roi from hotlink protection - iis and apache hotlinks, hotlinking bandwidth theft (original) (raw)

Here is an example of the savings and return on investment(ROI) related to bandwidth expense from eliminating hotlinking for a typical midsize site:

• 20 mb/s sustained traffic
• 216 GB transfer/day
• 6696 GB transfer/month
• $0.50/GB
• $3348.00/month
• 10% hotlinking leakage
• bandwidth cost savings = $334.80/month
• annual cost savings = $4017.60
• ROI = 2018%

These numbers only include the dollars saved in bandwidth. No allowance has been assumed for any savings in deferred server upgrades, increased customer satisfaction or any other factors that also benefit your site financially.

coldlink hotlink protection is currently available for:

• IIS 4.0 and Apache 2.046+ on Windows NT 4.0 Server
• IIS 5.0 and Apache 2.046+ on Windows 2000 Server
• IIS 6.0 and Apache 2.046+ on Windows 2003 Server click here to buy

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