James Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Hey all Not sure if it will effect hosts but have any actually taken off staff, servers, raise costs because of the financial crisis? Are you loosing any money by having a host up? Just surveying Studiio - All-In-One Radio Communication Platform SMS | Phone Calls | Social Media | Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildun Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I've taken everything off that isn't a necessity. Even after that, things are looking grim. Anyone that has known me over the years will know I have never tried to sale them anything, till now. That's why you have seen posts by me offering things. There's a real possibility that all of my internet operations could cease to exist, not just my station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwdservices Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 We're fine because we don't just do hosting. Website design, mobile disc jockeying, and computer network maintenance are mainly supporting our company at the moment, although hosting stuff is breaking even which is a lot better than I expected. None of our costs have gone up except for heating in our office which is going up very slightly. The only problem we're having with hosting stuff is that people are having trouble paying their bills, especially the big stations, and we've already lost a few of our biggest clients due to them not being able to pay the bills anymore and shutting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THFS Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 We are going steady breaking even, however our new sales is going down the garbage chute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 We are going steady breaking even, however our new sales is going down the garbage chute... By the way, i need to talk to you haha. msn... Studiio - All-In-One Radio Communication Platform SMS | Phone Calls | Social Media | Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin 97 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I've noticed alot of hosts folding, and not only fly by nights, but some other ones that were around for a good few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWorld Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Yea there is a slow down in shout cast hosting, web hosting is picking up though, We also host a free site called http://fastproxynetwork.com it is doing well. Tom ██ Stream101 | Affordable Media Solutions ██ Shared cPanel? Web Hosting | WordPress Hosting | Premium Stream Hosting ██ TOLL-FREE: (616) 277-7280 | 30 Day NO QUESTIONS Money-Back Guarantee ██ 100% Cogent Free Network | CloudLinux OS | Tier 1 Bandwidth | Grand Rapids, MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberFM Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Yea there is a slow down in shout cast hosting, web hosting is picking up though, We also host a free site called http://fastproxynetwork.com it is doing well. Tom Interesting, we are watching the EXACT OPPOSITE occur on our side. Guess between us we're evened out nicely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWorld Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 :0) yea seems so.. you guys host online radio stations? ██ Stream101 | Affordable Media Solutions ██ Shared cPanel? Web Hosting | WordPress Hosting | Premium Stream Hosting ██ TOLL-FREE: (616) 277-7280 | 30 Day NO QUESTIONS Money-Back Guarantee ██ 100% Cogent Free Network | CloudLinux OS | Tier 1 Bandwidth | Grand Rapids, MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberFM Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 :0) yea seems so.. you guys host online radio stations? Yes, obviously not as "Cyber-FM" My company has done Internet Hosting for a little shy of 10 years now. When it was decided to pursue this Online Radio Project (if it ever finishes getting off the ground) we realized that we should probably offer Shoutcast and Icecast hosting to the public to help offset the cost of our new equipment for the Radio. CyberFM operates at a total loss as of right now, but sharing our hardware and bandwidth helps lessen that loss, plus if I may say, "we're pretty darn good hosts for 10 years" If you only knew how much 10tb allotment of Bandwidth per dedicated server over at Softlayer cost, you'd imagine just how much in the hole we were looking to hit. I have mortgage payments that are less LOL So we bought a really really good domain name off of some reseller who was shutting down and revived it. Sent out some PR's and with our Reputation for regular webhosting, the customers just started to flock. All in all, a good experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 [Posts Deleted] Relax everyone. No need to start a fight, who cares! And cyberfm, dont leave just cause some people started a fight. We are all ending the fight now and getting on with our lives! Studiio - All-In-One Radio Communication Platform SMS | Phone Calls | Social Media | Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixStream.net Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Business is good here, the only problem is the weakening pound compared to the dollar - I'm now paying about £500 more for my USA servers compared to 5 months ago purely as a result of the exchange rate. However, signups particularly from overseas are picking up so should even that out once some unneccesary costs are cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 NO, it's great .. We are paying a lot less for our UK servers than we were 6 month ago. I guess it depends on where you live. SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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