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on July 2010

Planned Maintenance

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Jul 28, 2010
We are replacing some hardware that is about to fail in one of our web servers.  The server will go down for a short time and will affect some web hosting customers.  The downtime should be very short, and this is a necessary replacement to keep the server from failing later.  – 10:20pm Server...

Internet Outage

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Jul 21, 2010
At 4:22pm we experienced an outage of our primary circuit. It is an upstream outage and seems to be causing issues with Verizon phones and multiple carriers as well.  We are working with upstream providers on a resolution. 5:19pm – The issue is a major fiber cut between Birmingham and Talladeg...

Wireless Internet Issue

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Jul 18, 2010
One of our wireless base units is experiencing a problem.  This is only affecting a few customers.  The first issue was reported at 4:27pm and was “fixed” at 4:43pm, but the unit is continuing to fail.  We are in the process of diagnosing the problem and rerouting affected customers to o...

Recommended DNS Settings

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Jul 15, 2010
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the “phone book” of the internet.  Computers don’t understand web addresses like http://www.netsolinc.com.  They understand IP addresses.  In the same way that you use a phone book to retrieve a phone number by a person’s name, DNS changes web ...