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  1. drmike

    Burst.net UK - Sold right? Why is UKFast Dropping BurstNet Customers?

    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...
  2. drmike

    Arcus Brothers former owners of Burst.net shopping for VPS server space

    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...
  3. drmike

    RaidLogic.net out of business?

    RaidLogic.net is a provider we see here on vpsBoard. Recall they were smacked hard by the Burst.net hit and run situation. Looks like per WHT there has been an outage of much of RaidLogic for at least the past 2 days... source: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=9113759 Anyone...
  4. drmike

    Burst.net Using Expired SSL Certificate.

    Burst.net continues to be funny. Go to their website, go to Order: " Secure connection: fatal error (300) https://service.burst.net/ The certificate is not known by its supposed issuer. It is not valid. In the worst case it may be used by criminals for fraudulent purposes. The website owner...
  5. drmike

    Burst.net is so bad... 36k people unfollowed them on Twitter

    Rather funny, and poetic.   Burst.net had 36.4K followers on Twitter very recently (in the past week). http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&q=cache:g0peXN-nS4gJ:https://twitter.com/BURSTNET%2Btwitter+burstnet&gbv=2&ct=clnk Now today, they have 2 followers...
  6. drmike

    vePortal security alert

    vePortal has known about the flaws for six months now and hasn't taken any real steps into getting them resolved. There are so many flaws in the product that we actually stopped doing any further testing because it was just pointless. Given the current state of BurstNET, the odds of vePortal...
  7. drmike

    Burst.net Continues their Implosion!

    Confirmed this with others, isn't just a fake email.   Burst.net, known for being cheap colo option, appears to be changing lots.  They are kicking colo clients out or you get moved to some random unnamed Tier 3 Data Center in North Carolina. The also claim to be the only provider that doesn't...
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