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Beltway Traffic Jam

· Friday, August 20, 2004 · No comments

A quickie Friday linkfest:

  • Dodd Harris is sensing a pattern with the Democrats.
  • Donald Sensing wonders about selective amnesia in the press.
  • Michele Catalano dreams about Alan Keyes.
  • Wretchard has a handy-dandy list of cities that are “holy” to somebody.
  • Radley Balko opposes the doctrine of preemption when applied to DUI laws.

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Bandwidth Relief

· Thursday, May 13, 2004 · 3 comments

I sent an e-mail earlier to Annette at HostingMatters asking about upgrading my bandwidth to one of their more robust plans for a month, since the Nick Berg Google spike has me pushing my 13 gig monthly limit already. Upgrading to even their most expensive regular plan is reasonable enough–although far more than I need for my normal traffic–but one hates to buy bandwidth at $3 a gig. (It’s like cell phone plans in that regard.)

I just received an e-mail from Stephanie at HostingMatters with an very nice message: “Don’t worry about the bandwidth this much. We’re not going to bill people this month for extra bandwidth caused by this issue.”

That’s quite a generous gesture on their part given that some sites have had nearly a year’s worth of their normal traffic today!

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James Joyner
About James Joyner
James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. bryan says:
    Thursday, 13 May 2004 at 21:32

    even when they do charge you for extra bandwidth, they will do it on an adjustment, rather than upping your plan just because you got a big spike in a month. I’ve been very impressed with the customer service, despite the few weird outtages every so often.

  2. McGehee says:
    Thursday, 13 May 2004 at 23:10

    I’ve exceeded my modest bandwidth limit once before without being charged for the overage, but so far this month I still have plenty of headroom. Then again, even with the spike I’m only averaging 300-some unique visits per hour.

    Wasn’t so long ago that hourly would have been more than my daily average.

  3. jen says:
    Friday, 14 May 2004 at 10:52

    Maybe they’re the Cingular of hosting – rollover bandwidth?

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