OK, this mta 1.1 is really raping my link... it's not constant, but when the map changes now, my net stops entirely, even name lookups, for about 30 seconds... it's getting annoying really fast.
I've asked rcdarkangel if it's ok to switch the (unused) au fdm samp server to mta or perhaps even just add it.. yet to receive a response, but am also researching different providers for VPSs - web24 seem cheap but their bandwidth charges are a catch.. serverffs seem ok but you end up paying $50/month which leads to the fact there's quite a few at that price point - iinet's offering seems pretty good at that rate, too - $50 for 100GB traffic and a decent hardware spec.
*EDIT* I've just changed my internet plan to iinet home 2 which is $30 less, but the same limits, no static IP.. and bought and iinet VPS2 for $50 a month - 1GB RAM/2GHz CPU/30GB Storage/100GB Traffic/1 Static IP/Linux.
So for an extra $20 a month, DRuG now has a VPS running on iinet.. I'll start it out on 32 players and see how we go with the bandwidth. More news as it goes online. In the short term I have moved it to rcdarkangels server... that will settle my link down in the meantime.