Erik

Reconstruction is never easy. If I can help I'll be happy to.

All of our machines will be going down for a reboot sometime soon. The downtime should be minimal. The reboot is necessary to update a core component in our operating systems. Thanks.

All maintenance complete. Thank you.

This is a known issue which I'm hoping will be resolved in the newest software release. When you bounce between the desktop and mobile access the OS system thinks it's a security breach and automatically blocks your IP. To avoid this log out of your account before changing to your mobile and visa versa. I have cleared your IP and it should be resolved. If you have any other problems let me know. I apologize for this it's annoying and I thought removing the mobile skin would help but apparently it doesn't. You can always email directly should this happen again my name at combatace dot com.

Thanks for your input. I'll make the appropriate adjustments. Cheers!

Is there anyone in support of keeping these forums and files here?

A nice look back at the first aircraft with the callsign Air Force One, its history, and its final home. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

99.9% of the time it's not going to be about this site or the bandwidth. We're connected to some of the best upstream available. Granted we don't have servers in every region of the globe like facebook or twitter but we could if the funds were there to do it. Back to the issue at hand downloading from us usually won't be how well we can upload the data and on which route but more usually how well you can receive the data. The end point (ISP customers) are far more likely to have issues than our single point of origination, if that makes sense. So steps you can do to help me before anyone makes a blanket your site is slow (which I take personally) is to do the very basics of diagnosing the issue before posting. Provide me with the following. 1) A ping test with at least 40 constant pings. 2) A traceroute to our server from your machine. 3) A speedtest from your machine showing your speeds. I'm happy to work with anyone to resolve an issue and especially if it's on our end because if it's us everyone is being affected not just single members (which is why it's usually not us). Also keep in mind if you're not on a subscription plan your speeds from us will be slower, that's just one of the perks. Thanks for keeping me posted. Erik

Hi everyone, Maybe you've seen our petition to keep the internet fair for all users. If you haven't you should know there are couple huge decisions being decided in the coming days that will affect all internet users in the United States. Comcast the largest internet provider in the US currently is trying buy Time Warner. This would make them the largest provider of internet services and allow them to affect all of us in terms of how we use and pay for internet service. This is huge. I can't stress enough how important it is that we all know what's happening and lend our voice to stopping what could be the end of internet as we know it. Don't think for a minute this won't affect you somehow or someway. If you use Netflix, have a smart phone, have home internet service, business internet service, provide websites like ours or even something as simple as an internet enabled vehicle you will be affected. Please take the time, 5 minutes tops, to join my and thousands of voices out there who are in the daily business of providing free access to all. Net Neutrality is real and if you bury your head in the sand today you'll be paying for your indecision later if it is not upheld. Read the following and visit https://www.battleforthenet.com/ and then scroll down until you see their "Battle for the Net" campaign and click there to sign their petition. I welcome you to read all about it if you want but the bottom line is if you're already paying too much we need your signature to stop this craziness. This is an urgent reply I received today from Fight For The Future dot ORG. Thanks for your time.

JANUARY 7, 2015 --UPDATE-- Congress is counting on us "the general public" to be uninformed and ignorant to what's going on so they can slide this by us just like everything they do. Congress believes ruling a nation is NOT for the "common people" and we're too stupid to know what's happening or even care. This has to stop and we need to all rally behind our belief of free and unhindered access to the internet. This may well be the biggest battle of our generation and they are trying to sweep it under the rug with procedure and laws to regulate something that's not theirs so they can fill their pockets with our money. End this now. Congress is trying to kill all our hard to keep net neutrality! We need to speak up the time is now. Every second counts. Click here to tell Congress not to kill net neutrality. We made this happen: We got word that the FCC is planning THE vote on new net neutrality rules on February 23rd. This is the one we’ve been waiting for. We’ve got less than two months before the decision. Congress wants to negate everything we did: Just when we have victory in sight, Congress is trying to pass a shady law called “Title X” that would undermine all the amazing work we’ve done. Basically it would pre-empt the FCC’s rule and prevent us from getting real net neutrality. Instead, we’d have a weak law in Congress that leaves the door wide open for monopolies like Comcast to abuse their power. We need to act fast to show Congress that we see through the lies. We know they’re taking huge campaign contributions from companies like Comcast and we won’t be fooled. Your signature is needed! Click here to sign our urgent petition to Congress demanding they drop “Title X” and keep the Internet free. There’s such overwhelming public support for the free and open Internet it shouldn’t be hard to defeat this, but we need to move fast. Please sign and share the petition widely. I encourage everyone to read up on this. Don't take my word for any of this but it is happening, it is real, and it affects the entire free thinking world. We can't stand by and let these ancient thinkers who were around when Morse code was still being used and a German UBoat with an Enigma Machine was high tech tell the world how the biggest thing in the 21st century needs to be ran. Buried somewhere in your news is how they plan to win. You'll find out about it when it's too late.

Nothing yet. I had to pull the mobile version because the signup process on mobile was being exploited. The new stuff is in beta 4 so they should have a release candidate soon. Wish I had better news. I'll keep you posted.

Only a few things wrong with that story; facts, images, and sources. Beyond that believe what you want. IMHO

Data center operations reported a total loss of connectivity affecting all their customers which has been restored. Downtime just over 2 hours. Our apologies for the loss of service it was beyond our control.

This is the best time of year where we each spend time with our families and loved ones to remember a year gone bye. Our holiday wish for each of you is that in the joy of the festive lights and wonderful food you take the time to remember the people that mean so much to you. Fill your heart and the hearts of other's with the joy of the season and remember the true meaning of the holiday. Give thanks to those who have fought for and defend our freedoms today. Remember what has been given so we may enjoy our loved ones and never take our great blessings for granted. Be nice to each other out there and we hope for each a warm, safe, and memorable holiday. Season's Blessings.

You shouldn't even have to do that. Just post the URL.

I think it's a tremendous review opportunity. *just thinking outloud*

The preliminary reports all point to the North Korea's newest weapon the high stealth two man submarine which was located in Lake Michigan about an hour ago. The Whitehouse is scheduled to brief the nation in about 20 minutes.

The more you think about this the worse it gets. They actually want us to believe that NK has the minds and internet ability it takes to pull this off. If they have public internet wouldn't that be completely opposite of the repression that NK is famous for. Smells fishy now with a whole bunch of shade. I don't believe much in conspiracy theories but ... The real story is out there somewhere.

Won't be the first movie to go straight to DVD and Pay-per-view. I think it would have been comical even if it wasn't a box office smash. Giving into these guys isn't the right move either, just goes to say everyone has their price. I'd isolate NK from the internet so fast it would make your head spin.

The bottom line here is we operate on a system of trust. If you use someone's work make sure you credit them. If you need permission to use their work make sure you ask. If you decide you're going to take all the policies in place and substitute them with your own person idea of right and wrong you'll find yourself in these situations. If you want to release your work and be recognized for it all we ask is that you follow the clear and easy to understand rules for doing so. If you do not we won't support your efforts or your claims. It's actually very simple and has worked for many years. Please don't think you're just going to jump in an upset the apple cart because you feel you're entitled to something. This community is about respect, mutual appreciation, and having the maturity and honor to present your work in such a way as so everyone can appreciate it. If that's not going to be how you operate I'll suspend your ability to upload files. It's as simple as that. As to your question. I don't believe the file exists yet. It appears to be a work in progress. Any further concerns can be addressed to me in Private Message. Thank you all for your help and I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Erik

This is gearing up to be the battle royale of the millenium. This changes the rules to everything and can't be allowed to happen. This is like buying a sandwich. You paid for it and you sit down to eat it. Open it and the bread wants to charge you for carrying the bacon, the lettuce wants to charge you for keeping the bacon dry, and the tomato wants to charge you because we eat too many tomatoes. If the USA falls to this the entire World will follow. This is where the fabric of what we have starts to unravel and soon it will be a bunch of people taking their toys and going home. Imagine Microsoft or Google going dark tomorrow because they refuse to be extorted like Netflix, or Wikipedia going dark because they can't pay their bandwidth bill. It's a fucking reality and these politicians and world leaders need to stand up against it. Imagine when consumers finally get enough of it and go back to actually going to lunch with real people and not tweeting about it. Back to the stone age people over the greed of Verizon and Comcast. LEAVE THE INTERNET ALONE - LEAVE NET NEUTRALITY IN PLACE

Resolved.

I pulled it. It's being reworked. Thanks.

I'm making progress on our end. I need to contact you privately so I'll send you a private message PM and we'll continue this conversation there. Thanks.

Okay let me see what I can come up with. Thank you for the information. Support ticket filed with our ISP.