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diff --git a/peertube.html b/peertube.html index e38a2ba..d25e735 100644 --- a/peertube.html +++ b/peertube.html @@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ PeerTube instances can follow each other to share videos and grow the federated network, but you can always keep your instance to yourself if you choose to.</p> + <h2>Note on Bandwidth</h2> + + <p> + Video sharing is the most bandwidth intensive thing on the internet! + If you plan on just having a small personal site with a few viewers and friends, that won't be a big concern, + but most VPS providers like Vultr have caps on how much bandwidth can be used within a month without being throttled. + This level is far beyond what most sites need, but it might be an issue with a video site! + </p> + + <p> + So if you plan on having a big video-sharing PeerTube site, it's a good idea to host it with a provider that offers infinite bandwidth. + I strongly recommend getting a separate VPS with <a href="https://my.frantech.ca/aff.php?aff=3886">Frantech/BuyVM</a>. + They have unmetered bandwidth, extremely cheap block storage for hosting many, many videos and they even have a good record of being censorship resistant. + </p> + <h2>Prerequisites</h2> <p><strong>Most</strong> of PeerTube's dependencies can be installed with this command:</p> |