Subscription Service
As well as operating as a gaming community, Sector Alpha also has subscription based services on offer. Right now we offer user account subscriptions which include a server accounts for your webhosting and file storage needs, as well as other features relating to Sector Alpha. This is A good subscription service to take up if you want to host your own blog or website. More features to this subscription method will be added overtime. A limited amount of setup support will be provided as well. See below for more details.
We also offer a range of hassle free game servers. Do you wish to avoid the hassle of having to manage a game server yourself? Would you like your game server to be looked after by fellow gamers? Would you like a few computer scripts and some gamers keep an eye on your server for you? Then you have come to the right place.
A summary of what is on offer can be found in the table below. For more details about each service, check out the relevant pages for more technical information.
Sasha, our dedicated server, has the following specifications
- sandy bridge i5 processor (4 cores, 4 threads) @ 3.1 Ghz - 2x2 Tb HDD on soft raid 0/1 - 16 GB RAM DDR3 - 100 MBps upload/download
Contents
Subscription Features
| Feature | Free Member | Regular | Pro |
| Price per month | free | £2 | £5 |
| Adverts on http://sector-alpha.net | yes | no | no |
| Subscriber usergroup | no | yes | yes |
| Price per month | free | £2 | £5 |
| Sector Alpha game server cosmetic benefits | no | yes | yes |
| A say in how the gaming network runs | yes | more so | more so |
| Access to the subscribers private forum | no | yes | yes |
| Forum Private message inbox | limited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Forum Uploads (e.g album) | limited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Dedicated server account | no | no | yes |
| 30 Gb server storage account | no | no | yes |
| 1 GB MySQL | no | no | yes |
| ssh and sftp access | no | no | yes |
| webhosting with server account | no | no | yes |
| Domain Forwarding | no | no | yes |
| Email service for your domain | no | no | yes |
| Music Streaming to your personal device | no | no | yes |
| Unlimited Bandwidth | no | no | yes |
| Computing resources | no | no | yes |
- Game Server dependent
- subjected to the fair useage agreement (including no pornography)
% nothing or no activity that could be considered illegal in the US or Europe.
$ = Opt in, please let bloodlust80 know that you want this feature (PM Bloodlust80 or email bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net
in detail
Adverts on http://sector-alpha.net: Members who subscribe will no longer be subjected to adverts on the Sector Alpha website and forums. These are limited to the banner advert at the top and bottom of the pages, and the adverts in the header.
Subscriber usergroup: Paid Subscribers will be put into the subscriber usergroup and be able to access the subscriber forums, and have public knowledge for a limited time on our financial standings and suggest improvements to the way that Sector Alpha is run, more so than a regular member.
Sector Alpha game server cosmetic benefits: On some game servers, users will be able to benefit from a cosmetic benefit (e.g different nametag on tf2 servers). None of these benefits will advantage you in game what so ever.
A say in how the gaming network runs: Although anyone can have more of a say in how the gaming network runs and I will listen to any and all ideas presented to Sector Alpha (e.g what game servers would people like installed). Subscribers will have more of a say on issues such as finances, for example acquisition of new servers.
Access to the subscribers private forum: A private forum exists where subscribers can have a discussion about anything and see Subscriber only information.
Forum Private message inbox: A large amount of PM storage will be allocated to your account. email bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net or PM Bloodlust80 if you need more space. Subjected to the fair useage agreement.
Forum uploads (e.g albums): A large amount of upload storage will be allocated to your account. email bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net or PM Bloodlust80 if you need more space. Subjected to the fair useage agreement.
Dedicated server account: Pro Subscribers will be given an account on the dedicated server Sasha, instructions on how to log in will be given on request and can be found in the subscriber forums. The method of accessing your server account will be via ssh (subscribers can see the infomation here). The server has the following specifications
sandy bridge i5 processor (4 cores, 4 threads) @ 3.1 Ghz 2x2 Tb HDD on soft raid 0/1 16 GB RAM DDR3 100 MBps upload/download 99.9% uptime (including security reboots)
each account will have
ssh and sftp access 30 GB hard disk quota webhosting Unlimited Bandwidth computational resources
and we can provide you with the following on request
30 Gb server storage account 1 GB MySQL email service for your domain
all of which are governed by fair usage.
Subscription benifits in Minecraft
If you are a Sector Alpha Subscriber, every month you will get 1 Gold block for free and access to the subscriber marker? (We really should start making this official)
Subscription benifits in Tf2
Green name on our servers
Fair useage infomation
Are you after a place to store your files, do you want somewhere to run a blog for yourself or your own business? Do you want to preform some server side computing*? Or do you simply just want to support the Sector Alpha gaming network financially?
We offer A regular subscriber account and a Pro subscriber account. The difference in features between them and regular accounts are outlined below.
Account Subscription Features
Feature Not subscribed Regular Pro Price per month free £2 £5 Adverts on http://sector-alpha.net yes no no Subscriber usergroup no yes yes Sector Alpha game server cosmetic benefits* no yes yes A say in how the gaming network runs yes more so more so Access to the subscribers private forum no yes yes Forum Private message inbox ** limited unlimited unlimited Forum uploads (e.g albums) ** limited unlimited unlimited Dedicated server account ** no no yes 30 Gb server storage account no no yes 1 GB MySQL $ ** no no yes ssh and sftp access ** no no yes webhosting with server account no no yes Domain Forwarding $ no no soon Email service for your domain $ no no soon Music Streaming to your personal device** no no in the future Unlimited Bandwidth ** no no yes Computing resources ** no no yes
- Game Server dependent
- subjected to the fair useage agreement (including no pornography)
% nothing or no activity that could be considered illegal in the US or Europe $ = Opt in, please let bloodlust80 know that you want this feature (PM Bloodlust80 or email bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net
Account Subscription Features
Adverts on http://sector-alpha.net: Members who subscribe will no longer be subjected to adverts on the Sector Alpha website and forums. These are limited to the banner advert at the top and bottom of the pages, and the adverts in the header.
Subscriber usergroup: Paid Subscribers will be put into the subscriber usergroup and be able to access the subscriber forums, and have public knowledge for a limited time on our financial standings and suggest improvements to the way that Sector Alpha is run, more so than a regular member.
Sector Alpha game server cosmetic benefits: On some game servers, users will be able to benefit from a cosmetic benefit (e.g different nametag on tf2 servers). None of these benefits will advantage you in game what so ever.
A say in how the gaming network runs: Although anyone can have more of a say in how the gaming network runs and I will listen to any and all ideas presented to Sector Alpha (e.g what game servers would people like installed). Subscribers will have more of a say on issues such as finances, for example acquisition of new servers.
Access to the subscribers private forum: A private forum exists where subscribers can have a discussion about anything and see Subscriber only information.
Forum Private message inbox: A large amount of PM storage will be allocated to your account. email bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net or PM Bloodlust80 if you need more space. Subjected to the fair useage agreement.
Forum uploads (e.g albums): A large amount of upload storage will be allocated to your account. email bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net or PM Bloodlust80 if you need more space. Subjected to the fair useage agreement.
Dedicated server account: Pro Subscribers will be given an account on the dedicated server Sasha, instructions on how to log in will be given on request and can be found in the subscriber forums. The method of accessing your server account will be via ssh (subscribers can see the infomation here). The server has the following specifications
sandy bridge i5 processor (4 cores, 4 threads) @ 3.1 Ghz 2x2 Tb HDD on soft raid 0/1 16 GB RAM DDR3 100 MBps upload/download 99.9% uptime (including security reboots)
each account will have
ssh and sftp access 30 GB hard disk quota webhosting Unlimited Bandwidth computational resources
and we can provide you with the following on request
30 Gb server storage account 1 GB MySQL email service for your domain
all of which are governed by fair usage.
Account fair useage and infomation
Sector Alpha provides access to the server as it is stated on this page. This page can be updated and edited at any point in time. It is up to the user to check this page when infomation has changed (which will be announced).
It is up to the individual user to report any potential security breaches with regards to their account. The Sooner we know, the sooner we can change your password.
Individual users are not permitted to share their account by any means with anyone else.
We believe in not restricting the user to preset values. If more Hard disk space is requested or SQL storage is requested, we may upgrade this for you. You have access to a generous amount of RAM and CPU as well, but any abuse of this privalage will mean termination of your account with consistant abuse.
If your after something more "interesting" i.e you feel your likely to consume alot of resources, then please see our server hosting service page for more infomation on what service we could provide you
If you are wanting to host a game server on your account space, then please look into the hosting services page instead. Although theoretically you could install a game server, all the ports that exist on the server will be blocked so nobody will be able to connect to it, so there is no real point trying to install a game server on your user account space.
Illegal content (e.g pornography of minors) not permitted on your account space at all. Pornography is NOT allowed in your public html space (the public_html directory), but everywhere else is fine.
You CAN use our server to backup your own files e.g documents and music. But distribution of such files is not permitted if copyright protection exists around that particular file.
If you would like a particular program or service installed, ask away.
Yes, you can host your own personal website and blog on here.
If you would like any assistance on getting set up with your server account, then do not hesitate to ask bloodlust80 via PM or email.
The server will need to be rebooted from time to time (usually for security updates), should a reboot need to occur, subscribers will be given at least 24 hours if the reboot is absolutely urgent, 72 hours for something important. But otherwise, we will do our best to have important reboots occur at the beginning of each month (and notification will be there should a reboot be occuring).
Apart from essential maintenance, we aim for 99.9% uptime with 100Mbps upload/download speed serverwide.
Contract/legality of subscription service
1. Definitions
1.1 Subscriber – A Sector Alpha user who has agreed to this contract by taking up a subscription service above
1.1.1 Regular subscriber - A regular subscriber has limited features. These features are outlined on this page http://sector-alpha.net/content.php?...iption-account
1.1.2 Pro Subscriber - A Pro Subscriber has an extensive amount of features including a server account access. Details can be found on this page http://sector-alpha.net/content.php?...iption-account.
1.2 - Sector Alpha – Sector Alpha is an independently run organisation founded by Bloodlust80 and is currently run by the help of volunteers.
1.3 - Server Account - A Subscriber can log into a server account via the ssh or sftp protocols. This can be achieved the shh telnet client putty http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/.../x86/putty.exe on windows operating system by microsoft or the comand line on the mac operating system, the command line on a GNU/Linux based operating system or by various other methods
1.4 Fair useage policy - A policy on http://sector-alpha.net/content.php?...iption-account which can be admended at any time.
2. – Service details
2.1 Sector Alpha Forum account
2.1.1 A subscriber is to have their account upgraded to the subscriber status as soon as possible to take part within forum discussion. Once logged in, the subscriber will bypass any form of advertising
2.2 Subscriber benifits
2.2.1 Regular and Pro
2.2.1.1 Game server cosmetics - it is up to the game leaders of each individual game server to provide the ingame cosmetic benifits should they wish to do so (they are highly encouraged). It is also up to them to speak to the Admin team and the subscriber to know who is subscribing and who is not.
2.2.2 Pro only
2.2.2.1 Server account - A Pro subscriber is entitled to a server account should they wish to have one, and is subjected to the account fair useage policy outlined on http://sector-alpha.net/content.php?...iption-account. Breaches of this contract or any of the fair useage policy conditions will result in a termination of the contract
3. Rights to Cancel
3.1 A subscriber reserve the right to terminate this contract (subscription) at any time during the duration of the contract. If the service is terminated, at the discretion of the subscriber, within the first week of the payable month, the value of their subscription in GBP will be refund to the origional payee. The Server account will be terminated as soon as possible and the subscriber will lose subscriber privalages and become a non-subscriber. If the contract is terminated at any other point in time during the payable month, no refund shall be issued to the subscriber, and the account will be terminated immediatly.
3.2 Sector Alpha reserves the right to terminate this contract at any time with no refund if any of the content stated in Section 2 is violated a sufficient amount of times to justify it. Termination may also happen if a subscriber fails to pay Sector Alpha the required money per month (£2 for regulars, £5 for pros)
3.3 Should the unlikely event that Sector Alpha is to shut down pernamently, both parties will cancel this contract and no refunds will be issued. It is up to the subscriber to make sure that their data is backed up, but equally Sector Alpha will give as advanced warning as possible.
3.4 The fair useage policy outlines what a user can or cannot do with their server account. If something is not outlined in the fair useage policy, then ask to be sure. Otherwise Sector Alpha will consider it as a breach of contract.
4. Payments
4.1 Payments are to be made on a monthly basis to the PayPal email address bloodlust80@sector-alpha.net by the Sector Alpha Payments and Subscriptions Manager.
4.2 Payments will be made in instalments of 16 GBP per month via the “server hosting” payment option available on Sector Alpha’s website at http://sector-alpha.net/payments.php.
