[Info-vax] Decuserve.org - Anyone know why it's down?

[terry+googleblog at tmk.com]

On Thursday, January 1, 2015 10:38:54 AM UTC-5, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> And don't forget hoffmanlabs.com bouncing on and off the internet due to
> ISP problems. It seems that getting a reliable internet connection in
> certain parts of the eastern US is quite difficult.

And that's why I offered to host it (virtually) in an existing datacenter, where
I have multiple Gigabit and 10 Gigabit links to the rest of the Internet, including peering with over 100 other providers.

The problem in the US has always been in "the last mile". Dedicated circuits are expensive and insufficiently reliable, and "consumer-grade" access via cable / FiOS don't offer the type of service you want if you're trying to host something, as opposed to simply accessing services hosted elsewhere. And they tend to be even less reliable than the dedicated circuits.