Low-And-Slow
@66.11.x.x | ISTOP Unreachable (AGAIN)
Couldn't reach reach ISTOPs mail or web servers (AGAIN). Was told by the tech it was Bell's problem... boy, Bell is unreliable! |
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HiVolt
Premium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
 ·TekSavvy Cable
 ·TekSavvy DSL
| Bell unreliable, or Ralphie not paying the bills again. I'd bet my left nut on the latter. 
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Sean
join:2004-01-23
Toronto | reply to Low-And-Slow
You tend to put your left nut on the line a lot, HiVolt.  |
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Leathal
Premium
join:2002-02-09
Toronto, ON | Raphie should just sell IStop to someone else, or let someone else hold the ranes while Raphie is pushed out of their reach. 
Leathal |
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HiVolt
Premium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
·TekSavvy Cable
·TekSavvy DSL
| reply to Sean
said by Sean  :You tend to put your left nut on the line a lot, HiVolt. Haven't lost it yet. 
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andyb
Premium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
1 edit | seems to be the same people complain about thier service but never switch providers. seems strange to me.if ya won't switch dont bitch |
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MacGyver
Prepare to be TOU'd
Premium,ExMod 2003-05
join:2001-10-14
Orleans, ON
·TekSavvy DSL
·Bell Sympatico
| It's not necessarily Istop customers that are upset, but also those who are trying to contact those customers. I know of one website that used to be hosted on Istop, but during the last "outage" nobody could reach the site, or email the webmaster to let them know there was a problem!
They are no longer hosted by Istop.
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There is no limit to what one can do, so long as they don't mind who takes the credit. |
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DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
clubs:
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to Low-And-Slow
From can.internet.highspeed
quote:
June 16 network outage
At 1530 Bell Canada experienced a failure in their network in Toronto. This affected the link between Toronto and our Ottawa POP, and about half our ADSL customers in the
Ottawa area. Bell fixed the issue at around 2045.
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Need-based health care not greed-based health care. |
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MacGyver
Prepare to be TOU'd
Premium,ExMod 2003-05
join:2001-10-14
Orleans, ON
·TekSavvy DSL
·Bell Sympatico
| You know, I might be wrong, but it sounds like the only link that Istop has between their Toronto and Ottawa POP is through that infamous Bell Canada link ( »www.istop.com/network.html ) that has failed at least one other time in the past. Wouldn't it be prudent for a ISP/webhost to have at least one other backup link to a completely different network in case that one fails? Or is this just a convenient arrangement so that he can point the finger at "Big Bad Bell, it's not our fault" whenever something goes awry?
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There is no limit to what one can do, so long as they don't mind who takes the credit. |
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TLS2000
Crazy Canuck
Premium
join:2004-02-24
Mississauga, ON
| reply to HiVolt
Watch what you say buddy. I had a buddy that bet his left nut that he could get the side of his house painted by then end of daylight one day. He fell off the ladder. The house wasn't painted, and he lost his left nut.
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n0t_again
@utoronto.ca |  reply to Low-And-Slow
Did they forget to pay their Bell bills again?  |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON | reply to Low-And-Slow
Ironically I used to work in the same building as iStop and i've never seen Ralph there, EVER and I walked by the iStop office many times. |
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Low-And-Slow
@sympatico.ca
| reply to Low-And-Slow
Re: ISTOP Unreachable (AGAIN)... The Weekly Outage
Unable to contact any of the ISTOP web or mail servers for last several hours AGAIN... they managed 11 (eleven) days without an outage this time - unless I missed some additional outages when I was away from the computer... now if we could work this up to 2 weeks without another outage we'd be making progress.
I think Ralphie's middle name must be Doncaster and his last name must be Gates from the frequency of his system/network crashes. |
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YIP admin
@mtl.cablemodem
| reply to n0t_again
Re: ISTOP Unreachable (AGAIN)
From this thread:
»groups.google.ca/group/can.inter···87e6f44c
it appears that their Ottawa-Toronto link is down. |
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nopayie_noworkie
@206.47.x.x
| reply to Low-And-Slow
I have it under good resources (i.e Bell Canada) that this is another full istop disconnect executed from an executive directive (VP), due to non payment. Apparently ralphs "arrangement" has run out. All of his dedicated circuits have been disconnected so those of you who still have a connection, feel lucky.. it's not going to last.
Amazing what happens when you don't pay your bills and piss off your piping provider.
I saw this coming months ago, that's why I jumped ship long before the first disconnect. and the second one was only a matter of time.
Good riddance Ralph.. go get a real job and do something your good at, perhaps politics..
After all that's a place where people can lie and get away with it..
Or wait.. that would involve him actually working for a living.. never mind. |
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gnoorod
join:2003-02-05
q1q 1q1 | Hi All,
anybody have news about this downtime? How much time take the transfert to another ISP?
Thx |
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Dave Lewis
join:2004-04-21
Nepean, ON
| yup.. looks like ralphy's disconnected again....
as for time... if you still have sync and are on PPPOE then it should be rather painless, because it's just a login. however there is always a chance that with ralph being shut down that your pppoe connection that is paid to bell canada through ralph could be cut too, that would take more time to re-install. |
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gnoorod
join:2003-02-05
q1q 1q1 | I already asked electronicbox to swith the provider. I hope I wll be able to relog in the next hours |
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vif user
@vif.net
| reply to Dave Lewis
ISTOP is alive and kicking. Don't listen to the rumours. My sources tell me they are in the process of something real great. I don't know what it is but judging from Mr. Ralph's past history and reputation, it can only be the very best for their clients. The small guy once again teaches the behemoths a thing or two about customer service. |
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dementor
Dementor
join:2002-07-30
Montreal, QC
1 edit | said by vif user:
ISTOP is alive and kicking. Don't listen to the rumours. My sources tell me they are in the process of something real great. I don't know what it is but judging from Mr. Ralph's past history and reputation, it can only be the very best for their clients. The small guy once again teaches the behemoths a thing or two about customer service.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I've told myself I would stay out of istop related discussions... but godamn!!!! |
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