Hi everyone,
With the growing popularity of Team Fusion, the costs associated with maintaining the bandwidth required for hosting the mods/patches keeps exponentially going up. This month's (month of August) TF patch hosting service costs were almost $600 alone . This doesn't include the costs for the forums, or the 2 game servers/TS server we provide - That is $400 by itself, monthly, on top of the charges for hosting the TF patches/mods.
And last month's (month of July) TF patch hosting costs were almost $400. This cost has steadily increased over time. We've tried various hosting providers and virtually all of them (on any sort of monthly plan) will stop streaming bandwidth after a certain amount of data has been transferred. This is why, in the past, there were so many issues just being able to download the mod depending on the time of month (as the bandwidth for that month was already used up).
But now that we have a system that works 100% of the time that also allows patches to be downloaded at any time, the expense is constantly growing as more and more people download and try the mod.
So I'm asking for some help. To those out there that enjoy what Team Fusion is doing, any and all help in keeping this going is much appreciated. But without your help, there is no way we can support the costs associated with such an undertaking. As you can imagine, I've personally spent thousands out of my own pocket on this over the years, and the donations of those regular supporters over the years have kept this place going. Add in the fact that paypal/CC companies usually take 3% if not more depending on your location / currency etc., this has truly been a passion of mine to keep going.
But with the out of pocket costs constantly going higher month after month, I need your help. It's one thing to spend a couple hundred dollars out of your own pocket every month. It's completely different when that out of pocket costs is hitting close to $500 monthly. Add insult to injury (I've been too busy to even enjoy flight simming for quite a few months), so I'm paying for something I can't even enjoy!
So here's the TF patch hosting costs just for this month, the month of August to give you an idea. Add $250 for server 1, another $100 for server 2, and $50 for the hosting of the forums, and you can see this place is pretty expensive to keep around!
So I'm asking everyone, if you've enjoyed the efforts of TF, please help by clicking on the donate button and dropping off a few dollars in appreciation. Thanks in advance for any and all help in keeping this going.
PS - We are going to try to find a different route to hosting and will let everyone know once some sort of decision has been made.
Thanks again,
Bliss
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