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It smells like salad dressing...
Progress Energy can fuck off! Last months bill - $199. This month's bill is $189. This time last year I paid $80. Fuckers. I am going to end up paying the fucking $199 on the 16th and putting a hold on the next month's as well. I am not happy.

For those of you that do not know, there is a big issue with one of the major players in the Internet world who has cut access for a lot of people affecting a lot of ISPs and sites. There is an article about it here on DSL Reports as well as some good (and bad) insight in the comments below. Here is another good article from Silicon.com. This has caused a lot of our subscribers to call and e-mail and think that our ISP is blocking certain sites, or think that we have control over it and we can fix it. The funny thing is I almost had an escalation tonight over it but the sub decided to tell the tech he was going to switch to DSL and hang up, but Evil Telephone Company (ETC) is having the same exact issue. Now one thing that you can do is connect through a Proxy and you will be able to get to the sites in question, as long as the proxy you are connecting to can go to Cogent sites. I might have to set that up in order to be able to see pictures hosted by Photobucket. Anyway kids, it isn't your ISP doing it, it is your ISP's ISP's ISP's peer causing the connection, if you want to complain to someone, complain to Level 3 Communications.


It smells like salad dressing...

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