I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM PODCAST MACHINE AND THEY SAY I'VE GONE OVER THE AVAILABLE TRAFFIC FOR THE PODCAST SITE AGAIN - IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST MONTH I HAD TO UPGRADE IT FROM 50 GB OF TRAFFIC A MONTH TO 100 GB OF TRAFFIC A MONTH AS SO MANY PEOPLE WERE DOWNLOADING. THIS PUT THE PRICE UP TO AROUND £25 A MONTH (BEARING IN MIND I DO ALL THIS FOR FREE AND EVERYONE DOWNLOADS IT ALL FOR FREE) ANYWAY THIS TIME THEY WANT $79 A MONTH WHICH IS FIFTY QUID - AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I CAN AFFORD THAT.
I DID ASK FOR DONATIONS AND A FEW KIND PEOPLE SENT SOME MONEY, FROM A QUID UPWARDS(YES, HONESTLY) BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THIS COSTS NOW AND UNLESS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T DONATE CAN DO SO, WE'VE HAD IT I THINK.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS, JUST THIS WEEK ALONE THERE HAVE BEEN 1252 DOWNLOADS, OVER 7000 ALL IN ALL, KINNELL IF ALL OF THOSE SENT 2 QUID WE'D BE ON AIR FOR YEARS!
THE ONLY OTHER CHANCE IS IF I UPGRADE FOR SAY JUST A MONTH OR TWO, AND THEN DOWNGRADE AGAIN.
SO ALL I CAN SAY IS, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PODCASTS GOING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND SOMETHING, ANYTHING AND I'LL PUT IT TO THE COST OF UPGRADING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. OBVIOUSLY IF I WAS EARNING ANYTHING OFF IT, IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO RESORT TO BEGGING.
DEAR LISTENERS
I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM PODCAST MACHINE AND THEY SAY I'VE GONE OVER THE AVAILABLE TRAFFIC FOR THE PODCAST SITE AGAIN - IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST MONTH I HAD TO UPGRADE IT FROM 50 GB OF TRAFFIC A MONTH TO 100 GB OF TRAFFIC A MONTH AS SO MANY PEOPLE WERE DOWNLOADING. THIS PUT THE PRICE UP TO AROUND £25 A MONTH (BEARING IN MIND I DO ALL THIS FOR FREE AND EVERYONE DOWNLOADS IT ALL FOR FREE) ANYWAY THIS TIME THEY WANT $79 A MONTH WHICH IS FIFTY QUID - AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I CAN AFFORD THAT.
I DID ASK FOR DONATIONS AND A FEW KIND PEOPLE SENT SOME MONEY, FROM A QUID UPWARDS(YES, HONESTLY) BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THIS COSTS NOW AND UNLESS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T DONATE CAN DO SO, WE'VE HAD IT I THINK.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS, JUST THIS WEEK ALONE THERE HAVE BEEN 1252 DOWNLOADS, OVER 7000 ALL IN ALL, KINNELL IF ALL OF THOSE SENT 2 QUID WE'D BE ON AIR FOR YEARS!
THE ONLY OTHER CHANCE IS IF I UPGRADE FOR SAY JUST A MONTH OR TWO, AND THEN DOWNGRADE AGAIN.
SO ALL I CAN SAY IS, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PODCASTS GOING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND SOMETHING, ANYTHING AND I'LL PUT IT TO THE COST OF UPGRADING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. OBVIOUSLY IF I WAS EARNING ANYTHING OFF IT, IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO RESORT TO BEGGING.
HAPPY LISTENING...
PETE
(paypal pete.smith@freeuk.com if you can)