As a server owner I can say without a doubt the costs are very high, I've donated here and their when I can to straya, I didn't expect to much for it, I generally donate to any server that provides me with a good gaming experience. I can understand where they are coming from, it's not just cost it's also the contributions made from the community and the costs of running other parts to keep the community together. If you ran I and a on wombat you'd be waiting 4 hours for the server to start and another 4 hours for ai to spawn (just saying). $120 for permanent while steep is still fair, if you get even half the player base to donate that the servers well and truly paid for and won't be shut down anytime soon. I do get though that their are those of you that have made significant donations so they should be given a bit of Leeway in my opinion. I pay for my server myself and develop it, it's something I love to do and I like to have the power to back it. I do get donations to it and that's what keeps it going and it keeps me interested in making improvements all time. I think that line of thinking is transferrable in this case.