Hello,
Sting asked that I post this a few places to let you know his A-Net BBS set of systems are offline due to a network issue - potentially until Friday.

Hope this is an ok place to put this.

Regards,
Basis
Convolution BBS - Convolution.us

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Sting asked that I post this a few places to let you know his A-Net BBS set of systems are offline due to a network issue - potentially until Friday.

Sucks, SR - don't worry about us, we know yer a mainstay in this space and hope that you get your network up again soon. :/ UGH.

A-Net BBS for the w1n!



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Sting asked that I post this a few places to let you know his A-Net BBS
set of systems are offline due to a network issue - potentially until
Friday.

Sucks, SR - don't worry about us, we know yer a mainstay in this space and hope that you get your network up again soon. :/ UGH.

A-Net BBS for the w1n!

pAULIE42o
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HUGE Thanks to Basis for sending the messages for me!

Thank you, Paulie!! There was a HUGE area-wide AT&T outage in my area. We lost fiber internet and cell phone service, too.
I assume their backhaul went out since we also lost cell coverage.

All systems back online! =:-)

-StingRay
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StingRay wrote to paulie420 <=-

Thank you, Paulie!! There was a HUGE area-wide AT&T outage in my area.
We lost fiber internet and cell phone service, too. I assume their backhaul went out since we also lost cell coverage.

I've wanted to go AT&T fiber to get symmetric service, but we're all
fed from overhead poles. I'm on a dead-end cul de sac, and power poles
alternate sides of the street.

Walking my dog yesterday, I saw 2 fiber house runs on my block knocked
down by a moving truck - when you have to cross a street and run
diagonally to get to the house, the amount of sag in the cable makes it
susceptible to being snagged by high trucks.

AT&T finally solved my next-door neighbor's recurring cable cuts by
throwing the AT&T fiber over the Comcast cable on the pole, giving it
about a foot more height running to the house. It's all fine until
friction wears through the cable jacket, but that'll be someone else's
problem.




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I've wanted to go AT&T fiber to get symmetric service, but we're all fed from overhead poles. I'm on a dead-end cul de sac, and power poles alternate sides of the street.

Walking my dog yesterday, I saw 2 fiber house runs on my block knocked down by a moving truck - when you have to cross a street and run diagonally to get to the house, the amount of sag in the cable makes it susceptible to being snagged by high trucks.

AT&T finally solved my next-door neighbor's recurring cable cuts by throwing the AT&T fiber over the Comcast cable on the pole, giving it about a foot more height running to the house. It's all fine until friction wears through the cable jacket, but that'll be someone else's problem.

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This is the first outage in almost 5 years. Even though it was an inconvience, I can't complain with the uptime vs outage ratio.

I work from home full-time so this is extremely important.

-StingRay
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On 11 Jun 2026, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

I've wanted to go AT&T fiber to get symmetric service, but we're all
fed from overhead poles. I'm on a dead-end cul de sac, and power poles
alternate sides of the street.

could you put your own pole up at a halfway point? offer to pay for the little extra cable that is required if it's not quite as direct as they'd usually run it? maybe throw a light on there and point it at the driveway hehe

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HUGE Thanks to Basis for sending the messages for me!

Thank you, Paulie!! There was a HUGE area-wide AT&T outage in my area. We lost fiber internet and cell phone service, too. I assume their
backhaul went out since we also lost cell coverage.

All systems back online! =:-)

Yay! Go Stingray!

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HUGE Thanks to Basis for sending the messages for me!

Thank you, Paulie!! There was a HUGE area-wide AT&T outage in my area. We
lost fiber internet and cell phone service, too. I assume their backhaul
went out since we also lost cell coverage.

All systems back online! =:-)

Yay! Go Stingray!

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=:-)
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Thank you, Paulie!! There was a HUGE area-wide AT&T outage in my area.
We lost fiber internet and cell phone service, too.
I assume their backhaul went out since we also lost cell coverage.

All systems back online! =:-)

Boom - just like that, our A-Net is back to n0rmal!!!



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This is the first outage in almost 5 years. Even though it was an inconvience, I can't complain with the uptime vs outage ratio.

Better than Github!

(Yeah, yeah, just because basically everything is...)

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StingRay wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

This is the first outage in almost 5 years. Even though it was an inconvience, I can't complain with the uptime vs outage ratio.

I work from home full-time so this is extremely important.

Yeah, sounds like it was a biggie. I work from home, too. I have
Xfinity, and have gotten used to once a week having to power-cycle my
router. I have a deal for the next 12 months due to a billing issue of
theirs, we''ll see what happens at the end of it. I'm paying $120/month
for phone, internet and cable with a DVR now.

I'm working with Comcast on a deal for my offices at work, accidentally
called them Xfinity. They were quick to correct me that they're a
different organization. :)



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fusion wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

could you put your own pole up at a halfway point? offer to pay for the little extra cable that is required if it's not quite as direct as
they'd usually run it? maybe throw a light on there and point it at the driveway hehe

I don't use AT&T's copper coming into the house any more, it looks like
I've got a little bit more clearance than my neighbors from how their
copper runs. I'd need to figure out how to get from the top of my roof
into my office, though. I may order AT&T fiber alongside Comcast just
to try it out.



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I work from home full-time so this is extremely important.

Yeah, sounds like it was a biggie. I work from home, too. I have Xfinity, and have gotten used to once a week having to power-cycle my router. I have a deal for the next 12 months due to a billing issue of theirs, we''ll see what happens at the end of it. I'm paying $120/month for phone, internet and cable with a DVR now.

I'm working with Comcast on a deal for my offices at work, accidentally called them Xfinity. They were quick to correct me that they're a different organization. :)

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Yeah so you get it! Working from home we gotta have the internet!!

As much as a PITA as it was, 1 time in almost 5 years I really can't complain. We found out it was from the consturction crew (road work - lane widening) being done next to our neighborhood and an excavator knocked a pole over.

So technically, not even AT&T fault. Hope you find something that works well!

I have been very happy with the AT&T fiber.

-StingRay
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I'm working with Comcast on a deal for my offices at work, accidentally
called them Xfinity. They were quick to correct me that they're a
different organization. :)

I thought they were the same company. That they had switched their name several years back.
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I'm working with Comcast on a deal for my offices at work, accidenta
called them Xfinity. They were quick to correct me that they're a
different organization. :)

I thought they were the same company. That they had switched their name several years back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfinity

...seems to indicate they still are a part of Comcast.

I'm figuring that pF is saying, "they're a different organization" because the corporate side he's working for interacts with a part of Comcast that is not Xfinity.

Maybe.

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Re: Re: XFinity/Comcast
By: Adept to Geri Atricks on Sat Jun 13 2026 11:46 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfinity

...seems to indicate they still are a part of Comcast.

I'm figuring that pF is saying, "they're a different organization" because the corporate side he's working for interacts with a part of Comcast that is not Xfinity.

I always thought Xfinity was the name of a particular service (or service bundle), such as a tier of broadband internet & premium cable TV or something, provided by Comcast.
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I always thought Xfinity was the name of a particular service (or service bundle), such as a tier of broadband internet & premium cable TV or something, provided by Comcast.

Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new, screwing up ALL my public facing projects... sorry for 2oFB users trying to login, techheart.life posts and 20forbeers.com website and TELNET Second Reality users. SUCK.

Should be all back to normal - I was sweating for a minute... this is what devops folks go thru, I'm assuming. Why the hell wouldn't they TELL ME about changes in the pipeline?!?!?! And I think they're gonna feck with it again tomorrow - if you see me go down, thats why.

FML.



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Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new, screwing up ALL my public facing projects... sorry for 2oFB users trying to login, techheart.life posts and 20forbeers.com website and TELNET Second Reality users. SUCK.

If your power is out for more than 4 hours (where you have no internet access via your router), it will assign you a new IP from Comcast.

... It doesn't work, but it looks pretty.

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Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new, screwing up ALL my public facing projects... sorry for 2oFB users tryin login, techheart.life posts and 20forbeers.com website and TELNET Secon Reality users. SUCK.

If your power is out for more than 4 hours (where you have no internet access via your router), it will assign you a new IP from Comcast.

Is that true??? b/c yea, it was OFF for more than 4 hours - and... my old 'static' IP hadn't changed for 4 years - but it did yesterday. Had to change my DNS settings across two domain controllers.

Another thing that happened... one of my servers Intel 10GB NICs went into HEAT HELL b/c of the change - it went down; so after the DNS issue, I had to chase down the NIC issue, bring it all the way down, re-connect its bind0 interface and bring it back up so my NFS shares were working again.

Man - all that BS because of xfinitys BS... fun times.



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ME about changes in the pipeline?!?!?! And I think they're gonna feck
with it again tomorrow - if you see me go down, thats why.

Here's to hoping that you don't have to move to a dynamic DNS option.

And my condolences, regardless. I depend on Vultr not suddenly changing my server IP, but thankfully they have a better history with that than Comcast / Xfinity.

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Is that true??? b/c yea, it was OFF for more than 4 hours - and... my old 'static' IP hadn't changed for 4 years - but it did yesterday. Had to chang my DNS settings across two domain controllers.

It happens to me everytime we have a scheduled power outage of like 4 hours or more .... It might even be like 2 hours. It's a pain in the ass, I get it.

Man - all that BS because of xfinitys BS... fun times.

Yup. :(

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Hey paulie420!

On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:15:16 -0700, you wrote:

Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new, screwing up ALL my public facing projects... sorry for 2oFB users trying
to login, techheart.life posts and 20forbeers.com website and TELNET
Second Reality users. SUCK.

Should be all back to normal - I was sweating for a minute... this is
what devops folks go thru, I'm assuming. Why the hell wouldn't they TELL
ME about changes in the pipeline?!?!?! And I think they're gonna feck
with it again tomorrow - if you see me go down, thats why.

Is/was it an actual STATIC IP that you pay specifically for? Otherwise, it could just be a dynamic IP that rarely ever changes, unless the hardware does.

I have Spectrum cable internet with a dynamic IP - as I don't pay specifically for a static one (which I assume would only be available via a "business class" tier. If I don't change my modem or router, or there isn't any huge cable outages in the area (recently they upgraded coax to fiber - which caused a change in my IP), my IP address always stays the same. I believe it has only changed like twice in the past 10 years.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: XFinity/Comcast
By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Mon Jun 15 2026 09:15 pm

Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new, screwing up ALL my public facing projects... sorry for 2oFB users trying to login, techheart.life posts and 20forbeers.com website and TELNET Second Reality users. SUCK.

Should be all back to normal - I was sweating for a minute... this is what devops folks go thru, I'm assuming. Why the hell wouldn't they TELL ME about changes in the pipeline?!?!?! And I think they're gonna feck with it again tomorrow - if you see me go down, thats why.

Meh.. :/ That sucks. I used to use Comcast/Xfinity but switched to fiber internet service once I moved to a place where that was available (it was Frontier Fiber at the time, and it has been Ziply Fiber since 2020).

When I had Comcast/Xfinity, I had internet service and a basic cable TV package - I only got the basic TV package because I assumed my over-the-air TV reception might not be very good where I was living. Eventually, I tried an over-the-air antenna and found that the reception was actually pretty good. And a silly thing about Comcast's basic TV service is that the box they sent me was outputting a standard-definition, square picture on the TV, whereas I'd get a HD widescreen image over the air. One of the shows I like to watch sometimes is Jeopardy, and with their box outputting a square picture, it would cut off the left & right sides, so some things were misisng from the picture (along with it not looking great because it was SD). I called Comcast to remove my basic TV service and just keep internet, but they said my bill would increase if I did that.. So I just unplugged the TV box and put it away until I canceled my Comcast service.

I think you're near the Portland, OR area? If so, maybe look into Ziply Fiber. I think their service has been pretty good, although a while ago I heard they were basically acquired by Bell Canada, and since then there have been some weird billing stuff.. But otherwise I've been happy with them, and their internet service has been very good. One advantage of fiber is that you get the same speed for both download and upload, which is a benefit if you're running servers (which I know you are, for your BBS & such).

I believe Ziply Fiber has options for a static IP too if you need one, though I'm not sure if that would bump you into a business tier and might cost more.
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Re: Re: XFinity/Comcast
By: Exodus to Paulie420 on Tue Jun 16 2026 11:14 pm

Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new,

If your power is out for more than 4 hours (where you have no internet access via your router), it will assign you a new IP from Comcast.

Even if you have a static IP address?
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If your power is out for more than 4 hours (where you have no internet access via your router), it will assign you a new IP from Comcast.

Even if you have a static IP address?

It's not static. It's Dynamic, but hardly ever changes.

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Re: Re: XFinity/Comcast
By: Exodus to Nightfox on Wed Jun 17 2026 04:39 pm

If your power is out for more than 4 hours (where you have no
internet
access via your router), it will assign you a new IP from Comcast.

Even if you have a static IP address?

It's not static. It's Dynamic, but hardly ever changes.

I wasn't referring to yours; I was referring to paulie420's - He said he's using Xfinity and had a static IP address that changed after 5 years after a power outage.
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Re: Re: XFinity/Comcast
By: paulie420 to Exodus on Tue Jun 16 2026 10:04 pm

Howdy,

Is that true??? b/c yea, it was OFF for more than 4 hours - and... my old 'static' IP hadn't changed for 4 years - but it did yesterday. Had to change my DNS settings across two domain controllers.

Another thing that happened... one of my servers Intel 10GB NICs went into HEAT HELL b/c of the change - it went down; so after the DNS issue, I had to chase down the NIC issue, bring it all the way down, re-connect its bind0 interface and bring it back up so my NFS shares were working again.

You've heard me talk about my intus project before - this is another side benefit that I was thinking about.

If your "inside" network is consistent and static, but your "outside" network is dynamic, then anybody else who has (direct) access to your "inside" network are not affected by "outside" forces :)

Hopefully too you can reduce the blast radius when an outside event happens...


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On 15 Jun 26 21:15:17, Paulie420 said the following to Nightfox:

Xfinity FECKED me today - changed my 5 year static IP to something new, screwing up ALL my public facing projects... sorry for 2oFB users trying to login, techheart.life posts and 20forbeers.com website and TELNET Second Reality users. SUCK.

Sorry to politely disagree, but find this to sound exaggerated. And perhaps if you want to avoid problems you should consider paying for an enterprise-grade ISP with an SLA and not have these amateur-hour problems. Surely you can afford a dedicated circuit with all the donations you claim to receive?

I run nearly an identical setup with Windows servers and domain controllers, never once had any DNS or public-facing changes taking any longer than a few minutes. Wasn't a blip on anyones radar, and this runs a Fidonet zone with hundreds of connections per day. Nobody cares and I do not care if they did.

Atreyu

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On 17 Jun 2026, Atreyu said the following...

I run nearly an identical setup with Windows servers and domain controllers, never once had any DNS or public-facing changes taking any longer than a few minutes. Wasn't a blip on anyones radar, and this runs
a Fidonet zone with hundreds of connections per day. Nobody cares and I do not care if they did.

"hundreds of connections a day" is like saying "i own a business" and then showing off your lemonade stand

nice "look at me!" hardware gloat though

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On 18 Jun 26 10:17:54, Fusion said the following to Atreyu:

longer than a few minutes. Wasn't a blip on anyones radar, and this run a Fidonet zone with hundreds of connections per day. Nobody cares and do not care if they did.

"hundreds of connections a day" is like saying "i own a business" and then showing off your lemonade stand

Bahaha... https://www.darkrealms.ca/binkdexample.log

Please count all the "Incoming from" lines for my lemonade stand.

Atreyu

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On 18 Jun 2026, Atreyu said the following...

On 18 Jun 26 10:17:54, Fusion said the following to Atreyu:

longer than a few minutes. Wasn't a blip on anyones radar, and thi a Fidonet zone with hundreds of connections per day. Nobody cares do not care if they did.

"hundreds of connections a day" is like saying "i own a business" and t showing off your lemonade stand

Bahaha... https://www.darkrealms.ca/binkdexample.log

Please count all the "Incoming from" lines for my lemonade stand.

cat binkdexample.log| grep -i "incoming session" | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq | wc -l

wow you're sending an average of 16kbytes to 67 hosts. 180.9mb total

what an amazing lemonade stand.

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On 18 Jun 26 15:15:49, Fusion said the following to Atreyu:

Please count all the "Incoming from" lines for my lemonade stand.

cat binkdexample.log| grep -i "incoming session" | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq | wc -l

wow you're sending an average of 16kbytes to 67 hosts. 180.9mb total

what an amazing lemonade stand.

Many hosts that routinely poll here several dozens of times per day equalling hundreds of incoming connections, which is what you doubted.

I answered you promptly and factually and you want to be a techno-dick.

Hilarious... Are you related to Professor Jas Hud?

Atreyu

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On 18 Jun 2026, Atreyu said the following...

Many hosts that routinely poll here several dozens of times per day equalling hundreds of incoming connections, which is what you doubted.

i didn't doubt it. i implied it wasn't very much.

I answered you promptly and factually and you want to be a techno-dick.

was just joshin man. it means a lot to the community you went with enterprise grade stuff.

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On 18 Jun 26 15:38:59, Fusion said the following to Atreyu:

Many hosts that routinely poll here several dozens of times per day equalling hundreds of incoming connections, which is what you doubted.

i didn't doubt it. i implied it wasn't very much.

Correct, not much "what" is transferred, hence my phrase about me "not caring" although noise would be made by some if the content ever stopped flowing. The noise level can be measured by the size of one's rainbow-colored suspenders.

I answered you promptly and factually and you want to be a techno-dick.

was just joshin man. it means a lot to the community you went with enterpris grade stuff.

Its not entirely for my own amusement and certainly not for any recognition. I don't need or even accept donations. Some longtime friends were made over the years by trading silly Netmails back 'n forth... good enough for me.

But there are a few unrelated paying-customer projects I ended up that required spending on decent hardware and Internet... BBS stuff is all trivial.

Atreyu

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