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

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <m83plk$1uc$1 at dont-email.me>,
> 	"Craig A. Berry" <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>> On 1/1/15 8:46 AM, "VAXman- "@SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>>> Presently, Deathrow is inaccessible (it never was a bastion of stability to
>>> begin with) and OpenVMS.org appears to be down for the foreseeable future.
>>> So, three of the most prominent VMS sites have disappeared from the internet
>>> which, at a time when VMS has been given a chance to reawaken from its coma,
>>> is not a good omen.
>> 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.
> 
> Ha!!!  What do you people know.  I just moved into a new house.  I am
> a mere 17 miles from downtown Scranton, PA. 6th largest city in PA by
> population.  Guess what.....  No Internet.  Zilch.  Zero. Nada.  And
> none available in the forseeable future.  And your concerned about how
> reliable your ISP is!!!
> 
> Hmmmm...   Maybe this is just God's way of telling me to give up computers
> and retire.
> 
> bill
>  
> 

Welcome to the "middle of nowhere" ...

Of course, Verizon didn't make a deal with the state to guarantee high 
speed internet to everywhere in the state, in order to retain some 
monopoly privs.  Oh, wait, yes they did.  No problem, a few campaign 
contributions will take care of that.