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Well it has been a year or so since Burst.net's UK assets were "sold".  I am quoting sold at this point, because although that is what was sold to us via press, it seems like something is afoul. This is part of an email that went out to UKFast/Burst.net UK customers: Why are they - UKFast...

I know we have a lot of open source and coding folks. One of my old favorites - Freshmeat (more recently rebadged as Freecode) has discontinued service. The site is now being mothballed. Effective 2014-06-18 Freecode is no longer being updated (content may be stale). and they said: So...

laaev  what an interesting word. You plug it into Google and #1 result is:   Key word VELOCITY.  Velocity.. hmmm how about Velocity Servers, or ahem subsidiary ColoCrossing.... What is this riddle?  It's a fun one.   Someone changed their username over on Lowendtalk or LET changed it for...

Was cruising around doing my usual research.   Noticed a weird graph for ColoCrossing.. so I went looking at the other big fish in the same tank.. found a couple of the other main players with the same oddness. These are current and from Alexa: ColoCrossing - ServerMania -   Quadranet -...

Neo, on 26 Jun 2014 - 5:12 PM, said: Let's discuss....

I read tons of post-mortems for fails in the industry.  Emails, blog posts, random things people send my way. URPad.net's recent IPMI accused hack was ugly. What's uglier is the company-speak about the company in general. This is taken from: https://urpad.net/blog/update-events/ Barely break...

Sorry, I am slammed today.   I did an unboxing with today's mail of my Powerline Adapter, a Belkin. This isn't a PowerLine technology at all.  It isn't even news per se.  But I haven't seen mention of the matter and I am wondering how these shitheads are allowed to be selling what they are...

Another RootLevel owned company sent out an email earlier.   They've been hacked, compromised, etc. and nodes were wiped... Be aware.

I am in the market for some powerline adapters for network use. Long ago tired of busting arse  through masonry and plaster and intending on moving in the not so distant future, so no interest investing more cash in stuff to leave behind (i.e. ethernet runs, receptacles,  etc.).  Wifi won't cut...

So I am working on my first tiny hobby project with Ubiquiti wireless gear. Looking to use their gear for covering my outdoor area with semi uniform omni style coverage. Want to cover a few acres like this.   Anyone done something similar with the Ubiquiti gear or conceptually have a handle...

Since GreenValueHost gets so much coverage and is assumed to have some clients, everyone should beware of the following that went out via email and was forwarded to me by a customer. Dear Valued Client, We are deeply saddened to inform you today of an unfortunate mishap that has occurred...

Level3 is getting in on the buying festival. The agreement by Level3 as of today puts the buyout at $5.68 Billion.  Not bad considering TW Telecom had $1.6 billion income in 2013 and profited a mere $36.5 million.  TW Telecom is also giving Level3 $1.6 billion debt as part of the deal. The...

It appears ServerMania and Chris Neidojadlo are back with another scam company - Cheapwindowsvps.com.  Exploiting the lacking ahh pre-offer publish standards on LEB. This time the scandal involves: Cheapwindowsvps.com, which is the current LEB offer. Straight from their website HTML...

Having a personal OS installation party.   Bunch of random desktops overdue for wiping and restarting fresh. Been not thrilled with Debian recently.  Many OS problems and retarded breaking stuff. Linux Mint has been getting all sorts of love and seems active on development.  Just threw version...

(originally posted over on WebhostingTalk) ColoCrossing Achieves Top 5 Rank Places in Top 1% of all Networks Globally FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Buffalo, NY – June 11, 2014 -ColoCrossing.com, a leading provider of scalable internet hosting solutions, and an Inc. 5000 Honoree,  announced today...

Source: http://www.lacnic.net/en/web/anuncios/2014-no-hay-mas-direcciones-ipv4-en-lac Latin America and the Caribbean have entered the IPv4 exhaustion phase; the delay in deploying Internet Protocol version 6 in our region is cause for concern. La Casa de Internet de Latinoamérica y el Caribe...

Anyone here using any ARM-based CPUs for doing audio encoding?   Can be something in a datacenter or it can be something on your desk. Interested in MP3 encoding mostly and LAME based.   Looking to see what anyone is squeezing out of ARM platform on performance, especially with the multi core...

Word has it that the Arcus Brothers, last seen running quietly from the mess at Burst.net in Pennsylvania, are considering jumping back into hosting. They've been out asking for pricing for a new company that will focus on .... drumroll ... VPS. May I recommend a modern bastard name for the...

BREAKING NEWS The ever-popular southeast USA hub in Atlanta (AtlantaNAP) is in the process of changing hands. GNAX seems to have a quite a big build out in Atlanta http://gnax.net/data_centers/atlantanap.html.  They also operate in Dallas, Texas. The buyer of AtlantaNAP is reported to be...

Fabozzi went on a bender the other night when his colomart.net was sniffed as being involved in more shell companies and someone mentioned it on WHT and we had the thread on here... see: That was the 29th at 2AM I posted that thread and the dramarama on WHT was on the evening of the 28th. The...