>Johnny,
> I would like to ask you a question. How much do you think hosting an application such as this really costs ? I can tell you from my experience that it does not cost more than $5,000.00 per year.

This is not true. If you think that 5,000 US is all you need, well you must know that in Canada the market for internet services is very different of the on in US. For a T1 line it cost 1200$ per Month. Plus you must know that you need to count the time of a Developer like me or consultants like Nick cost. UT is there for all most 4 years now and we have many thing to support and do. What about the cost of administration. UT is not a small operation.

For technical reasons Michel cannot move is server in the US. At leas not for now. In the future, if UT get more popular, cost for PUTM will go down not up. But at this point, to have better services to members this increase is needed.
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>My guess is that the site is so slow because of the quantity of eye candy that can be found here on the site. While its a nice feature to show everyones mug shot and flag what is there real use. They are nothing but bandwidth hogs.

UT interface to the user in the browse is the key point that makes this site so popular. We will not removed popular options for bandwidth. At this point this is not the problem.
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>Enough hits a day and these little images cost alot. Also how about the little refresh dialog running the left hand corner. Is this really necessary can't people hit refresh themselves. Who really cares that two new messages came up during your session ??

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