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Perhaps there is no hope of getting compensated. If not then maybe I would be wise to switch to an SVP wallet instead.
I already did it and recently switched to electrum, after running almost 2 years SSD based node with 100Mb/s symetric link. Simply, because there is no motivation to run it except some good geeky feeling, which is after years not enough.
the "Incentive Program" is just joke, which is based on luck and can't cover monthly expenses, even if you will win once every month...btw, I'm not talking about some massive fees, which can fund new ferrari, but just 5-10USD per month to cover basic costs..nothing else.
btw this is nothing new:
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-nodes-need/