Hosting costs have been cut considerably since the Malice days. The bandwidth use is heavy, but there has never been a complaint from the host.

Most if not all the gifs are hot linked from image hosts, I don't know if that taxes JM's bandwidth any way.

Yep, Figgs was voted Savior of XPT, and this is what he came up with. Seems to me it's a better idea than tugging on Brandon's junk every time he posts or calling Tritone a spook.