Just some information for those who board may be big or is continuing to grow
My board is only accessable by registered members, permissions set and therefore the only time the shoutbxo ever loads is when a registered member logs in.
I have a fairly active board, not to large, however I typically have between 30-60 members online at all times. I do not use that shoutbox on all pages mod, used it for one day and my bandwidth usage sored. I typically use 600-900 Megs of bandwidth each day (not that I only have a vbulletin board on my account, no other scripts, images, or files) and when I have the shoutbox enabled my bandwidth sores to around 4 to 5 gigs a day.
It's gotten so bad that this week I decided to only enable the chat from 5PM to Midnight. However the bandwidth still reaches 2.5 Gigs.
I'm not complaining about this mod, I think it's an excellent concept. I just need someway to decrease the bandwidth usage.
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