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out of bandwidth help!

         

StuntasticAudi

7:50 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Here is my scenerio:

I have photos hosted with my hosting plan. 1500 GB on bandwidth. I ran out of bandwidth and some people are using my photos on their site and taking up my bandwidth but i don't mind because it's free advertising for me. But since my bandwidth is up the pics are no longer showing up on their sites. Is there a way to forward my domain name to a different host that has all my photos posted so the photos show up. What is the easiest way to accomplish something like that.

FalseDawn

8:29 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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The easiest temporary solution is to pay for more bandwidth - but bandwidth overuse rates are usually very high.
If you forsee regular overuse, move to a host offering more bandwidth as part of their package.

If all your files are hosted elsewhere, too, I _think_ you can use .htaccess rewrites to "divert" all requests for certain files to the "backup" host.
Alternatively, you can redirect all requests for the entire domain to a different one - depends on your exact requirements.

This is really a question for the "apache web server" forum though (I'm assuming you are using apache, although something similar can be accomplished in IIS)

StuntasticAudi

8:57 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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How do i do .htaccess rewrites to "divert" all requests for certain files to the "backup" host.

FalseDawn

9:19 pm on Feb 5, 2006 (gmt 0)