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/Peo, FreeWebSpace.net
Peo! Hello old friend, we certainly had some wild rides before, I miss the golden age days of hosting. It's such a shame to see many of the old forums a shell of their former selves.
I remember you Tracker ;)
Been awhile since I visited, but I pop by every now and again, certainly remember the good old days, when this forum was pretty much 50% of my day/life!
Considering when I started in Free Hosting, it was almost impossible to fail.. Considering what it was, it's almost dead..
I remember the good old days. A community I ran way back reached ~1000 members in the space of 3 months, with around 2000-3000 posts per day. Forum sponsors were lining up...
Peo, can I make one suggestion.
The "FreeWebSpace" logo at the top of the forums links to the homepage - it's always catching me out! Would it be possible to link it to the forum index instead? :)
I've tried Azure and Amazon, both for work, and what we found was although the bandwidth was expensive, it was actually pretty terrible! Random / extended slow periods, anywhere from 15mbps to 300kbps download speeds...
Personally. Knowing the expense & issues, stick with a VPS. Also - I once...
It would be slightly illegal, on multiple grounds as you are not a payment provided, to offer a form to capture the users Credit Card information to pass to a third party..
You should use paypal's shopping card system or something - that way, you never store the credit card information.