Nov
30
30
DSLs are back up
We'll be doing some work on that over the weekend - may be some midnight blips. Idiopathic crashes are very bad.
Posted by: Myke |
Nov
30
30
All ADSL connections down
We've lost both our routers within 2 minutes of each other. We are investigating now.
Posted by: Myke |
Oct
14
14
Devops
Here's an interesting article about balancing developers and sysadmins: Google CIO and others talk DevOps and "Disaster Porn" at Surge.
Sorry if we've been quiet lately, we've got some cool stuff to show for it, but it's not quite ready to be presented yet...
Sorry if we've been quiet lately, we've got some cool stuff to show for it, but it's not quite ready to be presented yet...
Posted by: Myke |
Aug
04
04
On The Map
Triple-digits of customers, and yet most of them in Canada...
Did we miss you? This map was made by hand, so it's entirely possible. Send Myke a note and he'll fix it up.
Did we miss you? This map was made by hand, so it's entirely possible. Send Myke a note and he'll fix it up.
Posted by: Myke |
Jul
23
23
Rash of ADSL disconnects
Over the past 2-3 weeks, coincidentally during the CRTC UBB hearings, we've had a handful of customers report frequent disconnections with their ADSL lines. When we would dig into things, nothing looked out of the ordinary: line heath, modem, router all good. After a few days of instability, the problem goes away.
After a few of these incidences, we're willing to declare a trend... but that doesn't really help anyone.
It's also notable that this is the time of year where violent thunderstorms occur and lightning strikes power, phone and cable lines. It happens quite a bit. We've got both cable and DSL modems on hand/in stock.
After a few of these incidences, we're willing to declare a trend... but that doesn't really help anyone.
It's also notable that this is the time of year where violent thunderstorms occur and lightning strikes power, phone and cable lines. It happens quite a bit. We've got both cable and DSL modems on hand/in stock.
Posted by: Myke |
Jun
29
29
New CPE hardware
We've got a new supplier of cable modems, which is going to reduce that $200 setup fee dramatically, probably to about $100 if not a little less.
Also, we've got a few Ubiquiti AirRouters on hand too, these are fantastic routers with 802.11N wireless too - We're selling them at $85+tax - and they're going fast! Our first shipment arrived on Friday morning, and by Sunday morning we were sold out. The plan is to start offering these as a bundled setup package too. If you'd like to get your hands on one, just send us a note and we'll courier it out immediately.
And the rumors are true, we have a new website actually coming soon, and it looks good. Really good.
Stay tuned...
Also, we've got a few Ubiquiti AirRouters on hand too, these are fantastic routers with 802.11N wireless too - We're selling them at $85+tax - and they're going fast! Our first shipment arrived on Friday morning, and by Sunday morning we were sold out. The plan is to start offering these as a bundled setup package too. If you'd like to get your hands on one, just send us a note and we'll courier it out immediately.
And the rumors are true, we have a new website actually coming soon, and it looks good. Really good.
Stay tuned...
Posted by: Myke |
May
25
25
Unexpected PPPoE Router Reboot
This evening our main PPPoE/ADSL/FTTx router rebooted itself, we don't know why yet.
We have a warm spare, however the time required to switch over was more than waiting out the restart and subsequent filesystem checks of the primary.
We will post an update as things progress.
We have a warm spare, however the time required to switch over was more than waiting out the restart and subsequent filesystem checks of the primary.
We will post an update as things progress.
Posted by: Myke |
May
25
25
Soft Launch: Cable Internet
Cable Internet for major-population centers in Ontario:
Lite Cable: 3 Mbps/256 Kbps , 400Gigs $35
Express Cable: 10 Mbps/512 Kbps , 400Gigs $45
Extreme Cable: 15 Mbps/1 Mbps , 400Gig $53
Bundled Setup: $200
Activation-Only: $75
We can also serve some areas of Quebec as well.
We can also serve some areas of Quebec as well.
Posted by: Myke |
Apr
21
21
Ottawa Colocation...
Yes! It's coming! Hopefully this summer! Yes we'll be offering it, and a few other new services too! 2011 is going to be an exciting year 'round here... Stay tuned...
Posted by: Myke |
Apr
04
04
Diesel Day 2011-04-09 (Toronto Datacenter)
As per every year:
Date: April 9, 2011
Time: 06:00hrs-22:00hrs EST.
Issue: 2011 ANNUAL SHUT-DOWN
* 151 Front Street will be performing their annual building shut down.
During the above maintenance window, all commercial power to the building will be disconnected for maintenance and upgrades. All suites will transfer to Generator Power for the duration of the window.
**NO SERVICE INTERUPTION IS EXPECTED, HOWEVER, THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE ON GENERATOR POWER ONLY DURING THE ABOVE NOTED MAINTENAINCE WINDOW. ANY DISRUPTION TO THE GENERATOR(S) MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF POWER TO THE CUSTOMERS CONNECTED TO THE SAME. IT IS ADVISED THAT ALL CLIENTS PROTECT AGAINST ANY UNFORSEEN LOSS OF POWER**
Unless otherwise indicated, the scope of work to be performed by the building will include:
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Date: April 9, 2011
Time: 06:00hrs-22:00hrs EST.
Issue: 2011 ANNUAL SHUT-DOWN
* 151 Front Street will be performing their annual building shut down.
During the above maintenance window, all commercial power to the building will be disconnected for maintenance and upgrades. All suites will transfer to Generator Power for the duration of the window.
**NO SERVICE INTERUPTION IS EXPECTED, HOWEVER, THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE ON GENERATOR POWER ONLY DURING THE ABOVE NOTED MAINTENAINCE WINDOW. ANY DISRUPTION TO THE GENERATOR(S) MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF POWER TO THE CUSTOMERS CONNECTED TO THE SAME. IT IS ADVISED THAT ALL CLIENTS PROTECT AGAINST ANY UNFORSEEN LOSS OF POWER**
Unless otherwise indicated, the scope of work to be performed by the building will include:
- The utility will manually initiate the P&C transfer scheme to transfer power from 1AWR to A2WR and verify operation
- manually transfer back from A2WR to A1WR
- verify transfer
- battery power will be used to operate the HV equipment during the test
- of the transfer scheme in order to validate function and capacity
- Document times and findings
- Power transfer at Windsor sub-station
- open A1WR-transfer to A2WR
- verify successful transfer
- close A1WR
- open A2WR
- verify successful transfer back to A1WR
- High voltage testing to all main switchboard services
- Complete inspection of all Hydro Vault electrical services
- Repair of any deficiencies uncovered during the required inspection
Posted by: Myke |