OT: query on world.std.com

[scott at ehrlichtronics.com (Scott Ehrlich)]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 03:26:34PM -0400, Bob Leigh wrote:
> > > forgive me, but has world.std.com gone off the air for good?
> > >
> > > no nameservice, no ping (host unreachable), no mx records...
> >
> > Traceroute (from a comcast cable modem connection) goes as far as
> > TowerStream's routers at the Pru.
> >
> > World's supportsters say it's a problem with their upstream provider
> > and they hope to be back by 5pm today.
>
> Amazingly, this is a plausible reason for the outage. (No, I will not be
> renewing our contract with TowerStream. Nor do I recommend that anyone
> use them until they get their act together...)

I haven't heard much about TS other than their advertising, and the
comment above.  From a customer's perspective, what have you experienced
to lead to the decision not to renew?

Thanks.

Scott

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