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| Update on tech problems... |
| 2005-10-19 |
| As everybody's noticed by now, we've been having technical problems since about last Friday. The problem's not with Rantburg, nor with our hosting service, but with Verizon, which is the actual internet carrier. There have been two extended outage periods where they were trying to isolate where the problem lay, and lots of 2-4 minute outages which were the symptoms of the problem. They think they've got it now, though they also thought they had it before, so we'll see. Velocity, where our server lives, is contracting with a second company to provide another internet connection, which will provide a redundant route. They're going to be testing it in two weeks, and then bringing it online as soon as the testing's done. That should provide close to 100 percent access, unless the building's flooded or something. I'll keep you updated if anything changes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Verizon=problems. So? Whats news about that? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-10-19 23:43 |
#6 I figure the troposphere has been screwed up by chemtrails. All part of the Global Seething problem.We've got to be more careful with both the backhoes and the HAARP gun. |
| Posted by: Halliburton/KBR "When Bad Things Happen To Good Websites" Division 2005-10-19 19:16 |
| #5 "They think they've got it now." Yeah, right. Old GTE (Verizon) cliche', "The problem is good leaving here." |
| Posted by: GK 2005-10-19 18:25 |
| #4 I figure the troposphere has been screwed up by chemtrails. All part of the Global Seething problem. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-10-19 15:35 |
| #3 "Can you read me now?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-19 13:55 |
| #2 "They think they've got it now." Yeah, right. I'm in NYC, where an explosion in a manhole disrupted all telephones and internet access for several square blocks. My office was without access for 6 days. Some offices went even longer (maybe still are cut off, I don't know). at first Verizon said, "Should be back later this morning, or by the end of the day." That was on Wednesday. The paper that weekend quoted a Verizon guy as saying, "Well, we think we might have it fixed sometime this week." Good luck, Fred. |
| Posted by: growler 2005-10-19 13:02 |
| #1 Phew! The intermittent outages have been unnerving, so glad it's not haxors or code problems. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-10-19 13:01 |