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Thread started 02/02/02 1:35am

NOTICE! EXPECT PRINCE.ORG DOWNTIME DURING WEEK OF 2/4

The prince.org server is going to be moving to a new colocation facility starting on approximately February 4th, 2002. This will change the numerical address to which "prince.org" is assigned, and may cause difficulty for some visitors (in the past, AOL and Compuserve users had the most trouble.) We plan to be back online within 24 hours, but you may not be able to "find" us until our new address propagates around the Internet, which can take anywhere from a couple of hours to a week. We're doing what we can to minimize the time we'll be down, but please bear with us while we move!
-Ben

UPDATE to address a few comments in this thread:
1. prince.org is not becoming part of the NPGMC or anything like that smile If you don't live in silicon valley, you've probably never heard of Exodus Communications, but that's where the prince.org server is located, at their facility. They've declared bankruptcy, and therefore we don't want to stay there smile We're moving to a place called Equinix (http://www.equinix.com/) which has some really nice facilities. Unfortunately, they're about 25 miles farther away from my house, but hey, I get a bargain on my hosting, so it's worth it.

2. The "prince.org 2.0" upgrade. Unfortunately, I do NOT think this will be up on Monday. I've been working hard on "final touches", but it right now doesn't look like it'll be ready by then. Maybe by the end of the week, though! Actually, about all that's left is to be able to process incoming new news items / forum posts... but that's pretty important, so can't go live without it!

3. Thanks for everyone's patience and understanding while we undergo several changes--the move, the upgrade soon, etc.! Believe me, it'll be worth it!

-Ben
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