The price of success
I think it was Oscar Wilde who said there was no such thing as bad publicity but he didn't have an mp3 blog. I've only been at this lark for a month or so but I'm dealing with bandwidth problems again because of a Reuters wire story on mp3 blogs that mentioned my site (very nice of them) which was picked up by Yahoo, USA Today and some Spanish language site called Terra. As a result I've had a massive spike in traffic and downloading that has put me way over my limit for the month and it's only the 11th. While it's very flattering to be listed as a blog of note and I'm glad people like what I'm offering but I don't want to keep shelling out more cash to increase my bandwidth again. I haven't decided as of yet how I'm going to deal with this in the long run but in the short term I've taken down all the mp3s posted so far (hopefully just for a few days) and shall be posting new ones on a more limited basis for a little while. In the meantime if anyone knows where I can get a shitload of bandwidth dirt cheap please let me know. Or any suggestions from anyone with similar problems would be most welcome. Cheers!
3 Comments:
I was a little concerned that this might happen. I'm one of those folks who learned of your site through Yahoo. I LOVE it, of course, and just in case there are any RIAA folks reading this, I went out and bought music because of some of the clips you posted.
I wish I were rich and could help you with bandwith; sadly, I'm a playwright with an 87 Ford Escort. I hope you find a way to keep the site going--it's VERY helpful for me in finding lost treasures.
Randy (blog at lostncove.livejournal.com)
How much bandwidth do you estimate you will need per month?
If this month is anything to go by I'll need around 30gb+ a month but I've found a webhoster that offers that for less money than I'm paying now for only 10gb. Sounds almost too good to be true but if they're kosher I'll be switching over later this month and get this site rocking and rolling again.
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