for Bros Shawchyn and Chaicka)First of all, a big thanks to Bros Shawchyn and Chaicka for hosting the maps on their servers. Also thanks to other bros who have helped to up-load the maps to other site for down-loading.
As you are aware, we had encountered problems with the down-loading of maps i.e. slowwwwwwwww. This was caused by an exceptional traffic to both the main servers. According to Shawchyn, on the 1st day itself, traffic was nearly 38GB, 2nd day nearly 14GB for 9 hours. He estimated to cater to all MFM members, need 1TB of bandwidth, which Bro chaicka concur.
The question to be asked is why such as demand. MFM 100517 is only about 55MB or 0.055GB. This means about 370 people are downloading the maps. But if you look at my analysis of active members with more than 100 posts, it is only 229 members. MFM has about 23,123 members out of which a whooping 18,886 do not have any posts!!!!
For discussion:_
1. Should we limit Shawchyn and chaicka server to only invited members/users only? After all, these 229 members are actively contributing to MFM on tracks, way-points, helping other members, etc. Shouldn't they get the fruits of their labour?
2. Should we reduce the frequency of the up-dates from weekly to maybe once a month? Maps are release weekly for mappers and contributors to check and are usually do have problems. Do we need to release these maps to the public when they are more for the mappers, etc?
3. Can we point other people (users) to other download sites such as rapidshare, etc?
4. Can we get the navigation devices manufacturers or software companies like GARMIN, PAPAGO to host the maps since they have more interest in this? (This question may cause some members to get agitated or annoyed but please bear in mind, this is meant as constructive argument)?
Appreciate your comments or suggestions so that our moderators, site admin and others can make the necessary decisions for the benefits of all members.
