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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2019 15:38:51 EST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   • GeniusMusing
   @geniusmusing I haven’t checked yet, but I’d guess there’ll be a (very short lived) uproar on Low End Box ( https://lowendbox.com/ ) and Low End Talk ( https://www.lowendtalk.com/ ).
   • GeniusMusing (geniusmusing)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2019 15:09:59 EST GeniusMusing

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     20 Low-End VPS Providers Suddenly Shutting Down In a 'Deadpooling' Scam Slashdothttps://nu.federati.net/url/253249 >As several users have pointed out, the VPS providers don't list physical addresses, don't list proper business registration information, and have no references to their ownership... A source in the web hosting industry who wanted to remain anonymous told ZDNet tha…
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     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3061993/#Comment_3061993
     
     A list of low end ColoCrossing brands and customers, with notes of which ones have already closed and which ones the poster expects to close soon. (Some in that thread speculated that all the brands on the ZDNet list are secretly owned by ColoCrossing.)
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2019 17:41:10 EST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing Someone's effort to try to track whether the closing VPS hosting brands all had common ownership: https://hostingchecker.com/more-than-20-vps-companies-closing-on-monday-are-they-connected/ CC: @amic