Midcoast Internet Solutions
System
News & Notices
January 2006
- January 31, 2006 We are having trouble with the Metinic
Island wireless repeater and will be repairing it when weather allows.
- January 26, 2006 12:00pm. Staff replaced the antenna at the
Second Baptist Church Islesboro site today due to problems some customers had
experienced.
- January 24, 2006 10:20pm. There will be a short outage
for about 15 minutes for Tidewater area customers while we perform an
important upgrade.
- January 23, 2006 9:30-9:50pm. Some Tidewater area DSL users
experienced a temporary outage during this time due to a typo on our
part during system administration.
- January 23, 2006 3:00pm. Power is out at Westport and affects
wireless customers in Lincoln/Sagadahoc counties. Staff is on the way to
start a generator.
- January 18, 2006 4:30-5:00pm. Power was out for the
courthouse in Rockland and it's neighborhood. This affected wireless
customers who aim to the courthouse. Power is also out in Newcastle and Union
(again). We are starting a generator for Newcastle while the battery
backup continues to function.
- January 18, 2006 2:00pm. Power is out at our Union site. This
affects Union dialup and wireless customers. Power returned at 3:07pm.
- January 16, 2006 3:20pm. One of our upstream providers is
having some network trouble this afternoon. We have automatically switched
over to the other upstream connection until the problem is resolved.
This also affects some Verizon area DSL customers, and many Verizon area Dialup
customers.
- January 16, 2006 11:00am. This morning, users with mailboxes
on kona/free.midcoast.com are having a delayed reception of email. Mail
isn't lost, it's just being delivered a little slower because of a
problem with the mailqueue. The problem is now fixed, and queued
(backlogged) messages will be delivered during the afternoon.
- January 16, 2006 6:30am. There will be a short outage
for about 5 minutes for everyone, and about 15 minutes for Tidewater
area customers while we perform an important upgrade.
- January 13, 2006 11:00am. Domain Basic customers received a
server upgrade today. The new server retains the name sip, is about
three times as fast, and has newer software.
- January 12, 2006 3:00pm. For about 15 minutes, some Union
users had trouble with 785-6622. We corrected this problem quickly.
- January 9, 2006 11:00am-12:00pm. Belfast wireless users will
see a short outage while Verizon moves a circuit for us.
- January 4, 2006 Some wireless customers in Rockport
experienced a 5-10 minute outage while equipment was being upgraded at
one of our repeater locations. The upgrade should result in more capacity and
greater speeds. This upgrade should also increase speed for some users
whom use Ragged Mountain as a way to recieve high speed wireless
service.
- January 3, 2006 Some wireless customers in Knox County
experienced either a slowdown or outage between 5pm and 6:30 pm today.
The problem was investigated and fixed by about 6:30pm.
- January 3, 2006 A new internet accelerator system is due in
about a week. It will provide many new features, be less expensive, and
more reliable. Thanks for your patience while this is worked on. New
client software will be used, so the old Venturi accelerator software
can be removed.
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