It's Always Something!

webmaster · 08-13-2026, 11:19 PM

Just when the site was running so well at about 6:30 this morning it became unreachable. After waiting for a while and then doing some checking I found that my entire hosting service and all their features, including support, were also offline. They posted off and on all day on X that they had a cooling system failure in their data center and would be back to normal soon. Unfortunately it took 12 hours for them to get back online. This site being offline for a day isn't that big a deal but many of their customers resell their services and run ecommerce sites that were also all down. Anyone using their VPN service in their routers lost internet access entirely. No email flow at all. They have lots of upset customers and I haven't received the email yet swearing it won't happen again.

I've been on their system for over 10 years and never had a problem that was their fault. They've been reliable and affordable until now so I'll stay with them.

TiltonBB · 08-14-2026, 04:56 AM

I noticed that the site wasn't working when I tried to log in a couple of times yesterday. I didn't know why, I just knew it wasn't working.

But, I had faith. I knew that the Webmaster would be on the job and get it fixed.

Thank you Don!

tis · 08-14-2026, 05:06 AM

Same here, Tilton. I was thinking it's too bad, it's been working so well and must be very frustrating for Don.

thinkxingu · 08-14-2026, 05:38 AM

Third vote for "I'm sure Don is taking care of business."

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08-13-2026, 11:19 PM	#1
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,519 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 474 Thanked 4,077 Times in 878 Posts	It's Always Something! Just when the site was running so well at about 6:30 this morning it became unreachable. After waiting for a while and then doing some checking I found that my entire hosting service and all their features, including support, were also offline. They posted off and on all day on X that they had a cooling system failure in their data center and would be back to normal soon. Unfortunately it took 12 hours for them to get back online. This site being offline for a day isn't that big a deal but many of their customers resell their services and run ecommerce sites that were also all down. Anyone using their VPN service in their routers lost internet access entirely. No email flow at all. They have lots of upset customers and I haven't received the email yet swearing it won't happen again. I've been on their system for over 10 years and never had a problem that was their fault. They've been reliable and affordable until now so I'll stay with them.

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08-14-2026, 04:56 AM	#2
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 3,234 Thanks: 779 Thanked 2,310 Times in 1,004 Posts	I noticed that the site wasn't working when I tried to log in a couple of times yesterday. I didn't know why, I just knew it wasn't working. But, I had faith. I knew that the Webmaster would be on the job and get it fixed. Thank you Don!

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08-14-2026, 05:06 AM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,041 Thanks: 803 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,056 Posts	Same here, Tilton. I was thinking it's too bad, it's been working so well and must be very frustrating for Don.

08-14-2026, 05:38 AM	#4
thinkxingu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 6,694 Thanks: 1,187 Thanked 2,222 Times in 1,381 Posts	Third vote for "I'm sure Don is taking care of business." Sent from my SM-S931U using Tapatalk