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22nd Dec 2009, 10:25 PM	"503 - Service Not Available"? #1
CyberEquus Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 27	I've been able to download all day, but now when I try to download anything I get redirected to a white page with only "503 - Service Not Available" on it. I was downloading multiple files at the same time, would that have anything to do with it? Thanks!

22nd Dec 2009, 10:52 PM	#2
Canoodle Coffee, anyone? Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6,081 Thanks: 434 in 13 Posts 4 Achievements	It means that you probably have a poorly configured download manager. And now you will have to wait for the server to reset.
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22nd Dec 2009, 11:12 PM	#3
CyberEquus Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 27	Ok, thanks for the help. I'll try to learn about it.

23rd Dec 2009, 12:11 AM	#4
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,656 Thanks: 27850 in 58 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	MTS only allows you to download 3 files simultaneously - or 3 chunks of one file if you use a download manager.
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28th Dec 2009, 10:49 PM	#5
chelsea_mae Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3	what do you mean by poorly configured download manager? the same thing happened to me and now i cant download anything. Will the server update itself? and how long will that take?

28th Dec 2009, 10:57 PM	#6
lewjen Mad Poster Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5,121 Thanks: 12025 in 84 Posts 21 Achievements View My Journal	You can only donload 3 files at one time. Otherwise you get the '503 - Service not available' error. The server resets every 6 hours, I beleive...
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28th Dec 2009, 11:49 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by whiterider

MTS only allows you to download 3 files simultaneously - or 3 chunks of one file if you use a download manager.

I thought it was only 2. Has this changed?

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29th Dec 2009, 10:14 AM	#8
Delphy Delphinius The Great Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 8,602 Thanks: 69521 in 16 Posts 26 Achievements View My Journal	It's been at 3 for quite some time now.
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29th Dec 2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphy

It's been at 3 for quite some time now.

You mean I could have been downloading 50% more at a time, therefor having more real life interactions?

(I'll pretend u said I can only download 1 thing at a time)

Edit:Response to message below. "Please, Nooooooooooooooo!"

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Last edited by ClicknPsycho : 29th Dec 2009 at 11:36 PM. Reason: I dont want to deal with real life.

29th Dec 2009, 06:16 PM	#10
Delphy Delphinius The Great Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 8,602 Thanks: 69521 in 16 Posts 26 Achievements View My Journal	I can always make it 0 for you clicknpsycho
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26th Feb 2010, 05:39 PM	#11
kadyysh Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 8	but i'm not downloading anything. in fact, i actually restarted my computer, but i still get that "service unavailable" thing. help?

26th Feb 2010, 05:45 PM	#12
HystericalParoxysm Administrator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,338 Thanks: 332104 in 215 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	You -were- downloading more than 3 things at once at some point or you wouldn't be getting that message, kadyysh. After that, you're blacklisted from being able to download for up to 6 hours - the server has to reset the blacklists of people who've tried to download too much before you'll be able to again. It's a security measure to keep a few people from sucking up all the available download slots. With so many people online and trying to download at once, we have to have some kind of limit for individuals or it'll suck for pretty much -everyone- to download unless they hammer the server with download requests (which would suck).

26th Feb 2010, 05:46 PM	#13
kadyysh Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 8	oh. i didn't even realize i was downloading too many!! i'm so sorry!! thank you for your help!

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