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If you're here looking for information about how to make a donation to ASSTR-Mirror, if you're wondering how donations are being spent and why you should donate, you've come to the right place. Here you can get the link to send donations and find out how donations will be spent.
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The bottom line is it costs money to keep ASSTR-Mirror alive! The bandwidth that ASSTR-Mirror uses costs $145/month. In addition to the Internet service expense, there are software licensing expenses, services expenses, and hardware upgrades to handle the ever increasing number of people using the site.
Currently ASSTR-Mirror is needing an SSL certificate so that visitors can access it via https. It is also needing an in-house search server (the current Google Search blocks too many keywords for searching a story archive like this), which will require additional money for hardware and software. The internet gateway device that was purchased offers increased security features, but requires a yearly fee, which would make the site less vulnerable to attack. If donations are received to cover the basic monthly and yearly costs for bandwidth, and software / services licenses are met, funds will go toward better hardware and expanding as described above. If donations exceed the amount needed to maintain the site and the expansion costs, the excess funds will be dispersed to non-political / non-religious charity. |
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