[Brian_C6]

Yup.... call me an asshole but I have no idea where I'm gonna get $4600 to pay this debt. I don't expect anyone to help me but many have offered to help. A few people told me to set this up and see what happens...... so I'm setting it up to soften the blow.

Like I said, I don't expect anyone to help me but I'm giving it a shot.

http://www.paypal.com

paypal account:
brianj@twinsenterprise.com

Thank You,
Brian

[Brian_C6]

just in case you don't know the story....

long story short...

Month ago someone e-mails me the paris hilton video clip. I uploaded it to my server (hidden - not public). Passed the link to a friend or two. They e-mail it to a friend or two. They e-mail it to a friend or two.... maybe post it on some forums.... you get the picture. Well, I forget about it and left it on my server.... 2 million hits later I've occupied 954 GIG's of bandwidth for the month of November (I purchased 10gig/mo). My host never contacted me or anything. They never even shut my site down after I exceeded the contracted limit either. So yesterday I see the website is down, I call them. They say I owe $4660.00 in bandwidth charges for the month of Nov. That number doesn't even include Dec (up until yesterday).

Merry phucking Christmas huh.

Brian

[zx-stewie]

I guess I'm not familiar with the web hosting biz, but is it accepted practice for a hosting service to let a customers bandwidth go stratospheric before they contact you or shut the service down?

Seems to me if you purchase 10G of bandwidth and they don't disable your account until it reaches almost a terabyte they should share some of the blame.

[benVFR]

Yah that's fucking ridiculous.

Definitely change hosting companies after you get this settled. Check the contract, terms of service, etc.. and maybe talk to a lawyer. For $5k it would probably be worth it to talk to a lawyer.

Ben

[Stoneman]

...hey Bri...where's the link?

Sorry, bro. That sucks. Sounds suspect though....

[Karaya One]

They should have said something wayyyyy before it got out of hand.

I once posted a link to a 28 meg flight sim movie on my aviation website. Three days later and that one file literally brought my ISP to its knees.

They pulled the file, called me and said to NEVER do that again. Granted, I've had a strong relationship with them for years but I didn't get a crazy bill.

I would definately talk to someone about this. They could have pulled the plug.

[Karaya One]

PLUS - I have that Hilton vid on my HD. It's nothing special.

She's not teaching Jenna anything new....

[Stoneman]

Originally posted by Karaya One
PLUS - I have that Hilton vid on my HD. It's nothing special.

She's not teaching Jenna anything new....

TOTALLY agreed....

[legalspeed]

Originally posted by Brian_C6
They never even shut my site down after I exceeded the contracted limit either.
Brian

Game over, pound salt.

By the way, shutting my site down without ANY prior noticed has cost us $5,688.50 in lost merchandising.
Please see attached bill.

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