Free Geocities websites only crash my browser so I have to
reboot my computer. That way they only get a lot of hits but
nobody see their pages. What can you expect for free?
Thomas
SPL311RDST@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/10/02 11:25:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> vlaury@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > Wow - nice art! but the website swamped out before I got a good look.
> > Geocities! HA! "Sorry, this site has exceeded it's data transfer limit" - My
> > ass!
>
> No - this is a valid "error" w/ geocities. They are a "free" service, and as
> you all know, free usually means there IS a catch. The price being you can
> only have so much data transfer. Everytime someone looks at a page, they
> count up how much data was exchanged. If you have a graphics-intesive site
> that is popular - well,,, you're screwed. The error is only temporary, and
> will go away, but is terribly inconvenient. Now that everyone on the list
> will be looking, this error will probably pop up a lot !
>
> Most folks don't look at this when signing up ( they don't really highlight
> it either). I have had warnings from them w/ some of the webring hub stuff.
> You *are* however invited to upgrade "for a small monthly fee" .......
> So... for all you folks considering web-sites - read the fine print !!!
>
> Laurie :-)
> 70 SPL311
> AzROC
> Chandler, AZ
>
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