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Thread: Does it cost money to start a thread?
Strike For The South 09:59 08-14-2005
I know its free for us low-life members but does it cost the mods/admins anything to keep us up

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R'as al Ghul 10:02 08-14-2005
Starting a thread is for free but maintaining this
whole site costs Tosa something for sure.
I've no idea how much and I'm quite sure that most of it pays
through advertisements.
Try a google search for "webhosting" to get an idea.


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therother 16:31 08-14-2005
The Org's hosting is provided for free by Telefragged. So it doesn't cost the Org anything for you to start a new thread.

However, the Org has been using commercial forum software (vBulletin) for the past year or so, which, after an initial fee, costs some money every year for continued updates and support.

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TosaInu 17:02 08-14-2005
Starting threads doesn't cost staff money, not directly anyway. Like therother said: there's the licence and yearly fee for the board software, the extra servers for files cost money, opticals to burn back-ups cost money and there must be some cost for the hardware and ADSL to create the back-ups. The grunt of the costs is covered by Telefragged though. The ads are theirs to cover for those hardware/bandwidth expenses.

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Strike For The South 17:48 08-14-2005
thank you

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