so you might not see my website. but i guess if they shut me down you won’t know that because you won’t be able to see me. that is, you WILL know that i’ve been shut down, but you won’t know why.
it’s very frustrating. my server sent me an e-mail today telling me that i was about to RUN OUT OF BANDWIDTH. bandwidth, in case you didn’t know, is all about how much information can be on my website; how many photos, video, etc, and how many people look at all of this.
yeah, i know that’s probably not the best definition, but i’m a little murky on it. the fact of the matter is that they wrote to me, a few hours ago, that i’m ALMOST OUT OF BANDWIDTH, and i need to PAY TO GET SOME MORE, or they’ll SHUT ME DOWN TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
i e-mailed them and asked how this could be. i tried calling them and was put on hold for 45 minutes and got frustrated and finally hung up.
so just now i checked my e-mail, hoping for a response, but no, they sent another e-mail saying they are ABOUT TO SHUT ME DOWN, because the bandwidth is now ALL GONE.
damn. i sent them another e-mail, this one more bitchy, and i’m on hold at this very moment. i doubt that i’ll be able to stand being on hold much longer, because first there’s this annoying space-age kind of music, and then, every 30 seconds, there’s a recorded message saying that there’s a huge volume of calls, they appreciate my patience, blah blah blah.
I AM NOT PATIENT. I MAY LOSE MY MIND.
here’s the really really annoying thing – i used to have 40 Gb of bandwidth. this is a LOT. on my statistics, it always said i’d only used an infinitesimal amount of these 40 Gbs
but now, suddenly, i only have 2.86 Gb of bandwidth to use per month!
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
i don’t think i used any capitalization in my e-mail to them, to show them JUST HOW FRUSTRATED I AM.
i don’t know what the chinese people will do. in studying my statistics, it appears that many many chinese people are now reading my website, or maybe they’re just looking for more photos of my sustainable garden.
also, it appears that the majority of people visit the site because they’re looking for photos, and since i have a wide range of photos collected over the years, they’re finding them here.
so if you’re looking for a picture of a green and pink wedding cake, or of the hollywood bowl, or the silver collection at the hapsburg museum in vienna, or a ballon at macy’ thanksgiving day parade, or me in my tiger pants, well you’ll just have to forget about it.
and if you’re chinese, well, i guess you’re just out of luck.
ok then,
very mad grace.