On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Benjamin Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> As many of you have heard by now, MV Communications in Manchester -- > NH's oldest ISP -- is closing its doors. This was sad news to the > many GNHLUGers who were past or present customers of MV. MV has also > been generously hosting GNHLUG's Internet server in their co-location > facility for free, so this caused dismay of a more immediate sort as > well. We needed new hosting, and fast, but didn't have the budget to > pay for it. > > Fortunately, another local NH communications company stepped > forward. I'm happy to say that GNHLUG's Internet presence is now > being hosted by G4 Communications (http://www.g4.net/), also of > Manchester. G4 has been around for almost as long as MV -- since 1993 > -- and provides DSL, T1/DS1, DS3, and fiber optic connectivity in > locations throughout the greater New Hampshire area. They also offer > hosting (web, DNS, email), managed network, MPLS, firewall, > co-location, and even traditional landline telephone services. They > come highly recommended by several GNHLUGers. > > As part of moving our server, I got to see G4's co-location > facility. It was fully equipped, with multiple locked cages, > redundant power and cooling, and everything else you'd expect in such > a place. The engineer assigned to our case took me right in, gave me > a shelf, power, and pipe, and had us up and running within minutes. > When I remarked that it was getting a little crowded in the shared > co-lo cage, he answered that they're expanding in to a second facility > in the same building later this year. > > So, while I mourn the loss of a fine NH company, I'm pleased with > our new hosts, and very gratified with their generosity. If you're in > the area and have a need, check out G4. > > http://www.g4.net/ > > GNHLUG is the Greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group, a registered > NH non-profit corporation. All use of GNHLUG Internet Services is > subject to our Terms of Service > (http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/LegalNotice). > > -- Ben > Sorry to see MV go (they were my first ISP in New Hampshire, and one of the few, if not the only one, that understood Linux at the customer site). Glad that G4 is helping out, sounds like they're another good company to recommend for Linux. jeff
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