gcsnet.net down?

[syanet]

What's in it for the hoster? if there hosting you for free? Absolutey nothing. Despite any "plans" they have, advertisments will not keep a service running. And now that invested capital is running dry most free services on the net will simply just disappear. It's not like I can go to McDonalds and get a free burger in exchange for advertisments on the wrapper. That would be a terrible decision on McDonalds part. Same thing will soon apply to online services.

 

[Mandrake]

It hasn't yet applied to broadcast tv or radio... They may have a lot more commericials than they originally did, but it's still free to listen/watch after all these years.

 

[Gayowulf]

Don't most people hav to pay a cable fee. I guess its freee if your using the antenna on top of your house. There should be an option for paying a lot of mony to get rid of commercials.

 

[Lynks]

The least Gcsnet.net could have done was announced something . Now I have lost all visitors due to my website being down, and now Im running it off my 56k (temporarily) until I find a good paid host.

Lynks

 

[Haze]

good luck finding a GOOD paid host. I find them just as reliable as free hosts these days.

 

[Robert]

Originally posted by evilhaze
good luck finding a GOOD paid host. I find them just as reliable as free hosts these days.

I take that as an insult. You can never go wrong with a GOOD paid hosting company. You just have to ask around and take notes before jumping the gun and signing up with the first paid company you find.

 

[Haze]

blah, been there done that.

 

[Lynks]

I ended up taking the $9.95 per month plan from Tera-Byte.

Lynks

 

[niv]

gcsnet is now dead.

 

[Lynks]

If you read the first page we had already established that!

Lynks

 

[LeX]

Went bye-bye without any notice too. Guess it's back to F2S for now... *sigh* the extreme difference in speed......