VPSnow.net and ihostdev.com down

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Posted by kdp20, 07-14-2008, 04:45 PM
Hello, anyone know what's going on with vpsnow.net owned by ihostdev.com I've been hosting there for 2 months with no problems and since 1:20pm eastern today, my server has been down. VPSnow.net and ihostdev.com are down also. Anyone know what's going on here, is the owner, Ryan taking off on his customers? I've tried contacting him numerous times since the outage, no response.
Posted by ldcdc, 07-14-2008, 05:41 PM
Thread moved to Providers and Network Outages and Updates. Did you try the phone number or email address in their whois http://whois.domaintools.com/vpsnow.net?
Posted by kdp20, 07-14-2008, 05:43 PM
I called the phone number and it's to a mortgage company, I get no responses when I tried sending an email.
Posted by hD-Scott, 07-14-2008, 05:47 PM
are their servers in CA? I know there is a power outage in Vancouver. It looks like their servers are in Toronto (or at least vpsnow.net is in toronto), but maybe they have servers in Vancounver, too. Sorry can't be of more help.
Posted by kdp20, 07-14-2008, 05:49 PM
I'm not 100% sure where the servers are located and I cannot get in touch to ask.
Posted by hD-Scott, 07-14-2008, 05:51 PM
It looks like they get their services from infinitie.net and they are down as well. It looks like these guys are Canadian hosts and I don't know if they're affected by the outage in Vancouver or not.
Posted by hD-Scott, 07-14-2008, 05:52 PM
Here is Ryan's contact info on his whois for vpsnow.net. Did you try either the email here or the phone number here? Administrative Contact: shaffer, ryan p.o. box 51 sunbury, Pennsylvania 17801 United States (570) 286-1109
Posted by kdp20, 07-14-2008, 06:31 PM
Yes, the (570) 286-1109 is a phone number to a mortgage company.
Posted by hD-Scott, 07-14-2008, 06:46 PM
You may want to report that to his registrar. Invalid info.
Posted by JohnSH, 07-14-2008, 06:49 PM
I can confirm that we are currently affected by the Vancouver Downtown outage that has been routed to a BC Hydro issue. I can confirm through freely available information that this company does have servers with Infinitie Networks that are also affected by the Vancouver power issue.
Posted by kdp20, 07-14-2008, 06:49 PM
Do you have a ETA on when the power will be back up?
Posted by JohnSH, 07-14-2008, 07:16 PM
This would be the best place to keep up on the status: http://www.bchydro.com/outages/orsTableView.jsp
Posted by kdp20, 07-14-2008, 08:28 PM
Do you have any details as to how bad the problem is? Looking at the site is useless, they don't post any updates.
Posted by hD-Scott, 07-14-2008, 08:32 PM
I don't know. I just saw that in the telecom corridor in vancouver, there was a power outage and none of the backup systems were working. Here's some more info. It seems to be a major situation for the entire downtown of vancouver. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazett...6-f0731881009a
Posted by vpshostselling, 07-14-2008, 09:10 PM
Harbor Center is saying they should have there backup system repaired here shortly and services will be back up for vpsnow customers along with our main servers with ihostdev.com
Posted by hD-Scott, 07-14-2008, 09:21 PM
Great news!
Posted by vpshostselling, 07-14-2008, 09:22 PM
everything is coming back up now as we speak
Posted by JohnSH, 07-15-2008, 05:53 AM
I can confirm that service was restored at about 5:55PM PDT. This issue is now fully resolved.