http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21456714 en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:49:26 EDT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:49:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456714 cornelius785 : as far as i know, they don't need to be charged with a crime for their internet connection to be pulled, until they find a new ISP. i'm pretty sure every ISP as something that resembles an 'acceptable use policy' and voilating it could result in the termination of services.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456714 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456473 swhitney2003 : I've seen a major decrease on two of my email accounts. Not that it matters anyways, because the filters work damn well. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456473 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:02:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456381 CWO333 : According to one article I read on the matter, Telia was a backup provider for McColo in case of a massive network failure. McColo sat out for 4 days probably figuring no one works on Saturday and ramped up their backup connection on Saturday morning thinking no one will do anything until Monday.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456381 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:49:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456159 Matt : They really were massive spammers, my personal email account and our work spam filter saw a dramatic decrease in spam over the last couple of weeks.

I'd like to know how they came back online briefly? Did the Russian Mob (or whoever is controlling the botnets) threaten or bribe a network engineer at Telia Sonera to bring the network back online? Or is McColo just trying to restore their business because they haven't been charged with a crime?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21456159 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:56 EDT