[CLUE-Talk] AmericanISP

[dan radom]

* Dennis J Perkins (djperkins at americanisp.net) wrote:
> How many people on this list use AmericanISP?  How soon did you notice problems 
> getting email?  I couldn't get mine since about 6:30AM on Tuesday, but my 
> sister could still get hers until sometime Wednesday.  I could still send email 
> for a time, but eventually that stopped too.
> 
> The ISP wouldn't answer the phone, or respond to voice and email messages.  
> They finally responded last night with the claim that they have  been hit by an 
> email DOS attack, and that their staff was overwhelmed.  They could have posted 
> a message on their web page, which has remained accessible throughout.
> 
> If this was a DOS attack, why could I send email for a while?  Why could my 
> sister get email when I could not?
> 

i heard that this wasn't a dos attack, but an isp that was about to close
shop!

dan