FR stuff alot and tonight he says...If you pay to keep Free Republic going then shouldn't it be Paid Republic?.....Honestly it was really funny!
771
posted on
04/15/2003 9:01:03 PM PDT
by
tutstar
To: Mo1
Fireworks bump!!
772
posted on
04/15/2003 9:01:25 PM PDT
by
Jen
(FReepdom is not FRee! Please help support FreeRepublic!!!)
To: AntiJen
Your # 767 - Sounded like our crackerjack Air Force in the Battle of Baghdad!
Music to my ears!
Leni
773
posted on
04/15/2003 9:02:48 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
To: Mo1
That was great!! How about something by Balfa Toujours?
774
posted on
04/15/2003 9:03:58 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(Thank You to ALL Freepers and Lurkers who support Free Republic!)
To: Jim Robinson; John Robinson
God Bless America and God Bless FRee Republic and the Robinson families. We ALL Thank You from the mountains to the seas!!!
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Thanks, Jim and John!
775
posted on
04/15/2003 9:04:12 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi .. Support FRee Republic.. God Bless America, the Coalition, and Our Troops and families)
To: AntiJen
Hi Jen!
776
posted on
04/15/2003 9:05:29 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(Thank You to ALL Freepers and Lurkers who support Free Republic!)
To: Jim Robinson
$50 from Never Never Land
$20 from Washington
Thank you FReepers!!
777
posted on
04/15/2003 9:08:43 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Go FReepers...GO FReepers!!!!!...Go FREEPERS!!!!o FREEPERS!!!...GO)
To: All
Night all....and thanks for all your hard work!
778
posted on
04/15/2003 9:10:22 PM PDT
by
justshe
(Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor.)
To: EdReform
779
posted on
04/15/2003 9:10:53 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: Jim Robinson; Mo1; All
Well, that's all for me! Good Night everyone!
Thanks to ALL FReepers and Lurkers who Support Free Republic!
780
posted on
04/15/2003 9:13:20 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(Thank You to ALL Freepers and Lurkers who support Free Republic!)
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