Opening this thread and then this reply box were like lightning compared to what it's been the past couple months !
Ditto with the preview and post button functions !
Way to go John !
<knocks wood> 
Posted on 02/12/2012 8:56:46 AM PST by Sprite518
Anyone else experience this? It's just on Free Republic only.
I have no interest in your private life, but since you breached the subject, it's reasonable to expect better details. What's "a fraction of that?" Are you the sole attendant for the 50+ servers? If not, have you accounted for the salaries, government contributions and benefits of everyone who is? and have you included the cost of hardware replacement and software maintenance? or is that "contracted out?"
Finally, are you available 365/24/7 as moderator and gopher? Does your company require moderators?
Opening this thread and then this reply box were like lightning compared to what it's been the past couple months !
Ditto with the preview and post button functions !
Way to go John !
<knocks wood>
Yeah pretty much, unfortunately.
...Finally, are you available 365/24/7 as moderator and gopher?...
Yep.
But, if I remember right, the biggest expense was network bandwidth. The number of people using the forum multiplied by page refreshes, etc. yields a large number.
Yes, there have been some nagging uptime problems, but outages usually don't last long.
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