Bandwith Pro account

rainforest1155 · April 23, 2006

I know that there's been a recent upgrade to 32GB for Pro users.
Today I almost spilled my tea at the monitor as I had a look at my control panel:

this month > photos viewed: 18420.2 | bandwidth used: 627.39 MB (out of 1 TB)

:dunno Does anyone else get something like this?! I'm not complaining just wondering if this is a glitch in my control panel? After all you have to pay the bills and I probably won't use more than 1 GB per month for the time being.

Looking forward to see what others got in their control panel. :wink

Thanks,
Sebastian

Andy · April 23, 2006

rainforest1155 wrote:

Looking forward to see what others got in their control panel.

Thanks,
Sebastian

Pro traffic in now unlimted

DavidTO · April 23, 2006

Andy wrote:

Pro traffic in now unlimted

Uh, when were you planning on telling us? Sheesh, I mean I'd be tooting my horn if I gave unlimited anything...You Would Hear About It!

Awesome!

rainforest1155 · April 23, 2006

Andy wrote:

Pro traffic in now unlimted

Uh, man you're really pushing the limits - who's going to find something new to complain about SM in terms of scalibity!

To the unlimited SM-experience!

Sebastian

Barb · April 23, 2006

Andy wrote:

Pro traffic in now unlimted

Holy cow! You guys rock. Mine still says 32 GB, which I've never come close to using, but seeing 1TB would be awesome!

Sheaf · April 24, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

Uh, when were you planning on telling us? Sheesh, I mean I'd be tooting my horn if I gave unlimited anything...You Would Hear About It!

Awesome!

To be honest, it's only really applies to a few people, since the previous limit was already quite high. Still, we felt it was important that our pro users not feel hindered by a limit. The last thing we want is for our pro's to worry about getting too much traffic to their site.

There is, however, one limitation. This unlimited bandwidth is not intended to handle hosting of graphics and such for commercial websites. Anyways, more about this when we make it official.

Mike Lane · April 24, 2006

:jawdrop

Okay guys, seriously. This is getting ridiculous. You aren't giving the other photo services a chance. I can only pick my jaw up off the floor so many times!

pathfinder · April 24, 2006

Mine now reads 1 Tb also. Just a few days ago it was still reading 32Gb.

Rock on SmugMug!!

clap

Matthew Saville · April 24, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

Mine now reads 1 Tb also. Just a few days ago it was still reading 32Gb.

Rock on SmugMug!!clap

I'm still at 32 gigs. Waaah!

Okay in all seriousness, I don't think I've ever in my life consumed more than 6 gigs of bandwidth in just one month, and usually I don't break 5 gigs. And I get a considerable ammount of traffic too, with 51,000 photos viewed so far this month. (mostly just myself constantly grooming my site I presume) I'm sure others get way up there, though...

-Matt-

Sheaf · April 24, 2006

Matthew Saville wrote:

I'm sure others get way up there, though...

The top tennis player in the world for one. And apparently the ladies like him. A lot.

Mike Lane · April 24, 2006

This guy?

Barb · April 24, 2006

Mike Lane wrote:

This guy?

dogwood · April 24, 2006

ssshhhh!!!

Andy wrote:

Pro traffic in now unlimted

I've successfully sold event photos in the past by telling people, "The photos will only be available for two weeks before I need the bandwidth for other projects-- so order soon!" For some reason, a lot of people need a deadline before they'll order prints. Now what reason will I give them?

This is actually great news (the unlimited traffic). Thanks.

Mac Write · April 24, 2006

dogwood wrote:

I've successfully sold event photos in the past by telling people, "The photos will only be available for two weeks before I need the bandwidth for other projects-- so order soon!" For some reason, a lot of people need a deadline before they'll order prints. Now what reason will I give them?

This is actually great news (the unlimited traffic). Thanks.

Here's a good one "For the next two weeks all photos are 10% off" Then raise the price after two weeks. That should motivate them

As for the restriction, I can use it for my blog photos, forums, etc, but can't use it for hosting "All" the images for a commercial site right?

marlinspike · April 24, 2006

dogwood wrote:

I've successfully sold event photos in the past by telling people, "The photos will only be available for two weeks before I need the bandwidth for other projects-- so order soon!" For some reason, a lot of people need a deadline before they'll order prints. Now what reason will I give them?

This is actually great news (the unlimited traffic). Thanks.

Haha I did the same thing (well, I sent out e-mails saying that the photos from last year would come down in two months so that I could free up bandwidth...it did turn a handful of sales.

Mike Lane · April 24, 2006

Matthew Saville wrote:

And I get a considerable ammount of traffic too, with 51,000 photos viewed so far this month.

I'm at 311331 photos viewed this month. I wonder how many John McEnroe gets?

Sheaf · April 24, 2006

Mike Lane wrote:

I'm at 311331 photos viewed this month. I wonder how many John McEnroe gets?

Enough to give Wireless nightmares. Rafael is a fantastic tennis player and a great guy, but I'm sure Wireless' heart stops beating for a while every time he takes down Federer and posts a new shirtless photo.

rainforest1155 · April 29, 2006

Back to the 1TB. I know you always stick to your word and seeing that you're stating unlimited bandwith for pros - what happens if someone actually hits the 1 TB wall in one month?
I think I already know the answear, but still I'm curious, because this is a hell lot one get's for 150$/year.

Thanks,
Sebastian

Andy · April 29, 2006

rainforest1155 wrote:

Back to the 1TB. I know you always stick to your word and seeing that you're stating unlimited bandwith for pros - what happens if someone actually hits the 1 TB wall in one month?
I think I already know the answear, but still I'm curious, because this is a hell lot one get's for 150$/year.

Thanks,
Sebastian

Sebastian, UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED

The 1Tb in control panel is probably just because onethumb had to put something there. I'm not going to bother him with that question.
Unlimited - no limits.

Bring it on.

Barb · April 29, 2006

Andy wrote:

Sebastian, UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED
The 1Tb in control panel is probably just because onethumb had to put something there. I'm not going to bother him with that question.
Unlimited - no limits.

Bring it on.

My control panel still says 32MB. I want 1TB -

ivar · April 29, 2006

bygates wrote:

My control panel still says 32MB. I want 1TB -

, mine still says 32 aswell, i think it is a conspiracy against us

Andy · April 29, 2006

Stop paying attention to control panel, go out and shoot some photos, all of you!

Barb · April 29, 2006

Andy wrote:

Stop paying attention to control panel, go out and shoot some photos, all of you!

Yes sir.

georges · April 29, 2006

Andy wrote:

Stop paying attention to control panel, go out and shoot some photos, all of you!

And while you're at it "Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain!!"

rainforest1155 · April 29, 2006

Andy wrote:

Sebastian, UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED
The 1Tb in control panel is probably just because onethumb had to put something there. I'm not going to bother him with that question.
Unlimited - no limits.

Bring it on.

Okay I get it now. Apparently Don had fun (he seemed to have bothered himself with following this thread) showing off what he can do as my control panel now says:
bandwidth used: 761.99 MB (out of 1 PB)
^^notice the petabyte instead of the old and small terabyte that you could find there before. If I'm not mistaken this should equal around 1,048,576 GB which for one month is even more than Rafael ever could use up for his site.

I can just say WOW - you're sticking to your word like no one else!

Thanks,
Sebastian

Mac Write · April 30, 2006

The person who is going to be uploading 2.5TB of photos…I wonder how much bandwidth they will use?…

ivar · April 30, 2006

rainforest1155 wrote:

Okay I get it now. Apparently Don had fun (he seemed to have bothered himself with following this thread) showing off what he can do as my control panel now says:
bandwidth used: 761.99 MB (out of 1 PB)
^^notice the petabyte instead of the old and small terabyte that you could find there before. If I'm not mistaken this should equal around 1,048,576 GB which for one month is even more than Rafael ever could use up for his site.

I can just say WOW - you're sticking to your word like no one else!

Thanks,
Sebastian

:lol4 too funny, same thing :lol4

Rockyc · April 30, 2006

Question on Bandwidth.
I noticed that the bandwidth for my site is *1PB*. What does PB mean.:):
Rocky

Andy · April 30, 2006

Rockyc wrote:

I noticed that the bandwidth for my site is *1PB*. What does PB mean.:):
Rocky

Rocky, see Rainforest's post above. It's a petabyte. In english, that's *a lot*

We made Pro accounts unlimited bandwidth
http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2006/04/27/new-features-april-27-2006/

Tell all your friends!

rainforest1155 · April 30, 2006

Rockyc wrote:

I noticed that the bandwidth for my site is *1PB*. What does PB mean.:):
Rocky

As I've written in my last post 1 PB should equal 1,048,576 GB.

Sebastian

Malte · May 2, 2006

Hu!?
PetaByte bandwidth?

PetaByte.JPG

Malte

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