The helpful link posted by FewMiles is currently the last entry at the bottom of page one of this thread. If you want it uncamouflaged:

http://www.moremiles.org/cgi-bin/ult...&f=52&t=000076

In case you might have missed it, we had put FT down for the weekend to finish the move and fine tune our decision to invest in a dual-processor server - and the weekends are the slowest time on FT in order to accomplish this.
We were finding that when users were at the highest peak there were some performance problems and while you may not see any difference in normal times on FT, the extra processor should help.

There is no perfect time to have the Board down so we took the path of least traffic which we know is still not the path of least resistance.

The shutdown a few days earlier was so that our server farm could move our servers to their audited facility which was/is a requirement for a venture we're getting involved with.

Sorry for the rest - and thanks for your continued support of FlyerTalk.

Thanks for the info, Randy! I think the amount of discussion regarding the board being down is a good indicator of how much it is used and appreciated. Thanks for continuing to do this for us, and for continuing to make it better!

JP

No travel/flying BB comes even close to FT IMO. However, as SPN Lifer has linked above, www.MoreMiles.org is a very interesting place to drop in on now and again, and most of the folks there will be familiar to you. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif Much smaller though, and a very different style to FT.

I also find a lot of inside info and comment on major airlines - mostly from staffers, can be found at www.USaviation.com

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[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 07-19-2002).]

Oi, Randy! You know that can be taken the wrong way! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif "We had to put FT down"?!? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

FewMiles..



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Back again! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Yeah! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Back, yes, but why was it gone? Can't cope with this shock to the system.

I was beginning to get FT withdrawal symptoms.

I am glad it's back

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Another evil plot for world domination through the use of points and miles.

Can anyone shed any light on what has been happening lately to have FT disabled so often ???

If I were betting....I think we will be asked to get out Visa/MC/Diners/AMEX and help cover the cost of FT....????

i'm curious, also.

Before I go any further I DO realize that FT is free to users like me. That being said, I still find it disappointing/troubling/frustrating that there have been TWO major outages in two consecutive weekends.

I, too, realize that FlyerTalk is free to us, and I am very grateful for this wonderful service. However, from what Randy had said, the first outage occurred because of a processor change. In all fairness, why was no one on the boards here forwarned that this would happen? I thought FT went down for some hardware or network failure reason. I feel that when the FT people will know that FT will be down, I think it would not be hard, as a courtesy, to post a thread or announcement a day or two in advance. Just to let its users (free or otherwise) know. Just my opinion.

One good thing about living on Guam or in the CNMI is developing an ability to cope with frequent power outages. Every village on Guam still does not have water, either, since Typhoon Chata'an (same link as page 1) hit on 5 July.

Loss of FT is no less significant for some of us than power or water, and certainly more so than cable television! As Randy mentioned above--seventh post on page 2--it was for a good cause, and pre-announced (although people like me didn't know where to find it in advance). That's life.

Keep up the good work, Randy! The other bulletin board frequented by OzStamps is too exclusive to admit riff-raff like me, anyway. (!)

Now if there could be any way for posters to edit the thread titles!

SPN Lifer .. yes, living in your region, a less than 24 hour BB outage is not a major issue I can bet compared to what Mother Nature can inflict. We can readily lose lose track of priorities sometimes living in large cities. I have visted Saipan and Guam and FSM about 20 times, and do hope the essential services are back soon in your pretty part of the world. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

As an aside I do not think using ANY of travel BB's has an exclusivety issue ... I do not think anyone inferred that? All have quite different user niches, and I am sure you would have a lot to gain and to contribute to any of them. Flyertalk remains of course the largest and most comprehensive site by several light years. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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~ Glen ~

It is always good to see this site come back. It is extremely valuable for the flier, whom wants to be informed and experience more organized and efficient travel.