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* Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> [170327 22:09]: |
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> Stroller, just a note on my experience this evening. I liked what I |
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> saw about linode in this thread.. Decided to try them out. |
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> Got started with them... I was working from the command line in my new |
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> gentoo vm provided by linode. Getting things setup the way I like |
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> them. |
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> In the course of about 2 hrs my connections were dropped at least 15 |
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> times and I think probably more. At some points I have more than one |
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> login going, and I noticed if I left one idle for a few minutes it |
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> would b dropped when I next attemtpted to use it... I mean really a |
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> few minutes like 3 or so. |
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> Sometimes connections would drop while the login instance was |
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> working... for example in the middle of a kernel compile. |
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> I decided I'd seen enough and was not interested in spending time |
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> trying to determine what this was happening... so backed out and asked |
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> for my account to be cancelled and charges to my Credit card canceled. |
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> Remains to be seen how they respond. I only turned my trouble ticket |
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> 7 minutes ago. |
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Wow. I've never had that experience and I've been using them for years. |
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If I allow it I can keep SSH sessions to the instance up for weeks. |
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I can't comment on customer service as I've never needed to speak to |
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them. |
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I'm using the Newark, NJ location. |
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Todd |
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