Disaster in Scranton - Impact on BC Servers

Right now we thought we would have our new servers installed and operating, ready to move BC over to them by, perhaps, Friday. Ain't going to happen.

Wednesday night we had four servers, two switches and yards of cabling riding around in the trunk of Piper's car somewhere near the border of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Twilight Zone.

And we're out $1100 ($750 of which we should be getting back shortly).

And the increase in expenses we had planned as about $500 a month is more likely to be $600 to $1000 a month, for a bit at least.

The short explanation is that the people in Scranton sold COLO space they did not have and we made a 325 mile round trip detour to try to take advantage of the deal they offered us. When Piper got there, no one would talk to her for two days then suddenly she was told there was no room in the inn and she had to head back to NJ.

We need a new home for the servers. Going with another NY/NJ/PA host would cost about double the $500/month deal we thought we had for half the space. Going with a North Carolina or Las Vegas host would remove the advantage we thought we would have for having a provider nearby. Thursday, we were all too sick at heart to want to make a decision so we are took the day to lick our wounds. First order of business tomorrow is to start the process of getting our money back.

Hugs to all,
Erin, Piper and Cat

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Hugs,
E,P,C