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If you're reading this, please #boost so I can get back to being federated with the #fediverse. Unfortunately, the data center I've been hosting with for years and years encountered some serious issues. I had to move suddenly, losing almost everything. I took the chance to change the software I use. But I've still lost all of my followers, all of my federation, etc! It's also taken down rblind.com, my passion project to get more #blind folks off #reddit. I'll be bringing that back over the coming days. In the meantime, hi! I'm a blind guy who uses the #NVDA#screenreader, loves #accessibility and works in the field, and reads tons of #fanfic, #litrpg, and #sciencefiction and #fantasy in my spare time. Nice to meet you!
#Accessibility #fediverse #blind #screenreader #boost #fantasy #sciencefiction #nvda #reddit #fanfic #litrpg

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Samuel Proulx
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If you're curious, the data center in question is Accuris Hosting (accuris.ca). They've been down for a week now, and have been radio silent to all customers. I've heard from there upstream that they're in a payment dispute and were disconnected, screwing everyone leasing IP's or bandwidth from them.
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Samuel Proulx
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I'm in the process of moving to #ServaRICA. They're in #Montreal, but still have excellent connectivity to #Ottawa. If you're wondering why I moved from one provider you've never heard of to another provider you've never heard of: I insist on hosting in #Canada, and I refuse to host with big teck like #Google or #Amazon. I don't know the guys at ServaRICA, but...they seem...fine I guess. Then again, I was thrilled with #accuris for years. So I dunno.
#google #canada #amazon #ottawa #montreal #servarica #accuris
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modulux
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Not arguing with your hosting choices, you know your situations best... But doesn't OVH have data centres in Canada?
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Samuel Proulx
Samuel Proulx
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They do. But they're not a Canadian company. I think they're in France? I want to both host in Canada, and do business with a company headquartered in Canada.
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Samuel Proulx
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All the things I host are hobbies. If I was a business I'd honestly probably go with the Amazon or Microsoft clouds. But I'm not, so why not spend the couple hundred bucks a month I spend on hosting things to vote with my wallet, as they say. I want to see more small businesses, I want the Internet to be less centralized, and going with small Canadian companies for my hosting is a tiny, probably insignificant, way I can try to make more of that happen.
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modulux
modulux
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Yay, I wouldn't like to host with certain companies either. I don't mind the local part as much, but I prefer to contract with people not doing dodgy stuff. So I am hosting with OVH but wouldn't like using MS or Amazon or Google. Then again, I guess you can say EU is local of a sort.
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Samuel Proulx
Samuel Proulx
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I mean, based on some of the reviews I've read of OVH, I'm not sure if they're any less dodgy than the bigger companies. Then again, I was with Accuris for years, a company that I now find out has been doing everything in its power to screw there upstream peers and violate their peering agreements. So maybe I'm not a good judge.
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modulux
modulux
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Oh, their tech support is definitely pretty much "you have root, you fix it." And they did have a very unfortunate fire in a data centre a couple years ago I think. Overall they seem alright to me, they give what they promise.
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Samuel Proulx
Samuel Proulx
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Good to know! If I ever need a server outside of Canada, I'd probably pick them. I'd like to avoid doing business with an American hosting company as much as possible. So they'd be a good way to get a server in the US if I ever needed that.
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NV Access
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Welcome back! I had actually been on leave the last few days, and when I went to check out RBlind.com this morning it worked - so the migration you had planned must have worked there too :)
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