What do you guys think about hosting videos and flash cartoons on dreamhost? Will download speeds be fast? How fast do files transfer from your sites?

~300 KB/s (2.4Mbps) from europe.

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You can always sign up, try it, test various files from different locations and see. There's a 97 day guarantee. This would help resolve your speculation.

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Will download speeds be fast?

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Yes, my sites average 300-500KByte/s transfer rate.

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Yes, but it also probably has special dedicated hosting. :-)

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True enough, but it is also (more than likely) using the same pipes to the Internet as user sites. However, I do see your point, the blog will not be subject to the same shared environment as user sites.

Here are a few user sites on DreamHost that contain Flash and/or Videos (sites found via DreamHost site of the month)...

http://www.zephyrsyndicate.com
http://adsoftheworld.com
http://moronlife.com/
http://www.abodeinc.com


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