[AT] List outage

[George Willer]

Spencer,

Thank you!!!  With all the inquiring messages you know how much your service 
is missed.  We all feel like we've lost a family member when the list is 
down.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>; <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; 
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>; 
<farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>; 
<ford-ferguson at lists.antique-tractor.com>; 
<ofes at lists.stationary-engine.com>; 
<steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:37 PM
Subject: [AT] List outage


> Many apologies to ATIS users.  The recent outage was of a spotty,
> on-again/off-again nature and was the result of many issues, culminating 
> in
> my needing a new cable run across my property.  A temporary cable was
> stretched across the ground and ATIS was back up about 4:00 pm this
> afternoon.  Everything is running better now than it has in a week.
>
> By the way, If anyone wonders why I pay extra for "business class" cable
> Internet access and have always recommended that no one run servers on a
> home based cable service, my experience this weekend should give you a 
> case
> in point.   During my problems, I had a truck here everyday, including the
> weekend, with a technician inside from the cable company.  Always within 
> 20
> minutes of my "it's down again" call.   If this was a home Internet access
> package, I would have some broken down sub contractor with grubby tools,
> prison tattoos, and no skills within maybe 3 days.   How do I know?
> Because the latter shows up for problems with my TV and used to show up 
> for
> my Internet problems before I got business class.   The former shows up
> now.
>
> Thanks for your patience,
>
> PS:   Part of the outage was because during these periods of declining
> service levels caused by the cable, I took the opportunity to shut down 
> the
> mail software and accelerate some plans for ATIS upgrades, including
> security changes that include SIGNIFICANT changes to way ATIS's servers
> send and receive email.   As usual, you can be proud that ATIS is adopting
> significant technologies well ahead of virtually everyone else.  Some of
> these changes started last weekend during a short outage and the rest took
> place yesterday and today.
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
> http://www.atis.net
>
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