[freeciv.de] Fw: [Freelists News] A month of change
- From: "Egbert Hinzen" <ehinzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:27:45 +0100
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From: "John Madden" <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 2:18 AM
Subject: [Freelists News] A month of change
> This month will be a turbulent one for FreeLists. But that's about the
> worst that can be said about it.
>
> Our 1-year contract with our current ISP will be up this summer, and given
> some QoS issues and poor customer service in dealing with the problem,
> we'll be canceling that contract at the end of February. Given the growth
> of FreeLists, especially in the past 6 months, it will soon be time to
> move to a larger-capacity network anyway, so this seems like the right
> time to make that move.
>
> Here are our current plans: on February 18th, we'll be establishing new
> network connectivity and space in a new data center. That week, the
> network, power, and climate control will be tested. On Saturday morning,
> February 23rd, we'll take down and move all FreeLists servers from the
> current network to the new one. That process will only take about an
> hour. However, given the nature of the DNS system and the fact that we
> have to change our IP addresses, there will be a longer service outage
> that will vary for some people depending on your ISP's DNS configuration.
> For some, the change will be immediate; for others, it might take a day or
> so; the worst we've seen is Verizon, which stored invalid DNS data for a
> week.
>
> It's unfortunate that this move has to be made, but it will be better for
> FreeLists in the long run. We're entering into a 3-year contract, so we
> won't be making another move like this for a long time. Since we're
> making this change on a weekend, fewer people will be affected, and
> hopefully everything will be straightened out for most by Monday, February
> 25th.
>
> FreeLists has had ISP changes before though, so what really makes this a
> "month of change?" Well, with more-premium-than-we've-got-now net access
> comes a larger ISP bill -- one that's 3 times larger than what we're
> paying on our current contract. Sure, FreeLists is a hobby for all of us,
> but that cost simply isn't feasible. To produce an income to offset
> network costs, we'll be setting up a parallel internet services venture
> which will become FreeLists' parent company. More details on that parent
> company will be toward the end of this month.
>
> Before anyone gets out their flame cannon, please let me I stress this
> one, very important point: FreeLists and the services it provides will not
> be: changing for the worse (although probably for the better),
> commercializing, spamming, selling advertisements, selling out, selling
> email addresses, working the corner, or bought by Microsoft. The service
> hundreds of thousands of people across the globe have come to depend on as
> the best mailing list service available isn't going anywhere.
>
> To re-cap:
>
> - FreeLists will be moved and down for a bit on Saturday, February 23rd.
> The actual outage will only be about an hour, but some may experience
> trouble for a couple of days.
> - New network costs will force us to make money by setting up an company
> on the side.
> - The sky will not fall.
>
> Questions, concerns, and comments are, of course, always welcome.
>
> John
>
>
> - FreeLists Staff
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