In alt.cellular.fido,
> > can anyone get to the fido.ca website? it seems to be extremely slow
> > and timing out most of the time. i've been trying to get to it since
> > last night.
>
> And... it's down again now. This happens A LOT. They've also have real
> problems with the online billing section for months now. Amateurs....
Maybe they forgot to renew? There's no nameserver records in the .ca
roots, and:
$ whois fido.ca
[...]
Renewal-Date: 2005/08/09
Date-Modified: 2004/08/09
they *did* renew sometime today, which makes me think they forgot and
only noticed when things stopped working. There's always a short
delay between renewing after expiry and getting your nameserver
records back in.
-Rich

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Blader - 10 Aug 2004 19:34 GMT
Wow - unbelievable! Amateurs like I said. Thanks for the info Rich.
> In alt.cellular.fido,
> > > can anyone get to the fido.ca website? it seems to be extremely slow
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>
> -Rich
ChapiChapo - 11 Aug 2004 03:17 GMT
> > they *did* renew sometime today, which makes me think they forgot and
> > only noticed when things stopped working. There's always a short
> > delay between renewing after expiry and getting your nameserver
> > records back in.
> >
> > -Rich
Actually, Fido didn't screw up. They did renew in time. It's the
registrar that didn't do their job properly.
JF Mezei - 14 Aug 2004 00:56 GMT
> Actually, Fido didn't screw up. They did renew in time. It's the
> registrar that didn't do their job properly.
When you run a serious shop, you don't take chances like this. if CIRA takes
time to renew, then you put in the renewall paperwork ahead of time. Sorry, no
excuse there.
Justin McKillican - 14 Aug 2004 05:40 GMT
>> Actually, Fido didn't screw up. They did renew in time. It's the
>> registrar that didn't do their job properly.
>
> When you run a serious shop, you don't take chances like this. if CIRA takes
> time to renew, then you put in the renewall paperwork ahead of time. Sorry, no
> excuse there.
it should of been renewed for like 10 years anyways...

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