[CLUE-Talk] AmericanISP

[Dennis J Perkins]

Warren wrote:

>Dennis J Perkins <djperkins at americanisp.net> wrote:
>
> >>> i heard that this wasn't a dos attack, but an isp that was about
> >>> to close shop!
>
> >> I've had my suspicions about that too, especially when they
> >> wouldn't respond to calls or email and their website didn't
> >> post any news about this until Friday 
>
>I kinda suspected that, too.  And for the same reasons.  But, they seem
>to be back, now.
>
>I have a server colocated with them and my own mail queue was backed-up
>for a few days.  I'm inclined to believe that it was a pretty broad
>attack...either that, or a pretty broad screw-up.
>
> --
>
> </W>
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I'm inclined to think it was a screw-up.  For one thing, the web page 
was always accessible.  They didn't bother to post a message about any 
problem for 3 days.