CaliHop closing down
- Thread starter Leyton
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D. Strout
Resident IPv6 Proponent
Huh - strange they're still advertising/selling them on their website.
DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
I was more shocked when people used Calihop for mission critical purposes (i.e. a San Diego "location" for their VPS business) instead of using established dedicated players like Amerinoc and Cari.net (who I used from 2000-2008) than I am by Calihop closing.
Renting a dedicated server for your business from a dedicated server provider that doesn't even own its own IP space, or from a reseller, middleman, is never a good idea. If the server you're renting is going to be running something that is mission critical you shouldn't be putting your business at risk by renting from a middleman who doesn't even own their own IPs and will need to contact the real DC (meaning increased support times) when something goes wrong. (all the GVH/CVPS complaint threads which mention delays caused by their "upstream" are a perfect example of what can go wrong when you use a middleman)
Renting a dedicated server for your business from a dedicated server provider that doesn't even own its own IP space, or from a reseller, middleman, is never a good idea. If the server you're renting is going to be running something that is mission critical you shouldn't be putting your business at risk by renting from a middleman who doesn't even own their own IPs and will need to contact the real DC (meaning increased support times) when something goes wrong. (all the GVH/CVPS complaint threads which mention delays caused by their "upstream" are a perfect example of what can go wrong when you use a middleman)
I haven't seen anything, but about that time ago they payment options disappeared from their invoices - I've spend the best part of the last week to try and contact them to see what's going on (intending to pay the invoices).
DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
Yes, as of right now our nodes are still online. We have already been backing up all our customers in anticipation of this sort of news. The wheels are in motion for our new nodes.
Changing location or finding a different provider in the same area?
Different provider in the same area.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Best of luck with the transition to new provider...
ipxCore was first on my mind when I read this news.
Joseph had been getting kinda funky for awhile, maybe a year or so. If I had to mark the time, I'd pin it to around October/November of last year when they pulled their promotions and said they probably wouldn't be offering them ever again.
He was always extremely helpful to any inquiry we ever had, no matter how inane it was. I kinda hope he restarts and can have something that keeps going.
He was always extremely helpful to any inquiry we ever had, no matter how inane it was. I kinda hope he restarts and can have something that keeps going.
Those offers never looked realistic from day one.
AIS shut CaliHop down last night. (Presumably for nonpayment)
DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
Yep, and it looks like ReverseHosts didn't get all of their customers migrated in time so total data loss for some customers. Hopefully those customers had backups.
July 13 update:
July 11 update:
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Why didn't they order 2 servers to begin with? If you know your existing servers use x amount of resources it's not that hard to figure out that your new servers will need at least x amount of resources.
Just imagine how many people are downloading backups and so on. Probably a lot more activity then normal.