He never asked for money to be paid to him. He informed the sheriff that he needed to plan for fudning or alternate hosting of the site, as he could no longer foot the bill himself.
After repeated refusal to do either, Pat had no choice but to pull down the site.
"While I think the fee's demanded by this hoster are without question out of line,"
To reiterate: no fees were ever demanded of the sheriff.
The sheriff was simply told he would have to come up with a way to finance hosting and bandwidth, as Pat Richard would not be able to support it out of his own pocket any longer.
When, after 2 years of repeated warnings, the sheriff still refused to offer any funding or find alternative hosting, Pat was forced to take the site down.
The sheriff's abuse of power is incredible in this case.
Please Note:
Pat Ricahrd never attempted to get the sheriff's office to pay him.
He informed the sheriff that he could no longer afford to pay for it himself, and that the sheriff would need to come up with a way to finance the hosting/bandwidth.
The sheriff refused, beleive that he could continue to have a top-notch high-bandwidth site for free.
Have any of you ever had a top notch high traffic site that did not cost you anything?
Of course not. Servers, bandwidth, and labor costs money.
Pat Richard provided all three of those things for free for several years. He gave the sheriff 2 years to come up with a way to offset the costs of such a service. He gave him an estimate of the cost he had incurred in an effort to make the sheriff understand how costly such things were.
When the sheriff refused to finance his own website, Pat was forced to discontinue his services.
Period.
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He never demanded 300k.
Mostly correct.
He never asked for money to be paid to him. He informed the sheriff that he needed to plan for fudning or alternate hosting of the site, as he could no longer foot the bill himself.
After repeated refusal to do either, Pat had no choice but to pull down the site.
To reiterate: no fees were ever demanded of the sheriff.
The sheriff was simply told he would have to come up with a way to finance hosting and bandwidth, as Pat Richard would not be able to support it out of his own pocket any longer.
When, after 2 years of repeated warnings, the sheriff still refused to offer any funding or find alternative hosting, Pat was forced to take the site down.
The sheriff's abuse of power is incredible in this case.
Please Note: Pat Ricahrd never attempted to get the sheriff's office to pay him. He informed the sheriff that he could no longer afford to pay for it himself, and that the sheriff would need to come up with a way to finance the hosting/bandwidth. The sheriff refused, beleive that he could continue to have a top-notch high-bandwidth site for free. Have any of you ever had a top notch high traffic site that did not cost you anything? Of course not. Servers, bandwidth, and labor costs money. Pat Richard provided all three of those things for free for several years. He gave the sheriff 2 years to come up with a way to offset the costs of such a service. He gave him an estimate of the cost he had incurred in an effort to make the sheriff understand how costly such things were. When the sheriff refused to finance his own website, Pat was forced to discontinue his services. Period.