BolehVPN Support
Sales Queries => Product Enquiries => Topic started by: ntneko on March 31, 2009, 12:33:04 PM
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Hi, I'm currently subscribed to the VPN service and am thinking about using seedbox to complement it. I'm already quite happy with the amount of stuff I'm able to download, my needs now are mainly uploading to maintain ratios on private trackers. I have been reading to find out more but I still have some unanswered questions so here goes:
1. 15GB seedbox is priced at RM50/month. VPN + Seedbox is currently at RM65/month, is that right?
2. I'm currently on the 125 day VPN deal. Is there a combo package for VPN + Seedbox for 125 days?
3. If I want to just try out Seedbox for a month, can I get any rebate or discount since I have a current VPN subscription running till July 09? (Hoping to get some leeway from Reuben since I am a long time subscriber, no harm trying right?)
4. How fast can I download stuff from Seedbox to my PC? Will this affect ongoing torrent speeds which I am downloading via VPN?
5. I'm very noob and got boggled when reading the setup guide for Seedbox. Is there hope for me to use Seedbox? How noob, you may ask... well, I've not used FTP before so... and rtorrent? @.@
Enlightenment is much appreciated.
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Hi, I'm currently subscribed to the VPN service and am thinking about using seedbox to complement it. I'm already quite happy with the amount of stuff I'm able to download, my needs now are mainly uploading to maintain ratios on private trackers. I have been reading to find out more but I still have some unanswered questions so here goes:
1. 15GB seedbox is priced at RM50/month. VPN + Seedbox is currently at RM65/month, is that right?
That is right for the non-gui version. If you want a GUI with the seedbox it's http://www.bolehvpn.net/bolehseed.html
2. I'm currently on the 125 day VPN deal. Is there a combo package for VPN + Seedbox for 125 days?
No, the discount unfortunately only applies to subsequent renewals and we do not give rebates for the existing VPN days.
Therefore after your 125 days expires and if your bolehbox subscription is still active, then you will get VPN for RM15.00 but we can't give you a rebate or discount for your existing VPN days.
This is due to the setup involved of a seedbox and we are basically giving you the VPN close to cost so if we were to refund, then there is little additional profit in setting up a seedbox.
3. If I want to just try out Seedbox for a month, can I get any rebate or discount since I have a current VPN subscription running till July 09? (Hoping to get some leeway from Reuben since I am a long time subscriber, no harm trying right?)
Refer to above answer however if you wish to subscribe for 2 months or more, we can talk about discounts.
4. How fast can I download stuff from Seedbox to my PC? Will this affect ongoing torrent speeds which I am downloading via VPN?
There is no cap really as long as you can max out your speed within 8 ftp threads. Please note that this is dependent on Streamyx routing as well.
Well of course if you are maxing out downloads from VPN, then you don't have much for FTP and vice versa. Common sense la.
5. I'm very noob and got boggled when reading the setup guide for Seedbox. Is there hope for me to use Seedbox? How noob, you may ask... well, I've not used FTP before so... and rtorrent? @.@
Depends how noob :P We have total newbies who are willing to read and ask the right questions and they learn to get it running.
However, if you don't want to go through that, then you would have to go for the GUI version which is more expensive
http://www.bolehvpn.net/bolehseed.html though we can consider a slight discount for this taking into account your long term subscriber status with us.
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4. How fast can I download stuff from Seedbox to my PC? Will this affect ongoing torrent speeds which I am downloading via VPN?
with screamingx ip range of 60.5x.xx.xx i have no problem maxing ftp speed from the seedbox. yey.
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Thanks for the reply, Reuben. Alright, let me go have a look at the setup page again before making a decision. I don't mind learning how to use seedbox, it's just that the setup instructions were rather complicated. I assume it will be easier once I'm actually doing it instead of just reading it.
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OK, I've looked through the setup guide. Let me see if I understand correctly:
1. I will use one of the methods described to use my seedbox i.e. one of either an FTP Client like Filezilla, or Putty, or rtorrent. In the case of my noobness, Filezilla is probably the best choice!
2. The FTP client is used for downloading from seedbox. My normal torrents will continue to use utorrent.
3. Since my bandwidth is limited, for the purposes of downloading I should generally be using only one or the other, and not both. (as per common sense from Reuben)
4. For the purposes of uploading however, I can use max my utorrent (to download and upload) and at the same time upload with my seedbox since the upload from the seedbox won't be using my bandwidth. Right?
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Rtorrent is the torrent client itself. It resides on the server.
Putty is the program you use to access rtorrent's interface.
Utorrent has no role in the seedbox. This service is totally unrelated to our VPN.
Example of normal usage of the seedbox:
1) I go to a torrent site and see a torrent I want
2) I download the .torrent file onto my computer (not the file itself)
3) I use Filezilla FTP to upload the .torrent file into the seedbox's torrents folder
4) The seedbox detects this newly uploaded .torrent file and begins downloading the actual file.
5) You monitor your download/upload via Putty and access the rtorrent interface from there.
6) Once the file is complete on your seedbox, you download the file off FTP (Filezilla again).
7) Using Putty you remove the torrent (not the file) from your rtorrent after you are done seeding.
8) When you want to clear space, you use Filezilla to delete the file off your seedbox space.
Yes you can always use utorrent and the seedbox together to upload.
Bandwidth is limited yes but you can always choose to dl using both if you wish to.
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Thanks for the more detailed explanation, Reuben. One more question though, do I have to use both Filezilla and Putty to utilize the seedbox or can I just use Filezilla alone?
From the setup descriptions, it looks like I can simply use Filezilla to do everything I'd want to do with seedbox i.e. upload to .torrent file to start the torrent, delete it to stop the torrent and download the file.
Is there a specific reason why I would have to use Putty as well? Or is that just a different way to interface with the seedbox?
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you use putty mainly to start/stop torrent job, and you can do the rest (files operation, like upload torrent files, download finished files) via ftp client. However putty offers better way of managing files via command line, like removing everything in a single command .... :o
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You can't see how fast your seedbox is downloading or uploading via filezilla
u would need putty for that.
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I see... now I get what you meant by needing to use putty to access rtorrent's interface. There is hope for me after all!
OK, thanks for the answer. And also thanks to adam7979 for your help.
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Btw, forgot to ask, is there a seedbox slot available for me to take up?
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Yes
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Hi Reuben,
Payment sent for 15GB seedbox for 30 days. Cheers!
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gl with that. you will NOT regret it. awesome box 8)
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Hello Reuben,saya nak jugak seedbox.ada kekosongan slot lagi tak?
Package RM50 15gb/30days
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masih ada :D
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cun cun..saya sudah order sebentar tadi..
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Dah dihantar
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Interested in Seedbox oso....how much and how to pay? psst I've PM last nite but no respond maybe busy? Let me know ya..thanks. ;D
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i believe azzam just bought it with RM50 for 15gb/30days
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Who did you PM? Cause I didn't receive any PMs from you.
Also azzam's seedbox is without GUI means it's done via a curses interface.
U can see it at work at http://www.bolehvpn.net/sbtutorial.html
For without GUI: RM50/month for 15 GB of space
with gui it's http://www.bolehvpn.net/bolehseed.html
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i've made payment for Seedbox w/GUI 15GB 3DL/4DL this morning... but haven't got access to my account.. what should i do?
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You should wait a few minutes :D
Details being delivered to you
apologies for the delay.
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just want to ask is bolehvpn + bolehbox combo package still available? if yes than may i ask how much?
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yes it is. with any bolehbox package, vpn becomes RM15 a month.
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dear reuben,
i'm interested to enrol for the gui sb... but, as a loyal customer (almost 2 years with vpn/but didn't renew for latest renewal)... could i request for a trial gui sb account for 3 days? (1 day also will do, just to experience that thing)
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Hrm, well the thing is that it does involve setup time and customization to ur username and pass so it's work on our part.
What are u actually looking for from a seedbox? if u're serious we don't mind setting it up first and then if u like it u pay the full amount.
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i donno just want to experience it... if i'm not forgotten, we've chatted about this before (gmail chat)... u said sb isn't meant for newbie... its involved unix command that one should learn... and as the time goes, i would be handy with those command.... but for the gui sb i believe no need to learn special command to operate it... so, i just want to experience it before subscribing...
nevermind, just ignore my trial account request.... but how about an allowance to enter sb support page... i think through that support page i could have better picture on the sb, thus i can make decision whether to subscribe gui (easier) or non gui (cheaper) version of sb...
p/s whatever your answer would be, i'm giving positive consideration to subscribe to it next month.... so, just spare me one slot next month ok...
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Sure thing :D
If there are any expired accounts, I can give those accoutns to you to test after clearing out their HDD but as of now there aren't any expired ones that haven't been already cleared out.
SB without GUI isn't meant for newbies but should be ok for those willing to learn and it does seem u show a genuine interest.
I'll pm u the pass to the bolehbox forum pass though you won't find many support requests on the GUI version because simply it's pretty easy (unless you run out of HDD space and don't know how to restart it ).
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Hi reuben,
I'm interested to use the seedbox w/o gui as mentioned on the blog. I already bank in this morning and email the particulars through sales@bolehvpn.net. Shouldnt be hard to recognize as the login name is the same with this one ^__^
Hopefully got slot for me ^^
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yep it's being built now :D
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^awesome ^^
Nice the tutorial is great with pictures, easy enough to follow. Will give it a go in a bit :)
Thanks reuben.
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@Reuben
can i ask a favor? I like to try out how is connection btw my internet connection and the seedbox. since i'm not using streamyx, I afraid my ISP (Amax) may not be properly routing with the seedbox server. currently, I still on bolehvpn but its underperformed on torrents but fine with direct download. I used other seedbox and torrentflux providers b4 and all of them can dl very fast into their system but problem when i try to download from their server than the problem begins. SO, what im asking is can u put a test dummy file for me to tryout the connectivity first b4 applying for the service?
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Oh I see can you do a ping test to the following server and see if you get any loss?
sb1.bolehvpn.net
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ok... thats ok as well... why didnt i think of that :P
i ping and tracert with it later currently not next to the BT machine and if fine than i'll think i start next month when my vpn subscription ends :D
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I've made payment for Seedbox account this evening and have emailed the receipt to sales@bolehvpn.net.
Would like to know when it will be activated ? Thanks..
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Is this a new account?
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Is this a new account?
yes, last time has expired already... registering new account?
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Sorry for the delay I'll look into this
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just curious whats the max d/l speed from seedbox ftpc setted to?
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No limit
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reuben,
rm40 paid for non-gui sb...
got some questions, but i think i should experience it first.... i'll ask u later (if any, after enrolment)...