Where has OBT been?

[GregMember]

Well thanks to Chris who finally got some support from the Internet host that hosts OBT. First problem was we ran out of bandwidth, second problem was once we paid more the hosting company basically lost us and three of Chris’s major sites he looks after day to day :ohmy: Once Chris got them on the job they eventually got it sorted.
We pay for a certain amount of bandwidth every month and as we are growing and the site grows so does the amount of bandwidth we use. Bandwidth costs money and so it costs money to run OBT. We try to provide a free site, we don’t and won’t have adds in the pages, the rides are free and like to give away prizes etc but it costs money. We started a donation tab and there has been some donations which we thank whoever those people are ( we don’t see who donates what or how much it’s not about that ) facts are we are a not for profit web site. We have never made a cent from this for ourselves but we need it to pay it’s own way as it has been funded from some site sponsors and personally for nearly 4 years. If every active member donated just $5 we would be able run the site and buy stickers have prizes and give aways if thats what people want.

Anyway we are back and happy to be here, another night with the family would have seen some bodies buried somewhere :laugh:

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[Richard WMember]

Out of curiosity how much bandwidth a month are we using?
I’ve been using Aussiehq (changed names a few times now) for 14 years, they have top service.
Been trying Crazy domains for another site and they have unlimited everything for $4.75/Mth.

Would only take an hour to move OBT to another server.

[GregMember]

We use over 120 GB a month Dickie and it would take more than an hour to move mate :laugh: Chris would be better qualified to answer any questions. I know we have over 5 million hits a month, well that was over a year ago so itwould be heaps more than that now. Mick often comments regarding the amount of traffic we have from Japan not to mention the US and Europe.
There is heaps more to it than just how much we use regarding bandwidth some of the stats around the site are amazing like the amount of traffic, the individual hits etc. It is massive certainly bigger than I ever thought. I know you look after the Hasting Valley club site and have some experience but a forum based site as active as this uses heaps more and takes heaps more to run day to day not t mention the space and traffic used doing weekly back ups.
Chris is always looking for somewhere else as he maintains a heap of web sites, we are only one but by far that largest for bandwidth and traffic

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[Mick DMember]

Thanks for getting it up and running again Chris.

[peteMember]

Trailboss wrote:

another night with the family would have seen some bodies buried somewhere :laugh:

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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hands up if you kept checking every 5 mins to see if old bulls was back on :whistle: :laugh:
PTW

Ps. i think the birthday ride auction for the website is a great idea.

[MattMember]

I’ll always remember where I was when OBT went down. I was lost for a few days there.
I’ll try and donate when I get home.

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[Dwayne OMember]

micknmeld wrote:

Thanks for getting it up and running again Chris.

Awwww Yeeeeaahhh Amen to that
I was actually on a double shift yesterday, so didn`t get a chance to look much :whistle:

Good work Chris old mate, bet it was a pain in the “A” to get it sorted ,,,,,,,
But that`s why you get paid so much for your service :laugh:

Cheers Mate

[GregMember]

pete the wulf wrote:

Hands up if you kept checking every 5 mins to see if old bulls was back on :whistle: :laugh:
PTW

I was on tele conferences most of the day, on the road for a couple of hours and then working at Adv Moto last night. I didnt need to check but I didnt need to as I had a steady stream of texts and calls asking what was going on :laugh: If I had been near a computer I would have been checking all the time :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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[GregMember]

Fortyfour wrote:

I’ll always remember where I was when OBT went down.

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Thats funny 44, I only just got what you were saying :laugh: Yeah like when Lady Di crashed, Ronald Regan was shot, Peter Brock died, Steve Erwin etc :laugh: :laugh:

Well done

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[MattMember]

Hahahahahahaha you got it

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[glennMember]

Hey I`m sure snowy will sell his arse to yous if it helps keep us on line. I`m sure he`ll agree with the sale. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: it may be second hand though. :laugh: :whistle:

[Adrian SnowdenMember]

You could always sell a few of your goats that you keep out in the shed. Their back end looks a bit shagged but you could still make a kebab out of them.

[GregMember]

snowy09 wrote:

You could always sell a few of your goats that you keep out in the shed. Their back end looks a bit shagged but you could still make a kebab out of them.

Boony wrote:

Hey I`m sure snowy will sell his arse to yous if it helps keep us on line. I`m sure he`ll agree with the sale. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: it may be second hand though. :laugh: :whistle:

So you guys are throwing in towards the site then? I mean where else would you guys put these quaility posts about YOUR animal love :huh: :sick: :laugh: :whistle:

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