MegabyteStored Hosting

[alphaneutrino]

INTRODUCTION...
Welcome to this announcement thread. My name is Evgeny (alphaneutrino) and I am opening the doors to a new web host called MegabyteStored Hosting. The official site opening and sign-up date is January 1, 2002.

ABOUT ME...
This won't take long so don't worry about getting bored :p I'm a nineteen (19) year old, getting ready to say goodbye to the teen years. I currently attend a community-college and work part-time in a computer related technical job in San Francisco, California's downtown financial district. I have always believed that a significant amount of honesty is required to be successful in life. Of course to my dismay many companies and entrepreneurs do not share my view. Still, I hope to always maintain honesty with any customers, employees, and associates I may have in a business venture. I think that's enough bio, so let's go on!

INSPIRATION...
I have been a web designer/developer for over 5 years and ever since I got my first GeoCities account in the mid-ninties have been fascinated by web hosting. What was great about GeoCities then and a little later Xoom, was that they always seemed very easy to use and friendly services. As the dot-com phenomena took over and free web hosts like these and many others switched to forced advertisements, I became upset and went on a quest. My quest was to find a free web host that maintained reliability, friendliness, and features while not making its users feel like the company was only out to make money. So to this day I am still looking and as I discover one, another one goes down for one of a number of reasons. From this apparent lack of a decent free web host, I have been forced to show the Internet community of web masters and surfers that a company that is dedicated to serving its users can and will exist.

THE REAL DEAL...
I am sure that the skepticism is running high if you have read up to this point, so let us address the real problems that I face in starting up this web host. The first and foremost problem is start-up capital. I do not have much of this so my plans for this web host are very small scale right now. With the funding that I currently posses, I will be able to host 150-250 users. I do not want you to get the wrong idea, because my plans do not only involve hosting users for free, but also having some users pay a fee based on overage. I will be more specific of what I mean by that fee plan further down so do not attack yet :classic2: I will run this web host at a loss for at least six (6) months. During the month of May 2002, I will announce the continued plans for the web host. So basically, I am solid on keeping MegabytStored Hosting online and kicking for six (6) months.

HONESTY...
My promise to my users is to always be honest about anything related to MegabyteStored. For example, I plan to release financial information, server bandwidth statistics, total members hosted, features available, etc. Basically, information that is not private to members and will not hurt someone with its release will always be available to the members. Even in situations where I have screwed up, I will post exactly what happened and how it was or will be remedied. The fact is, while truth is not always good to hear or speak, it is almost always important to know.

OFFERINGS...
Well here we are, at the most important part of this post. What am going to offer my members? Well, truthfully, anything you want! Here is what I mean: MegabyteStored Hosting will offer every user a completely DYNAMIC array of features. What it all comes down to is, whatever you want to have. As I know that examples are always helpful, here is one:

Hypothetically I, Evgeny, sign up with MegabyteStored Hosting.
This is what I get: POINTS (that's all :biggrin2: )

With these points I can pick whatever features i want. For example, let's say I want:

(2 points) 20MB of web space (10MB/point)
(2 points) 2GB allowed transfer (1GB/point)
(1 point) 1 POP3 e-mail account (1 POP3/point)
(1 point) Domain Name hosted (as opposed to sub-domain default)
(1 point) CGI-BIN access (for PERL)
(1 point) PHP4 Scripting
(1 point) 1 MySQL DB (5MB)
(1 point) 1 FTP account (for upload)

That's the distribution if I am given ten (10) monthly points to use as I please (point relations to actual features are still tentative). So basically you may think that this is no different than other web hosts, but what is really special is that the day that I need another ten (10) megabytes of web space I can take a point from one of these features and redistribute it to the web space to increase my space to thirty (30) megabytes. Of course based on this, you may find it obvious that you will at some point run out of points to redistribute but still need more features. Well, to that end, I will be offering multiple ways to pay a fee on either a montly, quarterly (w/discount), semi-annual (w/more discount), annual (w/significant discount) for more points. I cannot tell you exactly what the fee per point is yet, but I promise you that it will not hurt your wallet. Keep in mind that the amount of points you get on sign-up will not necessarily be ten (10) so do not fret about that either.

SUPPORT...
This is the thing I really want to make clear. When you become a member of MegabyteStored Hosting I will treat you as my friend, my neighbor, and especially my dear customer. I will always answer any questions that you have to the best of my abilities and if you need some help with something MegabyteStored related, I will try and be there for you. The point is, I am one of you, and therefore I know what it feels like to see autoresponder messages for three days while your website is down and you have been paying $20 a month. So the idea is, I will do my best to prevent such a situation. In the long run, I hope to befriend my members, and not just have cold business-type relations with them (even the members that are mooching :eek: .

CONCLUSION...
If you've read everything so far, I hope you see that I am trying to be a little original with this web host. The reason that I want each and every account to be as dynamic as possible is so that nobody will be worried on the sign-up day about what plan to choose. If you want a featureset that is triple what I mentioned above, you will probably end up paying a fee for it with MegabyteStored Hosting, but don't forget that you can always start off with a free account with the base amount of points to see if you like it. If that is not the case, then just cancel the account, no worries. If you like what you see and want more features than your current points can handle, not to worry, you put a little bit of money on the line, and you are all set. Then if you decided to scale back on your site, go back to your base point total and you are all set for free mooching ;)

By the way, the URL for the site is obvious, but I am not going to post it here because of forum rules. The URL will not take you anywhere yet though, so do not waste your time.

If you want to ask me a question about the hosting or anything in general, please feel free. Also, I will be happy to accept any comments that you have on all that hogwash above :D

Thanx for reading, and I hope to have you as a member!

ADDITION...
As I have forgotten to mention forced ADs, I would like to clarify that: no, there will never be any forced advertising imposed on my members!

-- alphaneutrino

[The Red Guy]

What about the ads? Is there any?

[alphaneutrino]

Good question about the ADs. And I am sorry that I have forgotten to mention it. No, there will never be any ADs forced onto my members. A free web host should be truly free and in my opinion, forced ADs make a free web host's advertising for "FREE" be a false statement!

-- alphaneutrino

[The Red Guy]

It's not very convincing to know that you do not put any form of ads. But, anyway, your FWH plan is great! ;)

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Infection
It's not very convincing to know that you do not put any form of ads. But, anyway, your FWH plan is great! ;)

While I agree with you on the fact that an advertising driven web host is more likely to cover its costs, I freely admitted in my announcement that I would be running it at a loss. This puts a strain on me, but I think that six (6) months of running this host will allow me to find other revenue channels that will help me cover my costs and hopefully allow me to run my host past the first six (6) months!

-- alphaneutrino

[tandoc]

well i'll be the first to sign up... if we ge domain hosting can we have subdomains pointing to subfolders in our directories or something?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by andytandoc
well i'll be the first to sign up... if we ge domain hosting can we have subdomains pointing to subfolders in our directories or something?

Yes, you will have that ability. Now keep in mind, you will need to dedicate points for features like these (i cannot tell you how many yet, but i promise that it will be fair). I have not released a complete list of options and features as of yet because I will only be sure of them a few days before Jan. 1, 2002.

-- alphaneutrino

[Cracker]

How the hell are we supposed to know how much bandwidth we're using though? Most of us (webmasters which use free hosting services) don't have the means to monitor our site's bandwidth.

[HyperKnight]

Nice plan, but will you last without no ads? How will you get revenue to keep it open? I've seen too many hosts offer a plan too good to be true and shut down 2 months later.

If this thing flies, though, I'd gladly sign up for an account. It sounds promising. Good luck!

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Cracker
How the hell are we supposed to know how much bandwidth we're using though? Most of us (webmasters which use free hosting services) don't have the means to monitor our site's bandwidth.

You will be consistently informed of how much bandwidth you are using. I will describe the exact means of a member obtaining or receiving this information when a member signs up because I am still deciding between two competing methods and therefore cannot offer a definite way. Good question though!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by HyperKnight
Nice plan, but will you last without no ads? How will you get revenue to keep it open? I've seen too many hosts offer a plan too good to be true and shut down 2 months later.

If this thing flies, though, I'd gladly sign up for an account. It sounds promising. Good luck!

I cannot give you an answer to your question of the neverending existence of MegabyteStored Hosting, but as I pointed out in a previous post and in the thread-starting post (announcement), I am going to pony up the cash for at least the first six months of hosting. This is not to say that I will be able to take an unlimited amount of members, but suffice it to say that the members I do accept from start to server capacity (it is possible that I may add more servers as time passes assuming I can afford it) will have accounts until at least May 31, 2002.

-- alphaneutrino

[gyrbo]

wooow! That would be great! I allready made a sugestion for a host like this a while ago, finally somebody got smart!
Also an idea would be to let the members be capable of having your ads, and getting more points for the revenue they make.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by gyrbo
wooow! That would be great! I allready made a sugestion for a host like this a while ago, finally somebody got smart!
Also an idea would be to let the members be capable of having your ads, and getting more points for the revenue they make.

The idea that you mentioned on allowing members to run ADs for more points is good and I have considered exactly that. The problem with it is that I would need to find some sponsors that would pay me decent money to equate the amount of money I will charge per point for those paying. Otherwise, advertising for points will not allow me to cover the cost of giving a member points.

I scrapped that idea (at least until decent advertising becomes easier to find) and decided that if a member is willing to put advertising on his site to either subsidize his web host or just earn an extra buck, there would not be any reason why he could not find his own advertiser and pay for points based on his advertising revenue.

I hope that clarifies my reasoning!

-- alphaneutrino

[GameSource]

Well, id have no problem putting banners on my site.

[meow]

Cool. I like the point system. Got an URL yet? :)

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by GameSource
Well, id have no problem putting banners on my site.

I hate banners. Just make sure that if you offer members the choice of ads allow them to choose the position of the ads so that they fit in with their design. And don't use big pop ups.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by GameSource
Well, id have no problem putting banners on my site.

I understand that like you many webmasters do not mind putting some type of advertising on their website in return for some compensation (like points in this case) but like I have pointed out in an earlier post, until advertising becomes worthwhile to use as a source of revenue for MegabyteStored Hosting, I will not provide that option.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by meow
Cool. I like the point system. Got an URL yet? :)

It is great to know that you like the point system. I am not going to post the URL because it is against forum rules but if you are interested in becoming a member (when MegabyteStored Hosting opens on Jan. 1, 2002) I would be glad to accept a personal message from you. In the personal message please include your e-mail address and an approximate configuration of what you will need initially (in terms of the features of your account such as 10MB server space, 1GB traffic, PHP, etc.). When I am ready to accept members, I will send you a reminder e-mail and the URL for MegabyteStored Hosting! This applies to anyone who is interested, just send me a PM with the above stated info and I will send you a reminder on opening day (Jan. 1, 2002).

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by cheatpark


I hate banners. Just make sure that if you offer members the choice of ads allow them to choose the position of the ads so that they fit in with their design. And don't use big pop ups.
I understand that you dislike advertising and to clarify: if I ever give members the option of placing advertising on their websites in exchange for more points, the members will have as much control of the type and location of ads as I can possibly give them.

-- alphaneutrino

[GameSource]

If ya ever do, see if ya can get some game related ones :biggrin2:

Well, cant wait for ya to start the service, seems like a pretty good idea, ill be waiting.

[cheatpark]

I can't see how you can afford to keep a host going like that for 6 months. Where would you get the money from?

[meow]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

I am not going to post the URL because it is against forum rules but if you are interested in becoming a member (when MegabyteStored Hosting opens on Jan. 1, 2002) I would be glad to accept a personal message from you. In the personal message please include your e-mail address and an approximate configuration<snip>


If the rules haven't changed recently posting your URL is OK. You are allowed one (1) promotional thread.

It would be impossible to say what features I want without knowing exactly what I have to play with - pointwise. ;)

[cheatpark]

Go on post the url.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by GameSource
If ya ever do, see if ya can get some game related ones :biggrin2:

Well, cant wait for ya to start the service, seems like a pretty good idea, ill be waiting.
Thanx for the enthusiasm, it makes me feel like I can do some good for you among others!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by cheatpark
I can't see how you can afford to keep a host going like that for 6 months. Where would you get the money from?
I understand your skepticism and as I have stated in the thread starting post, I have a part time job that is stable. I do not currently have many bills to pay and will likely will be in the same financial situation for the next six months (that is why I am going to keep MegabyteStored Hosting open for at least that long). So basically I have negotiated with SkyNetWeb for 1 dedicated Linux server which I can cover for the next six months. Beyond that, I will evaluate my financial situation and either keep the host going for another definite period of at least six months or take it down (with at least 30 days warning).

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by meow


If the rules haven't changed recently posting your URL is OK. You are allowed one (1) promotional thread.

It would be impossible to say what features I want without knowing exactly what I have to play with - pointwise. ;)
I am sorry, but I contacted Chicken (moderator) and asked him specifically if posting the URL would be allowed. He replied by telling me that it was okay to announce and describe the service but only give out the URL to those who contact me personally (PM). Also, the URL would be a waste to see right now because the site will only be opening Jan. 1, 2002 (w/internal testing a few days before of course). If you have any specific questions, please message me or post in this thread and I will answer to the best of my abilities.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by cheatpark
Go on post the url.
Read reply to earlier post (basically: moderator said I cannot).

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

ok

[meow]

OK - probably it's because your service isn't functional yet.

[cheatpark]

I know but I want to be the first to sign up.

[Archbob]

You confuse me with this "point" system. How do we get "points"?

[cheatpark]

I think you get points to start off with.

[alphaneutrino]

I would like to inform everyone here that I will be going on a little vacation in a few hours and therefore will be unlikely to read and/or reply to your posts until Tuesday, Dec. 25th. Even though that is the case, please post your questions/comments and PM me (w/e-mail address) if you are interested in becoming a member so that I may send you a reminder/invitation on Jan. 1, 2002. You guys are great, so keep the information flowing!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by cheatpark
I know but I want to be the first to sign up.
I am very happy about your enthusiasm but do not worry, you will get your spot.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Archbob
You confuse me with this "point" system. How do we get "points"?
cheatpark is correct in stating that you get points to start with. You may distribute these points in any way you see fit among all of the features/options of your account. Please do not post any questions as to how many points will equal which and how many features because that is not yet decided. As soon as it is I will either post it in this thread or you will see it on opening day (Jan. 1, 2002).

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

I can't wait. This sounds soooooo exciting.

[Dean]

Originally posted by cheatpark
I can't wait. This sounds soooooo exciting.
Lol you pitching a tent?

[cheatpark]

No. Anyway what time (time zone) will sign ups start?

[GameSource]

No, cheats just doin what the shoppers on the day after christmas and thanksgiving do, waiting outside the place untill it opens in about 5-12 hours.

[cheatpark]

lol. I probably won't be the first to sign up. I won't go to extreme methods but I will put in an effort.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by cheatpark
No. Anyway what time (time zone) will sign ups start?
This thread is getting funnier :cool:

But seriously, I am sorry to inform you cheatpark & everyone else that sign ups (through simple web-based form) will not be instantaneous so even if you sign up first, you will not get to use your account until later that day. I am mainly doing this because the type of accounts I am offering would be extremely hard to automate the creation of. Unless I have some reason not to accept a sign-up application, I will make a point of activating members within 24 hours of application. If I cannot get around to signing a member up within 24 hours, the least I will do is inform him by a response e-mail that will state an estimated time for account activation to be completed.

Also, if you are interested, here is some more information on membership accounts. Any time you need to re-allocate your points to different features/options of your account, you will use a web-based form that allows you to pick and choose what to change. I will make the changes you have requested within 24 hours but if for some reason I cannot make your requested changes within that time, I will e-mail you with an estimated time for your request to be completed.

I understand that you must think that this will be a slow way of doing sign-ups and point re-allocations but automation is not possible at this point not only for technical reasons but for reasons of keeping server stability (by keeping a watchful eye on what is being requested and how best to keep the server tuned to performance).

By the way, the first ten (10) members will have a few (exact amount undecided) extra points allocated to them for free (every month, similar to paying for them but free) as a gift of appreciation for tackling a membership at MegabyteStored Hosting!

[alphaneutrino]

I would like to inform everyone here that I will be going on a little vacation NOW and therefore will be unlikely to read and/or reply to your posts until Tuesday, Dec. 25th. Even though that is the case, please post your questions/comments and PM me (w/e-mail address) if you are interested in becoming a member so that I may send you a reminder/invitation on Jan. 1, 2002. You guys are great, so keep the information flowing!

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

It'll be interesting how yabb or ikonboard runs on your server.

[allanh]

Originally posted by cheatpark
I can't wait. This sounds soooooo exciting.

I remember there was this kind of similar excitement when Datablocks was announced. I would rather stay calm and see what happens first

[Daniel]

alphaneutrino, would you need any beta testers?

[LeX]

Daniel, if you've been following the whole thread, you'll note that he is opening doors on Jan 1, 2002, in about a week, which most likely means that he's got just about everything in order and functional. Just PM him with your email address and tell him that you'd like to be one of the first to join his services and blah blah blah~~~

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by cheatpark
It'll be interesting how yabb or ikonboard runs on your server.
Let me be clear about the fact that I will allow anyone and everyone to run messageboard scripts on the server as long as they do not turn into CPU crunchers. While I want to be fair to people like you chearpark I must also be fair to every other member there is. So if you start getting 10s of thousands of hits to on your message board in one month we will have to discuss ways to retain some sense of fairness to everyone else. I am not saying that the boards will not run but just warning you ahead of time that you must reign in on nuking the entire server when you launch the board.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by allanh


I remember there was this kind of similar excitement when Datablocks was announced. I would rather stay calm and see what happens first
You have every right to be skeptical allanh so do not rush into it and hopefully my commitment to MegabyteStored hosting will prove itself with end results.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Daniel
alphaneutrino, would you need any beta testers?
Thank you for the offer Daniel but I will not be beta testing the site externally. All the testing will be completed internally before Jan. 1 2002. You are still welcome to PM me if you have not already with your e-mail address and your intention to sign up for service so that I may contact you with a reminder/invitation on Jan.1 2002.

-- alphaneutrino

[msn]

I would like to inform everyone here that I will be going on a little vacation NOW and therefore will be unlikely to read and/or reply to your posts until Tuesday, Dec. 25th. Even though that is the case, please post your questions/comments and PM me (w/e-mail address) if you are interested in becoming a member so that I may send you a reminder/invitation on Jan. 1, 2002. You guys are great, so keep the information flowing!

Where are you now?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by msn


Where are you now?
I was on vacation from Friday until Tuesday but was able to get access to the Internet to answer a few posts. Now I have returned and can continue work on MegabyteStored hosting and am ready to answer your questions and accept your comments.

-- alphaneutrino

[coldturkey]

Seems like a wonderful idea :-) I need to get my business running, then it will be all go. I would love to have an account here. :-)

[LeX]

Originally posted by coldturkey
I need to get my business runningNo offense to alphaneutrino or you, but it is pretty stupid to start a business on a free host.

[Akalon]

Originally posted by coldturkey
Seems like a wonderful idea :-) I need to get my business running, then it will be all go. I would love to have an account here. :-)

What kind of business? :confused: Selling empty tin cans over the net? :biggrin2:

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

Let me be clear about the fact that I will allow anyone and everyone to run messageboard scripts on the server as long as they do not turn into CPU crunchers. While I want to be fair to people like you chearpark I must also be fair to every other member there is. So if you start getting 10s of thousands of hits to on your message board in one month we will have to discuss ways to retain some sense of fairness to everyone else. I am not saying that the boards will not run but just warning you ahead of time that you must reign in on nuking the entire server when you launch the board.

-- alphaneutrino

lol. To be honest I will probably use my account to test cgi and perl scripts and so on. Maybe you could set a limit on cgi bandwidth? Or you could make them load longer than normal pages so that it doesn't screw up the server. I'm not sure but thats some ideas how to deal with scripters. By the way what sort of connection will this host be connected to?

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by LeX
No offense to alphaneutrino or you, but it is pretty stupid to start a business on a free host.

I agree. My site isn't even a business but I put it on a paid host.

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by LeX
No offense to alphaneutrino or you, but it is pretty stupid to start a business on a free host.

lol you fools, you do not honestly think thats what im going to do? I have paid hosting, i need to get it started so i make money and get domains and make more money and get more hosting and become a millionaire then i can do something similar to what alpha whatnot is doing, or soemthing =p

[coldturkey]

acutally what i really mean is to get a domain and use it with this host, for other purposes. Im pretty stuck, because i cant use my credit card or anyone else's (due to security reasons) and need to get money and use paypal etc.

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by Akalon


What kind of business? :confused: Selling empty tin cans over the net? :biggrin2:

nice idea, but i think php/asp web development is more "Me''

[coldturkey]

Why dont you put the URL in your signiture?

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by coldturkey


lol you fools, you do not honestly think thats what im going to do? I have paid hosting, i need to get it started so i make money and get domains and make more money and get more hosting and become a millionaire then i can do something similar to what alpha whatnot is doing, or soemthing =p

lol. A millionaire. No offence.

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by cheatpark


lol. A millionaire. No offence.

yeah sure, laugh now, but i'll be the one laughing soon.

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by coldturkey


yeah sure, laugh now, but i'll be the one laughing soon.

what am i saying, it was a joke... jeez

[cheatpark]

Hmmm. Where's my reminder and when will this host be launching? It was meant to launch today.

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by cheatpark
Hmmm. Where's my reminder and when will this host be launching? It was meant to launch today.

yes... i would like to know also

[langgam]

Originally posted by cheatpark
Hmmm. Where's my reminder and when will this host be launching? It was meant to launch today.
http://www.megabytestored.com/
if I remember right, he said he won't post the URL
By the way, the URL for the site is obvious, but I am not going to post it here because of forum rules.

[alphaneutrino]

Hello everyone once again. Your reminder will be out the door within the next half hour (but basically it says to go to http://www.megabytestored.com). I am sorry it has taken so long, but I have had some issues with the dedicated server that required my attention. Sign-Ups must be done manually (through e-mail) for the next few days, after which I will activate a form that will allow you to chose your initial options for your account.

For now, all sign-up e-mails that I receive will be set up with default settings of some server space and some bandwidth. You will basically be able to test out the server's speed and just upload your static HTML files until you are able to select PERL/PHP4/MySQL/etc. on the membership form to arrive soon!

Sorry for the delay once more everyone!

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

Sounds cool. I just sent you an e-mail.

[msn]

I just sent you an e-mail.

[cheatpark]

I just remembered. He said the first few people that sign up get extra points.

[msn]

Originally posted by cheatpark
I just remembered. He said the first few people that sign up get extra points.

Really??? That's GREAT

[alphaneutrino]

Thanx for the e-mail cheatpark! I have received it. I will be setting up your account within the next 48 hours and will send you your account info when I am done.

About the extra points. You are correct, the first ten (10) people that PMed me (yes cheatpark, you were first so do not worry) and that sign up before the end of January 2, 2002 (11:59PM Pacific Standard Time) will get an extra 2 points monthly. That will allow you 12 points of distribution credit monthly (free).

By the way msn, I have received your e-mail as well and you are included in the extra points promotion.

If you have any questions/suggestions, please send me an e-mail at support@megabytestored.com!

-- alphaneutrino


Originally posted by cheatpark
I just remembered. He said the first few people that sign up get extra points.

[WarMachine]

Just sent the mail alpha... :)

[agent007]

I set my email first thing when I found out the URL :p

Did you get it? My email is wb_agent22@hotmail.com

EDIT:
I just sent another one just incase you didn't get my first one :D

[alphaneutrino]

I have received your e-mail agent007 and you are included in the extra two (2) points promotion.

If anyone has sent me a sign-up e-mail with sign-up information that includes a different e-mail address than the one you provided in your PMs I will not know who you are and will not be able to grant you two (2) extra points if you are one of the first ten (10) people to PM me about a reminder.

If that is the case, please send me an e-mail at manual_sign_up@megabytestored.com that tells me what your forum name is so that I may be able to cross-reference it with my list of people that PMed me!

This applies only to the people that PMed me about a reminder/invitation. Otherwise do not worry about it!

-- alphaneutrino

[agent007]

Yay, thanks! :)

[agent007]

A question about the points system:

So we start out with 10 (or 12, if you got in the promotion) points total. We can spread out the points to receive different features. Okay, now here's the question. Can we get more points by any other ways other than by paying? By this, I mean are you going to have any contests, other promotions, or a set rate that you can gain points (ie, a point per two or three months)?

Thanks. :)

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by agent007
A question about the points system:

So we start out with 10 (or 12, if you got in the promotion) points total. We can spread out the points to receive different features. Okay, now here's the question. Can we get more points by any other ways other than by paying? By this, I mean are you going to have any contests, other promotions, or a set rate that you can gain points (ie, a point per two or three months)?

Thanks. :)
I understand that you are unclear about the points system. I am sure that even the people that think that they understand it well do not see some hidden jewels about it that will be revealed a bit down the line.

Yes, you will be able to gain more points by monthly promotions. I cannot reveal exactly what types of promotions these will be as of yet because I have not hammered out any of their details, but I will attempt to make them as fair to everyone as I can. Your question about gaining points over time is an interesting idea, but I am sorry to say that I do not have anything in the works similar to what you are talking about.

As I stated earlier in the forum, I thought about implementing an advertising-for-points option to members so that they may exchange advertising space on their sites for points but there are two main reasons why I do not like this option: (1) I do not like seeing advertising on web sites in general, except for link exchange types of ads; (2) advertisers are currently paying out too low for it to be equitable for me to give points for ad space.

Maybe as advertising picks up on the internet, I will reconsider this option, but it is currently sitting in the back of my brain on standby.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Ricki
Can you explain the full domain hosting feature?
(how much points/cost, etc...):confused:
The main problem that full domain hosting presents for me, is the fact that I do not have my own nameservers. To counteract this problem, I am enlisting the help of WorldWideDNS.net which allows me to submit my zone files to their DNS servers for name resolution.

WorldWideDNS is not a free service and therefore each domain name that I enter into their nameservers costs me $10/year (unless I purchase a bulk option, which I am not ready for as of yet). So what this comes down to is the question of whether I need to transfer your domain to my server by purchasing a spot on their nameservers or not.

If you have your own DNS servers, already have an account with WorldWideDNS or a similar service, or just can get your domain pointed to my server's IP address in some other way, then my costs are minimal and you will be able to gain Domain Hosting for no points whatsoever (creating your own sub-domains such as http://yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com, will still be worth points though). If on the other hand I must purchase that spot for your domain, you will need to dedicate two (2) points to that option.

I hope that clears things up for you a bit!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

If you are having trouble reaching the home page right now, do not worry because the server is just being restarted and will be back up within the next few minutes. In fact, I may be restarting the server a few more times within the next few days so if you cannot reach the home page, please try again later. Also, if you send a sign-up e-mail to manual_sign_up@megabytestored.com and you do not receive your account information within 48 hours of your e-mail, please send a request for the status of your sign-up to support@megabytestored.com. I make it a point to reply to all e-mails within 48 hours (soon to be 24 hours) so if I have not, that most likely means that I did not receive your e-mail for some reason or another!

-- alphaneutrino

[coldturkey]

Great! I really mean it. I have also sent you a mail and hope to get some extra pts also :)
:biggrin2: :classic2: ;)

[dazzledx]

did you get my email man???

my email is edevlin199@shaw.ca

do i get extra points or whatever u call 'em???? :D

[Spikologia]

It seems great! I sent you an e-mail and a PM... i hope i can still get those two points :) can't wait to get my account enabled!

[agent007]

Okay, thanks for clearing it up, Alpha.

[gyrbo]

Anyone allready has his account setup?

[Xante]

Ey alpha i sended you an email too! My email is mcrapts@hotmail.com. Why didn't i get a mail back.. :(:(:(:( I sent the email yesterday

[meow]

:rolleyes: The man said within 48 hours.
Why do you all post your email addies here? Need friends? :p

[alphaneutrino]

First off everyone, if you have sent me an e-mail and have not received a reply, do not worry, your 48 hours wait time is not up. Until you have actually not received are response within 48 hours, please do not worry about me receiving your e-mail, I am just taking my time in configuring your account and the server in general for top notch performance.

Also, I cannot respond on the forum to your questions regarding me receiving your e-mails. If I have not responded in some way to your e-mail address directly within 48 hours of your initial e-mail, please complain to me either on the forum or by e-mail at support@megabytestored.com (temporarily ekrevets@pacbell.net).

On another note, if you are currently having trouble accessing the home page at http://www.megabytestored.com, do not despair, the culprit is just some server maintenance I am conducting. Instead of sending sign-up e-mails to manual_sign_up@megabytestored.com please send them to ekrevets@pacbell.net temporarily until the server comes back online!

-- alphaneutrino

[Xante]

Ok... Let's wait 24 hours :)

[Xante]

*waited for 48 hours*

I haven't got an email back:(

[cheatpark]

I'm confused about this whole thing.

[alphaneutrino]

I understand that you guys are anxious and that the wait is a bit longer than expected, but do not give up hope. Anyone that has not received a response yet (which right now is all of you) will receive it within a few hours. I am currently setting up your subdomains so that you guys know that your sites will be up and alive in no time! Just give me a few more hours to send out the e-mails.

-- alphaneutrino

[meow]

Great! :)
Just FYI my first signup mail bounced. Sent it the 1st but didn't get it back until yesterday. Guess that can have happened to others too.
Not to worry guys, it was before the activity started here on this thread.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by meow
Great! :)
Just FYI my first signup mail bounced. Sent it the 1st but didn't get it back until yesterday. Guess that can have happened to others too.
Not to worry guys, it was before the activity started here on this thread.
I have not checked if you sent any more e-mails but if you have not, go ahead and send your sign-up info to ekrevets@pacbell.net (my home address) to make sure there are not problems. It bounced the other time because the mail server was down for maintenance.

[alphaneutrino]

I have begun sending out membership e-mails. I have also run into unforseen difficulties with the server's FTP daemon. I will be correcting the problem before I send out any more membership e-mails. Rest assurred that every sign-up e-mail request that I have received will be responded to soon. I do not want to make any false promises since I obviously overshot my 48 hour mark earlier so I will just leave it at the fact that your membership is "on its way" =)

Thank you for your patience you guys, I will be crediting all new members who stick with me through this anxious period with 2 extra distribution points. So anyone who is already supposed to get 2 points for being one of the first 10 members will be receiving a total of 14 monthly points while all other members will be receiving 12 monthly points.

[meow]

Yes, I sent a new one yesterday when I got the bounced one back. Since you are just starting sending out confirmations I'll wait and see what happens. If I haven't got it when I wake up I'll send a new mail. Get some sleep you too. ;)

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[cheatpark]

I guess we wait some more hours.

[Spikologia]

It's ok, I can wait :) Can you check to see if you got MY email? just to make sure it didn't get lost somewhere on the way...

[agent007]

It's been 60 hours...? :confused:

[Xante]

:( Still haven't got an email. alpha have you got an email from mcrapt@hotmail.com yet? I Just wanna make sure if you have my mail or not.

[coldturkey]

my 48 hours has looonnnnggg passed :confused2

[Daniel]

Be patient you people. If this offer was month ago or something, I woud have jumped all over it, but now, I have paid hosting :p

[meow]

I'm up to more like 80 hours. :p I did as the man said and sent a third one to the other address. Not to worry. I'm sure we will get our space all of us as soon as possible.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by meow
I'm up to more like 80 hours. :p I did as the man said and sent a third one to the other address. Not to worry. I'm sure we will get our space all of us as soon as possible.
I do not have the list of sign-ups in front of me meow but if you have sent an e-mail to ekrevets@pacbell.net, I am sure I have received it. By the way, thank you for keeping the hope alive, I promise that this web host is not going down the drain before it even began. I am working like mad to get everything configured but I obviously underestimated the amount of time it would take me to get finished.

Basically I am sorry to everyone for having to endure this wait. I will send everyone their account info the second that the account is ready!

-- alphaneutrino

[Xante]

Tnx...let's keep waiting then :slaap:

[ClyderMan]

I respect your idea and service, and you are very welcomed...but I can't really believe why you should survive without money from anywhere...you must be rich guy :D

Bigger host doesn't survive when try to run free hosting services. We have seen several examples of similar trys to host for free ;)

[meow]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

I do not have the list of sign-ups in front of me meow
Aw, I'm not complaining. Just wanted coldturkey to know that he isn't left out. Take your time.

[ClyderMan]

Hmmm...It's January 4 in scandinavia already, and you wrote official opening is January 1, 2002. I think this day has passed for few days ago. Where is this site, url....or is it one in series of sites that never starting, as few others well known :D


Originally posted by alphaneutrino
INTRODUCTION...
Welcome to this announcement thread. My name is Evgeny (alphaneutrino) and I am opening the doors to a new web host called MegabyteStored Hosting. The official site opening and sign-up date is January 1, 2002.
-- alphaneutrino

[agent007]

Look back a page or two and you'll see the URL.

[ClyderMan]

I'm lacy...could you add it here, thanks :cool:

I couldn't find URL in searching from alphaneutrino messages?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by ClyderMan
I'm lacy...could you add it here, thanks :cool:

I couldn't find URL in searching from alphaneutrino messages?
The URL is http://www.megabytestored.com :)

[msn]

alphaneutrino, i have sent you an e-mail but got no reply yet..

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by msn
alphaneutrino, i have sent you an e-mail but got no reply yet..
I have received your e-mail but am not replying until your account is ready. I will send you your account info soon. Sorry for the wait!

-- alphaneutrino

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by meow

Aw, I'm not complaining. Just wanted coldturkey to know that he isn't left out. Take your time.

:o

...wait, dont cats eat birds? is that why you are caring about me?

[coldturkey]

have you got my email? i just want to make sure, if you just tell me you have got it then you can take another week as far as i am concerned. Its been 4 days and i havn't heard anything yet

[meow]

Originally posted by coldturkey

:o
...wait, dont cats eat birds? is that why you are caring about me?
Yeeeeez, but meat from stressed animals is no good so I want to calm you down firssssst. :jaguar2:

About the mail, have you done as alpha said and sent a new to his private box?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by coldturkey
have you got my email? i just want to make sure, if you just tell me you have got it then you can take another week as far as i am concerned. Its been 4 days and i havn't heard anything yet
If your preferred USERNAME is coldturkey, then yes, I have received it.

By the way everyone, I have gotten the FTP server working properly now and am on my way to sending out welcome e-mails. I will tell you that it is going slower than I expected with me manually having to configure a lot. But do not worry, I am going to write some scripts that will allow me to speed this process up.

Total Members Set Up and Received Account Info: 2
(not much to brag about, but still worthy of mentioning)

-- alphaneutrino

[TheSouthpaw]

I'm wondering if you received an email for the username "eternalrain"

I'm just makin sure, not complaining.

[meow]

That seems odd since there have been a few guys active on this thread. Anyway, take it easy. It will work sooner or later. :p

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by TheSouthpaw
I'm wondering if you received an email for the username "eternalrain"

I'm just makin sure, not complaining.
Yes, I have received your e-mail. I will set up your account soon!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

If you guys are interested in specifics, here is some new definite info on what the point distribution is and what will be available on January 6, 2002 (Sunday).

Point Distrib Possibilities:

[point(s) = features] description

(1 = 10MB) Server Space
(2 = 1GB) Transfer Bandwidth
(1 = 3 Accts.) FTP Accounts
(2 = 5MB limit) File Size Limit (available for dl_files directory only)
(2 = CGI-BIN) working CGI-BIN (includes SSI exec)
(2 = domain) Domain Hosting or 0 points if you point the DNS servers
(1 = logs) Raw Access Logs (must keep point dedicated for minimum of 1 month)
(1 = PHP) PHP Interpreting
(1 = Weekly, 2 = Daily) Weekly/Daily File Backups
(1 = 3 Accts.) POP3 E-mail Accounts
(1 = 10 a_resps) E-mail Autoresponders
(1 = 10 redirects) E-mail Redirectors


Default Account Attributes:

Sub-domain (http://yourusername.megabytestored.com)
1 FTP Account
256Kb File Size Limit
E-mail Customer/Technical Support
SSI Interpreting (w/out exec)
Monthly File Backups

****************************************************
Still to come...(before 01/15/2001)
.htaccess file support
MySQL DBs
WebMail
plus more... (as I think of it)

You may contribute your ideas for what features I have not mentioned but that you would like!

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

I'll be wanting the mysql.

[coldturkey]

thanks alpha, and meow PLEASE DONT EAT ME!! :cry2: :nervous: :crysad: :(

alpha, is there a possibility you will be adding ASP support?

[coldturkey]

oh and whats the default webspace and brandwidth?

[Spikologia]

Well... uh... I don't want to nag, but still I'd like to make sure... did you get my E-MAIL (and PM) for username "spikologia"?
And don't worry if it takes time, this really seems worth waiting for!

[AdidasROXX]

ya know, ya should have setup a autoresponder so we know ya received our email when we send it in...

[Spikologia]

What about Sendmail? Is it installed and enabled as default for everyone? Or maybe you'd like to make it a non-default feature in exchange for points (if that's possible, I really don't know how things like sendmail are configured)?

[ExoWorks]

Very cool host, but can't you increase the bandwith limit to 1.5 GB, according to my math, i will use 1.5 GB at least. :crysad:

[Pete]

thank you for introducing an excellent concept with your hosting plans, I am patient and fully understand how tricky these things are with a small team so expect it to take a while for you to find my application.

I know your banner polocies but if you have a button " hosted by megabytestored " I would be happy to put it on my page when my account is read, or a small banner for my links page with similar thing, in appreciation :) I could think of a few hundred that agree with this.

thanks in advance, good luck with the service, I look forward to using it soon :)

Pete

[Pete]

Maybe you should consider a payed host for that kind of of bandwith use, this host is a dream come true with or without the amount of bandwith he is offering.

[coldturkey]

hmmm.... i think you guys misunderstood...
its 2 pts for 1 GB of brandwidth
so if you use 4 pts on brandwidth, you get 2GB brandwidth

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by coldturkey
thanks alpha, and meow PLEASE DONT EAT ME!! :cry2: :nervous: :crysad: :(

alpha, is there a possibility you will be adding ASP support?
It is unlikely that I will be adding VBScript-written ASP support but if you would like, I can add PERL-written ASP support (although I think that would kill the whole point). The reason that I am not add the VBScript ASP support is because it significantly slows down a Linux server if enough people start using it, plus the interpreter costs $500/server (so if I add more servers later, it will cost $500 each which I cannot afford).

I am sorry for not offering this feature, because I myself am a big fan of VBScript ASP and understand your frustration in not being able to use it. The only thing similar that I can offer is PHP which is almost as straightforward to use as ASP and also allows a great deal of control of databases (like MySQL).

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by coldturkey
oh and whats the default webspace and brandwidth?
There is no "default" for webspace or bandwidth. There are minimums that you must dedicate your points to though. To have a working account you must dedicate at least one (1) point to server space and 2 points to bandwidth (for the minimum of 1 GB). Everything else is up to you. You can of course remove these minimum points as well, but then your account would be disabled since your site could not transfer any data (0 points = 0 GB transfer bandwidth and 0 points = 0 MB web space).

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Spikologia
Well... uh... I don't want to nag, but still I'd like to make sure... did you get my E-MAIL (and PM) for username "spikologia"?
And don't worry if it takes time, this really seems worth waiting for!
Yes I did get your e-mail. Do not worry, you are on your way to being signed up by tomorrow (Sunday).

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by AdidasROXX
ya know, ya should have setup a autoresponder so we know ya received our email when we send it in...
That would have been the most prudent thing to do but I am currently switching the e-mail system on the server from Sendmail to Qmail (will be accessible to all scripts normally as sendmail so do not worry) which mostly prevents me from accepting or sending any e-mail through the @megabytestored.com domain. That is why many of you have been getting bounced messages when sending e-mails to @megabytestored.com.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Pete
thank you for introducing an excellent concept with your hosting plans, I am patient and fully understand how tricky these things are with a small team so expect it to take a while for you to find my application.

I know your banner polocies but if you have a button " hosted by megabytestored " I would be happy to put it on my page when my account is read, or a small banner for my links page with similar thing, in appreciation :) I could think of a few hundred that agree with this.

thanks in advance, good luck with the service, I look forward to using it soon :)

Pete
Thank you for the kindness. I am sure that soon I will have a graphics designer colleague of mine create that type of button and if anyone would like to put that on their site out of the goodness of their hearts, I would be very grateful.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by coldturkey
hmmm.... i think you guys misunderstood...
its 2 pts for 1 GB of brandwidth
so if you use 4 pts on brandwidth, you get 2GB brandwidth
You are completely correct coldturkey! That type of "more points, more features/options" system applies to many of the things your account will be offering.

-- alphaneutrino

[Mika]

alphaneutrino , I think you should start considering to build your own forum for your free web hosting... All the people pay much more attention to your plan features than the other posts. That's not bad at all for me, but you know...

:)

[coldturkey]

I was never frustrated about not having asp, i know both asp and php backwards... I myself prefer PHP because of the stability and the databases. ASP would be nice, but not essential.

P.S. I am always right!

[meow]

Originally posted by Mika
alphaneutrino , I think you should start considering to build your own forum for your free web hosting...

I can imagine he will...but don't you think it's more important he gets the server running and our accounts set up right now? :p

[coldturkey]

Originally posted by meow


I can imagine he will...but don't you think it's more important he gets the server running and our accounts set up right now? :p

agreed.

[Mika]

Originally posted by meow


I can imagine he will...but don't you think it's more important he gets the server running and our accounts set up right now? :p

Sure, guys. But meow you quoted half part of my message. I gave an explanation there why I said that. :)

[meow]

Sorry. Habit from mailing lists (please delete unnecessary quoted text blah blah). But do you think people will nag him less about features if he puts a board up? :chinese2:

[Mika]

I think that if he creates his own forum, people can nag him in the right way and at the right place. All of us, we'll know that going at his site will find new info. And all the people that visit his site and have nothing to do with freewebspace forum, will find the info there. It's just that this thread has become too megabytestored dedicated...:)

[meow]

Well, that is the topic so I guess we are keeping to it for once. :biggrin2:

[Mika]

Originally posted by meow
Well, that is the topic so I guess we are keeping to it for once. :biggrin2:

yyyes.....I think you're right. :D

[meow]

It just hit me when you said the above. Boy, do I feel GOOD! Maybe I'll go to board heaven after all when I die. :tongue2:

[Mika]

I'm happy for you. But it's better stop it. We're going OFF topic. :D ;)

[meow]

:whatthe: Oh no!
*meow hitting himself hard in the head*

[agent007]

You do know that you lose a lot of brain cells when you get hit on the head, right, meow? :p

[meow]

Damn' you! I thought something had happened here. :devious2:
Ah well, I have been hit and kicked so much that a little more won't hurt. :p

[Escalus]

Back on topic.

How can someone afford to host a site as this without forced hosting?

[Escalus]

Make that forced advertising. typo heh

[ClyderMan]

Have you posted user infos already....over 48h has gone?

[alphaneutrino]

Hello again everyone. After locking myself away for the past week in front of a terminal window, I am finally happy to announce that within the next 3 hours I will have sent out the first 20 or more account sign-up replies.

These will include:

1) your altered Username (with your appended domain name) for FTP and (and Member secure area on http://www.megabytestored.com) access.

2) A confirmation on the allowance of your password (or a new password that conforms to my policy of only letters and numbers and a minimum of 5 characters).

3) Number of allocated free monthly distributable points

Also, everyone's account has been set up with the following specifications by default:

1 FTP account
1 www_files directory (uploadable up to 256 Kb per file)
1 sub-domain address http://preferredusername.megabytestored.com
total acount size limit of 10240 Kb or 10MB (NOTE: excluding e-mail storage, will be seperate limits)
bandwidth limit of 1GB / month (no statistics yet available, but soon)

You will not be able to distribute your points beyond these defaults until I establish a secure Member's section on the MegabyteStored Homepage within the next few days.

The e-mail server is up and running now and you may contact me with questions and comments at support@megabytestored.com or membership@megabytestored.com.

Thanx for sticking with me everyone. I will keep the features rolling in, especially the point distribution system (top of my to-do list).

Thanx,
Evgeny Krevets (alphaneutrino)

[langgam]

just want to say that I already received my account info :biggrin2: maybe yours will also come soon :)

just be patient....btw, thanks alphaneutrino, and good luck! ;)

[meow]

:rolleyes: Hi langgam, long time.
This is unfair. I applied already January 1. Bu-huuu! :crysad: :crysad: :crysad:
(Joking alphaneutrino - no fret!)

[daz2000uk]

yay i`ve just recieved my account info :D

[daz2000uk]

ehm...................256 Kb File Size Limit

[meow]

:rolleyes:
The man has said it 10 times - you get the minimal setup. Then you "buy" what you want with your point. What's so hard to understand?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by meow
:rolleyes: Hi langgam, long time.
This is unfair. I applied already January 1. Bu-huuu! :crysad: :crysad: :crysad:
(Joking alphaneutrino - no fret!)
Do not worry meow, you are one of the next sign-ups I will be completing today. I have not forgotten you :D

And thank you for your patience!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by daz2000uk
ehm...................256 Kb File Size Limit
Yes daz, that is a sad thing for me to have implemented but I felt it necessary. Most people that just want to throw MP3s and Warez onto free web hosts have a very easy time when they do not have to worry about file size limits.

To counteract this, all the files you store in your www_files directory will be limited to sizes of 256 Kb (which should be enough for any web graphics, html pages, etc.). If you need to allow downloads of larger files (nothing considered illegal though) you may allocate a point to this and I will activate a directory called dl_files for you. You will be able to upload files of up to 5120 Kb each to this folder (anyone who gets this folder activated will also have this folder monitored for content that is not allowed :devious2: ).

-- alphaneutrino

[Escalus]

Thats a pretty good idea. But wont you be able to moniter the regular www folder?

[meow]

Only those who need it will get it so this way eliminates a lot of work. Get it? :classic2:

[alphaneutrino]

You read my mind meow. Most people do not need more than 256 Kb per file. Files of type HTML, SHTML, PERL, etc are all text based and rarely go beyond 100 Kb so I do not think that most people will need anything beyond that. If anyone has examples to the contrary, I would be happy to entertain them here on the forum or at support@megabytestored.com!

[meow]

I think your mind works in a shrewd way. This way you can monitor potential warez manually and don't have to rely on a script that deletes all zips over a certain size, right? :robot2:

*meow applauds and stomps appreciatively with paws*:biggrin2:

[WarMachine]

Great going alpha. :)

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by meow
I think your mind works in a shrewd way. This way you can monitor potential warez manually and don't have to rely on a script that deletes all zips over a certain size, right? :robot2:

*meow applauds and stomps appreciatively with paws*:biggrin2:
That is the gist of it yes meow. I just do not want to make mistakes in case a file is valid and important to a member. Thank you for the praise!

Thank you for the praise as well WarMachine.

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

My site seems to work ok. But when will I be able to get php and mysql?

[meow]

:rolleyes:
READ! (http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15409&perpage=15&pagenumber=11#post160504)

[cheatpark]

oh ok.

[WarMachine]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

Thank you for the praise as well WarMachine.


ah.. :) I am as much excited to see such a hosting service taking off as you are alpha... :)

Hoping to hear good reviews from other members here ( :D until I get my account info)

[agent007]

Thanks, Alpha, I've received my account info. :)

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by agent007
Thanks, Alpha, I've received my account info. :)
What sub-domain did you request? You are one of the first 10 contacts and therefore I think I missed you when doling out the extra 2 points. I just want to fix that mistake!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Hello everyone! I just wanted to do a status report here for everyone's interest and peace of mind. I have been working hard on signing people up over the last two days with default account configurations. I have signed up a total of thirty-seven (37) members so far and have sent them their welcome messages with included account info. I am doing the sign-ups manually to be sure that everything is working properly but will soon try to automate some parts of my sign-up system to speed it up.

Also, as I have promised, I am working on all of the features that you will be able to allocate points for. I estimate that the point distribution system I have been touting for so long will be complete before Friday.

Anyone who has tried to run CGI scripts will have noticed that they come up as plain text on the browser. Do not worry, because as I have stated, the feature is not active because non of your points are dedicated to it.

When the point distribution system is available, it will be accessible through the MegabyteStored Hosting home page at http://www.megabytestored.com. I will announce its completion here on the forum and to all the members by e-mail directly.

NOTICE: For anyone who has not received their welcome e-mail yet, I am sorry but I can only go through so many sign-ups in one day. I still have about 50 sign-ups waiting in my e-mail box which I plan to go through in the next 2 days. And once again, the first 50 sign-ups are receiving 12 monthly points for free (first 10 get 14). The 51st and beyond will be getting the standard 10 monthly points.

Thanx for reading!
-- alphaneutrino

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by Escalus
Make that forced advertising. typo heh

STOP SPAMMING! EDIT YOUR OWN POSTS! They allow it for a reason.

Anyway, I still don't understand how this host will survive.

[Avenger]

Points system. A very nice feature...
Looking forward to an automated system so everyone can relax :)

A shame, that somethings cannot be done. :sad2: . If it had ASP it would've been THE host for me....

[agent007]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

What sub-domain did you request? You are one of the first 10 contacts and therefore I think I missed you when doling out the extra 2 points. I just want to fix that mistake!

-- alphaneutrino

I requested mapcentral as my subdomain, and I'm pretty sure you gave me the two extra points. You said I got 2 extra points in my email. :)

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by conkermaniac


STOP SPAMMING! EDIT YOUR OWN POSTS! They allow it for a reason.

Anyway, I still don't understand how this host will survive.
I am not exactly sure what you mean by spam. It is hard for me to see what you mean because this is my own thread, and spamming my own thread seems kind of ridiculous when I am at all times on-topic. The only other thing that comes to me is that you do not like the fact that you are seeing this thread at the top of the forum all the time and that my multiple posts (each to a different person, question, or comment) are causing this. Well, while I agree that I do create many posts, I do not think that the posts of my thread-members are spam and since I am only responding to other posts much of the time, I do not see any difference between me answering their questions with new posts or editing my previous posts except that they would have trouble finding my answers since they would not be in an obvious location (following their own posts). Ohh, and one more thing, I believe that the reason one would want to edit one's own post is to correct an error or to provide additional information as opposed to reusing it multiple times to start a mini-thread inside one's own post.

Sorry for the rant, but I just do not like people calling an honest thread that seems to be serving its purpose "spam".

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Avenger
Points system. A very nice feature...
Looking forward to an automated system so everyone can relax :)

A shame, that somethings cannot be done. :sad2: . If it had ASP it would've been THE host for me....
Please understand that the points system will not be fully automated for some time to come, because I want to monitor people's requests until I see a pattern and can anticipate certain things. The points distribution system that I plan to bring online within the next few days is just a form-to-database system that will enter your requests into a database which I will use to edit your account features/options manually.

And about ASP: I am sorry but ASP is just very innefficient to run on a Linux server (in fact from what I have heard it is innefficient even on Microsoft-base servers). Take a look at PHP (http://www.php.net), maybe it will strike the right nerve :classic2:

TO: agent007
You should have a total of 14 points not 12 (because of the first-ten promotion and the first 50 promotion = 10 + 2 +2). Just send an e-mail to support@megabytestored.com with your UUID and I will change the database to reflect what you should have!

-- alphaneutrino

[90minutes]

I would be grateful if you (alphaneutrino) could tell me whether you got my web hosting request. I sent it to your home address when the manual_sign_up@megabytestored.com was not working. If you haven't I will send you another e-mail.

Member name was: 90minutes
E-mail Addresses were: 90minutes@fulltime.co.uk or scott.pearson@ukf.net

[D-Orange]

I've send also one

username: tpk
e-mail: webmaster@thepokemonkingdom----------

[alphaneutrino]

I have received sign-up requests from both 90minutes and tpk. Do not worry, you should have accounts by tomorrow!

-- alphaneutrino

[90minutes]

Thanks for the quick reply.

[WarMachine]

Alpha -- I guess you are giving too much points -- 10 points is enough to host a good traffic bulletin board ! (just my opinion)

Also, why not have a policy of few "must purchase" points. i.e. No matter how many "free points" the user has, he/she'll will have to purchase this point separately. An example is enabling Zend/APC caches on accounts that run PHP boards,etc. (just a wierd suggestion...)

[D-Orange]

Great! I can't wait ;)

[ClyderMan]

Because they don't know what word SPAM mean, therefore I posted the moved message about SPAM :D
It's the most misused word in this forum, lack of knowledge I believe :D



Originally posted by alphaneutrino

I am not exactly sure what you mean by spam. It is hard for me to see what you mean because this is my own thread, and spamming my own thread seems kind of ridiculous when I am at all times on-topic. The only other thing that comes to me is that you do not like the fact that you are seeing this thread at the top of the forum all the time and that my multiple posts (each to a different person, question, or comment) are causing this. Well, while I agree that I do create many posts, I do not think that the posts of my thread-members are spam and since I am only responding to other posts much of the time, I do not see any difference between me answering their questions with new posts or editing my previous posts except that they would have trouble finding my answers since they would not be in an obvious location (following their own posts). Ohh, and one more thing, I believe that the reason one would want to edit one's own post is to correct an error or to provide additional information as opposed to reusing it multiple times to start a mini-thread inside one's own post.

Sorry for the rant, but I just do not like people calling an honest thread that seems to be serving its purpose "spam".

-- alphaneutrino

[max_payne]

Hello!

[max_payne]

So, what's happenin' in dis fourm?

[TFA Network]

Alpha have you recieved a hosting request with the username 'gscmi'? its been a day maybe two (i stay up too late, don't keep track of time that way)

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by WarMachine
Alpha -- I guess you are giving too much points -- 10 points is enough to host a good traffic bulletin board ! (just my opinion)

Also, why not have a policy of few "must purchase" points. i.e. No matter how many "free points" the user has, he/she'll will have to purchase this point separately. An example is enabling Zend/APC caches on accounts that run PHP boards,etc. (just a wierd suggestion...)
Thanx for your thoughts WarMachine. I agree that it may seem like a lot of points to be giving out but think about it this way...if all that one wants to do is host a bulletin board they will still need Server Space (if storing messages, likely), Server Bandwidth (definitely needed), and if it is a PERL based board they need to activate CGI. So as it turns out, the member needs to spend his points very wisely to run a decent BB.

I have tried to shape the points system so that members will not overrun the server if all they want to do is run scripts because they will still need bandwidth and sometimes space to let people see those scripts in action. In case of someone actually taking server resources beyond my ideal limits, I will warn the member and will enact various restrictions (undecided as of yet but a live bandwidth limit like 5 Kb/sec or something would be an option).

Basically we will see, and I will announce my new thoughts as we go.

-- alphaneutrino

[Escalus]

Just outta curiousity, I think I sent a request with the username="escalus" and I was just posting a follow up. It has been 2-3 days. I was just wondering if it went thru and I understand you are doing it manually and it takes time. Thanks...

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Escalus
Just outta curiousity, I think I sent a request with the username="escalus" and I was just posting a follow up. It has been 2-3 days. I was just wondering if it went thru and I understand you are doing it manually and it takes time. Thanks...
I do not see it so just in case, go ahead and send another to manual_sign_up@megabytestored.com (the address is now working).

I am sorry for claiming some posts earlier that the address was working when it was actually bouncing e-mails but now I have verified that it is working, so please use it to sign up!

-- alphaneutrino

[YUPAPA]

HI!
Are you busy?

[GigaBit]

I sent my email to you about 2-3-4 days ago, and i still have no reply.

user: gigabit
email: gigabitsoftware@hotmail.com

[Escalus]

Email sent. Thanks for your patcience.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by GigaBit
I sent my email to you about 2-3-4 days ago, and i still have no reply.

user: gigabit
email: gigabitsoftware@hotmail.com
I have got your e-mail. Your account will be set up within the next few hours! Thanx for your patience.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Escalus
Email sent. Thanks for your patcience.
I think I can do the two account setup for you by the end of tomorrow! Thanx for your patience, I have been cranking through the sign-ups as quickly as possible.

-- alphaneutrino

[TFA Network]

what about the user= gscmi e-mail= ssjgoku71@hotmail.com??
i got no reply :crysad:

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by KasDL
what about the user= gscmi e-mail= ssjgoku71@hotmail.com??
i got no reply :crysad:
I have your sign-up request and will have your account information sent to you tomorrow. Thanx!

-- alphaneutrino

[TFA Network]

yay!!

when will the .htaccess support be implimented currently i need it :)

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

I am not exactly sure what you mean by spam. It is hard for me to see what you mean because this is my own thread, and spamming my own thread seems kind of ridiculous when I am at all times on-topic. The only other thing that comes to me is that you do not like the fact that you are seeing this thread at the top of the forum all the time and that my multiple posts (each to a different person, question, or comment) are causing this. Well, while I agree that I do create many posts, I do not think that the posts of my thread-members are spam and since I am only responding to other posts much of the time, I do not see any difference between me answering their questions with new posts or editing my previous posts except that they would have trouble finding my answers since they would not be in an obvious location (following their own posts). Ohh, and one more thing, I believe that the reason one would want to edit one's own post is to correct an error or to provide additional information as opposed to reusing it multiple times to start a mini-thread inside one's own post.

Sorry for the rant, but I just do not like people calling an honest thread that seems to be serving its purpose "spam".

-- alphaneutrino

It was a typo. No need to make another post. That is what typical spammers do.

Anyway, how will your host survive without ads? Are you going to add them in later?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by conkermaniac


It was a typo. No need to make another post. That is what typical spammers do.

Anyway, how will your host survive without ads? Are you going to add them in later?
What was a typo? So now I am a typical spammer? Alright, I guess I can live with that. :confused2

And If you read the thread initiating post, you would have seen that this host is operating on a guaranteed time-block basis. I have already promised that I would keep the host running from January 1, 2002 > May 31, 2002 (even running at a loss). This is not to say that I will be able to take new sign-ups throughout this period, but I will at least keep it running for those who are already members.

And forced advertising was never an option and never will be. It is a possibility that advertising may become an option for members who would like to earn more monthly points without paying for them. Basically in exchange for running ads on their site, I would allocate more monthly points to them. This is not yet an option and will probably not happen unless the online advertising industry starts paying decent money and running decent ads.

Total Accounts Set Up: 68

-- alphaneutrino

[PyschoPath]

My account hasn't been set up either, my email is psoxus@yahoo.com

[gyrbo]

Isn't there any way to place ads on your site, and you get pints for what you earn. Like: You earn $10, and you get 2 extra points for it. I don't know of any advertiser that would fit, but you can allways use direct banners.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by gyrbo
Isn't there any way to place ads on your site, and you get pints for what you earn. Like: You earn $10, and you get 2 extra points for it. I don't know of any advertiser that would fit, but you can allways use direct banners.
That is actually a pretty good idea. I will consider it and will notify members if this becomes a reality. Thanx for your input!

-- alphaneutrino

[Cracker]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

Forced advertising was never an option and never will be.

Yeah, we've all heard that one before - on http://www.crosswinds.net/ , who now displays 3 pop-ups on their members' pages and once guaranteed their members ad-free pages forever.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Cracker


Yeah, we've all heard that one before - on http://www.crosswinds.net/ , who now displays 3 pop-ups on their members' pages and once guaranteed their members ad-free pages forever.
Well obviously I cannot prove this type of a promise until time goes by, so you will just have to wait and witness. :)

-- alphaneutrino

[iStradic]

alphaneutrino,

I sent you an email yesterday but it got bounced back. Did you get my second email?

userid: iStradic
email iStradic@msn.com

Thanks,
Kevin

[Emohawk]

Lo - I signed up for your service. Recieved my e-mail and I was very happy :) but... I now wish you had declined my e-mail and saved me some time and trouble.
As it seems that you don't support vBulletin on your server :( I found this out, not on your site (where the information should be!!!), but by slowly going through the 14 odd pages of text that makes this thread up.
You should have by now recieved my e-mail to delete my account :(

Emohawk

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Emohawk
Lo - I signed up for your service. Recieved my e-mail and I was very happy :) but... I now wish you had declined my e-mail and saved me some time and trouble.
As it seems that you don't support vBulletin on your server :( I found this out, not on your site (where the information should be!!!), but by slowly going through the 14 odd pages of text that makes this thread up.
You should have by now recieved my e-mail to delete my account :(

Emohawk
I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that MegabyteStored Hosting will not be supporting vBulletin, but I can assure you that your conclusion is not correct. It is true that I am currently not supporting it, but that is because the point distribution system is not active and therefore PHP scripting cannot be activated and neither can MySQL databases. When that is available by the end of this week, you will be able to run vBulletin just fine. And I am sorry for the website not having much useful information, but that will be fixed soon.

-- alphaneutrino

[cheatpark]

Its nice to see that progress is being made.

[7Limit]

i just make a signup with

username = swdw7
e-mail = swdw7@hotmail.com

i just want to check if you receive my mail cause there a error while sending the mail.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by KasDL
what about the user= gscmi e-mail= ssjgoku71@hotmail.com??
i got no reply :crysad:
You will have your account information within the next 3 hours!

-- alphaneutrino

[Emohawk]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that MegabyteStored Hosting will not be supporting vBulletin, but I can assure you that your conclusion is not correct. It is true that I am currently not supporting it, but that is because the point distribution system is not active and therefore PHP scripting cannot be activated and neither can MySQL databases. When that is available by the end of this week, you will be able to run vBulletin just fine. And I am sorry for the website not having much useful information, but that will be fixed soon.

-- alphaneutrino

Ahh, that's cool then :)
I would try and find the quote, but: a) It's 2.50am and b) It's 2.50am and there are 14 odd pages to sift through :(

I'm glad you are supporting vBulletin though. I'll be ready and waiting to upload it on Monday :D

Emo

[Geminijatt]

Damn i missed so much...i guess i don't get the extra points..that's alrite...lol. Anyways i wanted to know if u support real audio please i hope u can...

i really need it...I am a DJ and would like to spread my mixes...but can't post them on the servers like mp3.boston or ----..cuz it is downloadable...can't have ppl posing as me.

Thanks

Oh I have also signed up...waitin for ur email back....

user: purebhangra
email: purebhangra@hotmail.com

laterz

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Geminijatt
Damn i missed so much...i guess i don't get the extra points..that's alrite...lol. Anyways i wanted to know if u support real audio please i hope u can...

i really need it...I am a DJ and would like to spread my mixes...but can't post them on the servers like mp3.boston or ----..cuz it is downloadable...can't have ppl posing as me.

Thanks

Oh I have also signed up...waitin for ur email back....

user: purebhangra
email: purebhangra@hotmail.com

laterz
I have not considered supporting any kind of audio streaming, but let me look into it and get back to you. I have your sign-up e-mail and I will either respond to your question when I send you your account info or possible afer that.

-- alphaneutrino

[Geminijatt]

thanks

good luck either way :)

also what is the file size limit if there is any?

thanks

[meow]

256kB. If you need more you use your points to get it.
Read this post! (http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15409&perpage=15&pagenumber=11#post160504) And this too! (http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15409&perpage=15&pagenumber=11#post160799)

[langgam]

Originally posted by meow
256kB. If you need more you use your points to get it.
Read this post! (http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15409&perpage=15&pagenumber=11#post160504) And this too! (http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15409&perpage=15&pagenumber=11#post160799)
relax meow, relax ;) :D

[meow]

:confused: I assumed he wanted to know since he asked. *shrugs*

[Jan]

I am very surprised so many of you are posting your email address here.

The spambots will have a field day with this. I am sure if you have signed up, alphaneutrino will know about it.

[zoobie]

Originally posted by Geminijatt
Anyways i wanted to know if u support real audio please i hope u can...

i really need it...I am a DJ and would like to spread my mixes...but can't post them on the servers like mp3.boston or ----..cuz it is downloadable...can't have ppl posing as me.

ROTFLMAO If you really knew anything about audio, you'd know that not many people (relatively) even have real audio because of it's very poor sound quality. Good luck with your real audio!ROTFLMAO

[TFA Network]

alpha has .htaccess been implimented?

[zoobie]

Still waitin' for the sign-up page to work...:rolleyes:

[Geminijatt]

ye i know real audio is not the best for sound and ----...ut it is so far the only thing i know that is good for streamin...if you know any others i am willing to listen.

Also how can u get more points?

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by KasDL
alpha has .htaccess been implimented?
Let me put it to you this way: it is activateable. I have not decided exactly what to let members control with an .htaccess file. Can you tell me what types of things you would like to use it for? This would help me in deciding what type of control to allow!

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by zoobie
Still waitin' for the sign-up page to work...:rolleyes:
I am not sure if you noticed this, but there is not sign-up page. But if you mean that you are waiting until one appears, you will only have to wait until tomorrow :classic2:

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Geminijatt
ye i know real audio is not the best for sound and ----...ut it is so far the only thing i know that is good for streamin...if you know any others i am willing to listen.

Also how can u get more points?
I would recommend streaming in the MP3 file format. If you would like, I can help you set that up on my server. I would not be able to let you run many sound streams (unknown as to how many yet) but I think that you can protect your files from download in specific ways and yet still allow streaming!

-- alphaneutrino

[Geminijatt]

If you can help me with it great...but i must let u know that i am not as advanced as many of the others in this forum. Also keep in mind that the ppl that visit my site areon mostly a 56K modem..so streamin mp3 would be kinda hard for them since the files are a bit larger, but then again what do i know...lol

let me know

[D-Orange]

I'm just hoping you'll get your point-system working tomorrow.

[makk551]

I just snet ma E-mail and
now i'm intrested in how long it actually takes,
to get the account,so that i won't worry after 48 hours and sent
200 other e-mail ;)

and when can i choose the featerus with the poinbts?
and is there any cance of getting more points?

Thx
username=d$x
e-mail=maxx@icestorm.net

[iStradic]

Well its been over 36hrs for me (user id: iStradic), but i'm patient! Its has seemed like years since i have found a host (thats free) that has a plan in place that i believe will keep them alive, that i'll sign up for. Best of luck to alphaneutrino, i'm confident(well i really do hope so!) that this service will suceede.

- Kevin

[msn]

is there any cance of getting more points?
MONEY $$ :D

[hofverberg]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

Let me put it to you this way: it is activateable. I have not decided exactly what to let members control with an .htaccess file. Can you tell me what types of things you would like to use it for? This would help me in deciding what type of control to allow!

-- alphaneutrino

Personally, I always use .htaccess for custom error pages (ErrorDocument). I also occasionally use it with .htpasswd for password protection and for setting index pages (what page to load by default).

It happens that I use other settings with .htaccess, but the above reasons are the most important ones.

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by makk551
I just snet ma E-mail and
now i'm intrested in how long it actually takes,
to get the account,so that i won't worry after 48 hours and sent
200 other e-mail ;)

and when can i choose the featerus with the poinbts?
and is there any cance of getting more points?

Thx
username=d$x
e-mail=maxx@icestorm.net
I cannot set up your account because your username contains an invalid character. The dollar sign cannot be used in any type of internet address which your username will also be part of as in (http://USERNAME.megabytestored.com). Please re-send your e-mail to manual_sign_up@megabytestored.com with a different username, your first name, your e-mail address, and your preferred password.

-- alphaneutrino

[alphaneutrino]

IMPORTANT NOTICE: to facilitate the installation of the point system and a great deal of other configurations that need to be complete. The server will be taken offline from approximately 7:00PM today until tomorrow at 8PM. The server will come back online tomorrow with a completely new website with a wealth of new information and the ability for you to log in to your private member accounts for point distribution control. I am sorry for the inconvenience of having your web sites go down, but this is necessary in this case!

-- alphaneutrino

[TFA Network]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

Let me put it to you this way: it is activateable. I have not decided exactly what to let members control with an .htaccess file. Can you tell me what types of things you would like to use it for? This would help me in deciding what type of control to allow!

-- alphaneutrino

personally i need it for the password protection but i my use it for error documents.

[meow]

Basically everything that isn't insecure. The above plus .htaccess control of things related to
mod-rewrite
mod_expires
mod_headers
and probably some more. Maybe you can take it as it goes if you aren't certain on what to allow now?

[coldturkey]

Yay my account is set up, great thing to happen after just coming back from a holiday in paris, and i have 14 pts! Wohoo. Although, I must have caught your server at its downtime, but oh well.
Good luck alpha, and thanks.

[inc77]

i fired off an email yesterday too... hope too get it soon :)

[makk551]

Hi Alpha,

I resent u the Informations now it should work.
I hope u got them.
name=dsx
pass.=:D:D:D
mail=maxx@icestorm.net

Thx
D$X

[agent007]

Originally posted by alphaneutrino

Let me put it to you this way: it is activateable. I have not decided exactly what to let members control with an .htaccess file. Can you tell me what types of things you would like to use it for? This would help me in deciding what type of control to allow!

-- alphaneutrino

Hmm... I would use it for DirectoryIndex, custom error pages, dynamic images (have to make PHP parse PHP code in .jpg files)... That's about it.

[alphaneutrino]

Hi everyone. It looks like I am not going to be able to bring up the server today. I am estimating tomorrow night at the earliest. The main issue is with the server hardware, which for some reason does not allow me to reboot the machine without freezing up in the process. I am getting this issue resolved right now and will bring the machine back up tomorrow (hopefully) as soon as the startup problem is corrected.

I am very sorry to all my members for having to endure this downtime. I will try to make it up to you in some way in the future!

-- alphaneutrino

[coldturkey]

no prob. After all we owe you for this great deal.

[langgam]

yeah, as long as the service will be good (and I doubt that it'll be not), minor downtimes are welcome! good luck again! :)

[meow]

Agreeed. It's better it takes some time now and get done right. Thanks for telling us in advance. That's a good start.

[Geminijatt]

hi what about my account? i posted a post like this previously...remeber with the streaming real audio? let me know..i still haven't gotten any reply about my account


thanks

[alphaneutrino]

Originally posted by Geminijatt
hi what about my account? i posted a post like this previously...remeber with the streaming real audio? let me know..i still haven't gotten any reply about my account


thanks
While I am working on the server, I have temporarily stopped signing people up. You should have your account by tomorrow though!

-- alphaneutrino

[Geminijatt]

thanks good luck on fixin the server