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At least 20 VPS providers --many of which allowed unlimited subaccounts -- will go offline after Monday, December 9 with essentially no notice.
More details here:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/20-vp...giving-customers-two-days-to-save-their-data/
This news has since been confirmed in hosting industry chatter, e.g. here:
https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1790105
ColoCrossing was acquired by checkprinter Deluxe Corporation in June 2018.
As I began to diligence the topic, it appears that those Colo Crossing VPS services were hosting a number of phishing operators. However, what we don't know how much "baby" gets mixed in with the "phishy bathwater".
Low cost VPS is actually a form of "Digital Empowerment". However, someone running a VPS for under $10 per month may not have the ability to manage a migration on a weekend. So, don't be to surprised on Tuesday when you hear about a bunch of websites that went offline, some with unrecoverable data loss.
So, why should domainers care?
1. Some of you might have hosting at one of these providers:
2. Many of these VPS providers are also domain resellers, and will have domains that are about to find themselves in no-mans-land:
@Miao @ArmoredNet
More details here:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/20-vp...giving-customers-two-days-to-save-their-data/
This news has since been confirmed in hosting industry chatter, e.g. here:
https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1790105
ColoCrossing was acquired by checkprinter Deluxe Corporation in June 2018.
As I began to diligence the topic, it appears that those Colo Crossing VPS services were hosting a number of phishing operators. However, what we don't know how much "baby" gets mixed in with the "phishy bathwater".
Low cost VPS is actually a form of "Digital Empowerment". However, someone running a VPS for under $10 per month may not have the ability to manage a migration on a weekend. So, don't be to surprised on Tuesday when you hear about a bunch of websites that went offline, some with unrecoverable data loss.
So, why should domainers care?
1. Some of you might have hosting at one of these providers:
- ArkaHosting
- Bigfoot Servers
- DCNHost
- HostBRZ
- HostedSimply
- Hosting73
- KudoHosting
- LQHosting
- MegaZoneHosting
- n3Servers
- ServerStrong
- SnowVPS
- SparkVPS
- StrongHosting
- SuperbVPS
- SupremeVPS
- TCNHosting
- UMaxHosting
- WelcomeHosting
- X4Servers
2. Many of these VPS providers are also domain resellers, and will have domains that are about to find themselves in no-mans-land:
@Miao @ArmoredNet