Blogsphere Casualties from The Atlanta Ballot Hearings
Posted by By GeorgeM at 31 January, at 10 : 07 AM Print
Huge interest in the Atlanta Obama Ballot hearings and the heightened interest in the movement, in general, has caused web capacity problems for quite a few sites. We have been down and up for days, now upgrading server and security (thanks for your patience and persistence). In spite of that, we have scads of new (free) subscribers and high traffic even now.
Article II PAC had nearly 218,000 people watching the livestream video, so forgive it for a few hiccups. We paid plenty, ending up with $$thousands in web streaming bills, but the Article II SuperPAC site gateway was the constraining factor. Help them pay for it.
But thePostEmail.com site really had it really bad. They were also knocked offline, but their site hosting company, GoDaddy deliberately shut them down multiple times, even though they had the capacity to bear the peak load, letting them down at a very crucial time. Bottom line- they are being forced off GoDaddy, which is being very uncooperative in facilitating the migration. Arlen Williams over at gulagbound.com has magnanimously provided Sharon Rondeau’s temporary home for The Post & EMail, an awesome publication and HUGE friend of the eligibility challenge movement.
Sharon reports that the biggest movement success in four years has resulted in nearly bankrupting her lean and mean operation. Those of you who read P&EM know that Sharon is not just a casual blogger, but an excellent journalist, who has chronicled the movement since its inception. We don’t want to see it fold.
Please find it in your hearts (and wallets) to cough up some rapidly depreciating fiat currency , while it’s still worth anything, for subscriptions, contributions, or whatever …….
When Will the Post & Email Return?
Web host shuts down site twice, promises to migrate,
then leaves customer in the lurch
By Sharon Rondeau
The Post & Email (site is under maintenance at time of publishing)
(Jan. 30, 2012) – Due to high traffic on both January 20 and 26 after Atty. Orly Taitz announced breaking news regarding the Georgia ballot challenges, The Post & Email’s web host, GoDaddy LLC, shut the site down without warning.
We worked quickly to hire a website developer to optimize the site and restore the twice-daily news alerts which had stopped working. He began work almost right away and was about to start the optimization process when GoDaddy shut the site down for the second time.
Although both the website developer and I contacted GoDaddy immediately and explained the steps we were taking to correct any overages, GoDaddy refused to turn the site back on. It made no difference that tens of thousands of readers were depending on the newspaper to report accurately, quickly, and in detail the breaking news of the day, which is vital in these days of the Obama regime.
On January 26, we prepaid $800 for a new hosting plan on a dedicated server to resolve the issue. We had already paid the website developer more than $200 to do his work. In a three-way conference call, GoDaddy told us that it would take up to 72 hours to prepare the server and that they would migrate the site content from the old server to the new. However, on the third day, they changed their story and said it was the website developer’s job to migrate the content.
He attempted to do so and after three hours stated that he was unfamiliar with their server, deferring to GoDaddy to do it. GoDaddy then put The Post & Email at the end of another 72-hour queue. I asked to speak with a supervisor and did so, but nothing changed. Later on January 29, the word from GoDaddy was that the migration had not even been started yet.
I am spending the last of The Post & Email’s funds to attempt to get the site up and running again. I may have to hire a specialist after the migration is done, as I had to sign a disclaimer acknowledging that problems with connections might be encountered. Having to pay another professional will most likely deplete the small amount of cash we have left.
Your editor has been working without pay for many months to bring you the news, complete with personal interviews, court documents, inside investigations, and detailed follow-up. However, even though we have tens of thousands of readers each month, only a relatively few actually support the paper. If we cannot get past this hurdle, The Post & Email will close, which is exactly what our enemies want.
GoDaddy can be reached at 480-505-8877, and the corporate office phone number is 480-505-8800. A detailed letter has been mailed to Bob Parsons, CEO, and a message left with one of his corporate staff this morning. I have pledged to withhold the contents of the letter from publication until after Parsons has had a chance to respond and act upon it.
If you wish to see The Post & Email return and grow, please send money via Paypal to payments@thepostemail.com.
Or send checks to:
The Post & Email
P.O. Box 195
Stafford Springs, CT 06076
We need approximately $1,500 to overcome this obstacle. Can that be raised from a monthly readership of possibly 200,000?
Thank you for your support.
Sharon Rondeau, Editor
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Tuesday afternoon bulletin:
http://www.thepostemail.com/2012/01/31/the-lights-are-on-but-for-how-long/
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Only a natural born citizen can legally be President of the USA. ”Obama” is not either. See: http://www.art2superpac.com/issues.html
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I’ve been unemployed for 9 months now…I would love nothing better than to support this much needed cause…I’m very sorry..GOD Bless..
kenny1801, 3 months ago
You must take care of your own family first in that case
GeorgeM, 3 months ago
Certainly 15 folks out of 200K can come up with 15 Benjamins.
I am going to start looking for mine right now.
Zeb Blanchard, 3 months ago
I am sending $100 money order today. Good luck, Ms. Rondeau. Keep up the fight and thank you for your hard work and excellent journalism. It is something that no longer exists in the main stream media.
Bigal, 3 months ago
Thanks, Big Al:
That will go a long way toward making up her big deficit.
GeorgeM, 3 months ago
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