by wwarren | Dec 9, 2021 | Amazon, Cloud Computing, Hosting, Service Status, Services
ETC Maryland does not run any services on a third party cloud. The one thing the cloud providers don’t tell you is that if you stay with their lower end plans(and most folks do) you are restricted to one zone. WHEN that zone has a problem..you have no...
by wwarren | Nov 29, 2021 | Firewalls, Free/TrueNAS, FreeBSD, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Open Source, PFSense, Storage
My friend Erik Mikula death…for a while really took the wind out of my IT sails. I have the server i ordered right before Erik died….and frankly..it’s been a painful reminder of his sudden removal from this world. I finally came to realize Erik would...
by wwarren | Nov 26, 2021 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
This client had an update come through and it caused the live audio stream to go offline from the site. If you knew the address you could get to it manually but very few people want to enter a line of obscure code to hear the content they are looking for. This fully...
by wwarren | Nov 24, 2021 | Annoucements, Hosting, Security Alerts, Services
Godaddy notified the SEC they had their systems breached. If you have a wordpress site on godaddy change your passwords(lal of them..your wordpress admin, ftp, database, and your primary account password). Several other brands that GoDaddy acquired were also part of...
by wwarren | Nov 1, 2021 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
For a while I’ve noticed an increase in the amount of spam making it into my inbox. Sometimes it even evaded all of the spam filters built in by Gsuite and Offic3365. I began researching and found that my website was an increasing source of spam getting to...
by wwarren | Nov 1, 2021 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
I had earlier announced that web hosting for ETC Maryland will be increasing. The new price structure is: Micro: $105 per year Standard: $130 per year Enhanced: $175 per year Fully Managed: $500 per year All features remain the same upgraded features as noted on the...
by wwarren | Oct 13, 2021 | Annoucements, Services
ETC Maryland is going to be raising rates on Jan 1, 2022. The amount of the rate increase has not been finalized yet. However, there is one benefit that needs to be detailed now. All existing and new accounts that sing up before Dec 31st 2021 at 1159pm will NOT be...
by wwarren | Oct 8, 2021 | Annoucements, Hosting
ETC Maryland has made some changes to it’s hosting plans. All accounts now get the following: 1. Divi Sitebuilder package 2. Customizr Pro Themebilder 3. Wordfence free plugin(Fully Manged gets the premium version) 4. All data transfer allotments have been...
by wwarren | Sep 23, 2021 | Hosting, Linux, Open Source, Service Status
I was at my office workstation looking at web1 when suddenly my site…and every other site on web 1..vanished. All i started seeing was MySQL database connection errors. The amount of errors escalated until MySQL crashed completely. Attempts to restart MySQL...
by wwarren | Aug 31, 2021 | Annoucements
3x Intel Xeon vCPU Cores 58(10 Usable) GB PURE SSD RAID-10 Storage 2.8 GB RAM 5,000GB Monthly Data Transfer 10 Domain Virtualmin Pro License 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address Limited IPV6 availability. All system and software updates handled by ETC Maryland 14 Day archive of...
