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  • #1048686
    Techno Viking
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      In order to continue providing a quality service and be able to expand it in future you will need to subscribe in order to download from our music downloads archive from now on. Our running costs have increased fairly dramatically this last year (we did 2.3TB of traffic last month) and this change has to happen in order to keep things in proportion…

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      #1222818
      starlaugh
      Participant

        Worth it, some pretty good mixes in there raaa

        #1222825
        GiantMidget
        Participant

          No worries Dr B!

          #1222811
          General Lighting
          Moderator

            2.5 terabytes in a month -wow!

            maybe this will encourage some of the downloaders to contribute to the community (with posts etc) rather than just leech our files 😉

            #1222833
            p0ly
            Participant

              i do notice a large proportion of new members from the day are just downloading!

              #1222829
              DaftFader
              Participant

                yeah so many people just join to dl or ask for methe lol

                #1222819
                starlaugh
                Participant

                  Might need to change the home page as well Dr B,

                  Features available include our very own radio station, clubwear and rave clothing, party pictures and a treasure trove of free music downloads.

                  #1222804
                  Techno Viking
                  Participant

                    Thanks SL!

                    #1222820
                    starlaugh
                    Participant

                      @Dr Bunsen 371677 wrote:

                      Thanks SL!

                      Just downloaded a mix and noticed it says “free music downloads” in the very top bar in the browser title.

                      #1222814
                      Tek Offensive
                      Participant

                        just noticed this thread after trying to download the swankie dj mix on another thread and not being allowed.

                        fair play tbh, will be interesting to see how much the bandwidth usage decreases.

                        its been a while since i subscribed,

                        #1222815
                        leveret
                        Participant

                          Have to admit I feel slightly uneasy, I can afford to subscribe now and happily do so cos I love PV and all its people. But there were times when I had no spare cash, and a download of good techno to listen to every week or two helped keep me sane. ‘sup to you of course Dr.B, I don’t know if there is any cash to spare for a small allowance maybe for registered but non-donating people …
                          btw can unregistered folk still get PV radio ? that was essential to me back then !

                          #1222830
                          DaftFader
                          Participant

                            @leveret 371704 wrote:

                            Have to admit I feel slightly uneasy, I can afford to subscribe now and happily do so cos I love PV and all its people. But there were times when I had no spare cash, and a download of good techno to listen to every week or two helped keep me sane. ‘sup to you of course Dr.B, I don’t know if there is any cash to spare for a small allowance maybe for registered but non-donating people …
                            btw can unregistered folk still get PV radio ? that was essential to me back then !

                            this is a good point actualy … as i can afford to subscribe now but there have been times when i havn’t and a good mix was allways welcomed in times on skintness … (allso it would be well anoying not being able to download one of my own mixs to show a friend at there house if i didn’t happen to be subscribed at the time)

                            #1222836
                            joshd96320
                            Participant

                              btw maybe you can cut traffic costs by stopping the drugs forum getting crawled as it brings a lot of unwanted interest and also a lot of extra bandwidth frome one time wonders?

                              #1222831
                              DaftFader
                              Participant

                                @joshd96320 371706 wrote:

                                btw maybe you can cut traffic costs by stopping the drugs forum getting crawled as it brings a lot of unwanted interest and also a lot of extra bandwidth frome one time wonders?

                                tbh alltho the forum uses some bandwith .. i would imagin it’s a very small preportion compared to downlaoed music

                                #1222805
                                Techno Viking
                                Participant

                                  My concern is our costs are scaling more steeply than donations are being made so I had to make a choice however the radio is free to all and I have no plans to change that…

                                  #1222834
                                  p0ly
                                  Participant

                                    @joshd96320 371706 wrote:

                                    btw maybe you can cut traffic costs by stopping the drugs forum getting crawled as it brings a lot of unwanted interest and also a lot of extra bandwidth frome one time wonders?

                                    the sex forum has been dead for awhile with its quality one post wonders, you can never take away the drug ones!!

                                    #1222812
                                    General Lighting
                                    Moderator

                                      there are lots of users who live in the same areas, all that needs to happen is for those what can afford to download can share the files with others who are non-suscribers by whatever means are convenient to all..

                                      #1222837
                                      joshd96320
                                      Participant

                                        @p0ly 371726 wrote:

                                        the sex forum has been dead for awhile with its quality one post wonders, you can never take away the drug ones!!

                                        i didnt mean delete them.. i meant put in the robots file or whatever it is not to scan that area and so it will attract less 1post wonder / observer traffic

                                        #1222806
                                        Techno Viking
                                        Participant

                                          In the interest of good musical karma I’m willing to offer a compromise of going to a system where downloads are freely available in the old system on and off in quarterly cycles. What do we think? Bear in mind our ability to raise money determines the quality we enjoy such as the speed of our internet access (one specific example would be deciding the maximum number of listeners we can host on the radio streams at anyone one time)…

                                          #1222817
                                          Angel
                                          Moderator

                                            I think all mixes over 1or 2 years old should be free for all to download, just make the new mixes for donators only?

                                            Max listeners
                                            25 on 128 stream
                                            25 on 192 stream
                                            really never seen more than 14 at the same time anyway, no reason to pay for them.

                                            #1222821
                                            starlaugh
                                            Participant

                                              Is there a way that you can link the ability to post counts? For example, you have to post a certain amount of posts a month to be allowed to download. But then also limit this to a small number of downloads a month.

                                              It would encourage people to join in on the forum and actually post and not leech free music, also might encourage people to donate to the site.

                                              I doubt it is possible, but could you set it up so that non subscribers can only download files of a lower bit rate?

                                              #1222822
                                              starlaugh
                                              Participant

                                                or could you have a set amount of data available to download by non subscribers a day, once this has run out you can only download if you subscribe

                                                (just ideas as I have no idea what would be possible or not for you to do with the site)

                                                #1222826
                                                GiantMidget
                                                Participant

                                                  Why not limit it to one download a week for non subscribers, Would this work?

                                                  #1222807
                                                  Techno Viking
                                                  Participant

                                                    @starlaugh 371938 wrote:

                                                    or could you have a set amount of data available to download by non subscribers a day, once this has run out you can only download if you subscribe

                                                    (just ideas as I have no idea what would be possible or not for you to do with the site)

                                                    This is how it was…

                                                    #1222835
                                                    p0ly
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                                                      i thought the certain amount of posts idea was the best.

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