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DNS Server Patches

We have completed patching our DNS servers to protect against possible 'DNS Poisoning'. More information on the vulnerability is available here.

Barracuda

We have upgraded our Barracuda Spam Firewall. Quarantines on the old server will still be available for two weeks as we will be removing the old hardware on July 2'nd. All user settings including white lists and black lists have been tranfered to the new server, quarantined messages however could not be transfered.

The final statistics, collected over 16 months, are as follows:

Total Messages Recieved: 67,619,317

Total Messages Allowed: 2,416,149 - 3.57%

Outage 4/22

At 10:54AM today we suffered a direct lightning strike to our primary NOC in Bernie. Internet service was restored at 1:34PM, however some equipment was damaged in the strike and will need to be replaced. We will send an alert as to when a service affecting outage may occur.

Thanks for your understanding.

Management, BPS Networks

Scheduled Downtime March 13, 2008

Date: March 13, 2008

Time: Midnight - 3 AM

Affected: All Bernie DSL and Dialup customers.

We will be upgrading the power located in Bernie Thursday morning March 13'Th. Work should take approximately 3 hours to complete. During this time internet traffic will be disrupted.

Faster DSL Now Available

BPS Networks is proud to announce 3M DSL service is now available to customers in Bernie, Parma, Steele, Denton and Holland!

Scheduled Downtime December 5, 2007

Date: December 5, 2007

Time: Midnight - 3 AM

Affected: All Steele, Cooter, Denton and Holland customers.

We will be upgrading the core routers located in Steele Wednesday morning December 5'Th. Work should take approximately 3 hours to complete. During this time internet traffic will be disrupted.

Barracuda Statistics

We've added a link to allow you, our customer, to view some of the statistics gathered from our Barracuda Spam Firewall. The link is just above in the orange quick-link bar titled 'Spam Statistics'.  As of today we have processed 34,032,259 emails and of that only 1,254,979 have been accepted for delivery meaning roughly 96% of all email coming to our customers is rejected as spam.

SemoSportsLive

BPS Networks is proud to once again to support the Malden Greenwave Football team by broadcasting the games live online at: SemoSportsLive.

Scheduled Downtime Aug. 7, 2007

Date: August 7'th, 2007

Time: Midnight - 3AM

Affected: Bernie and Parma DSL

We will be doing work on the DSL networks in Bernie and Parma, during the time frames above, intermittent internet connectivity is likely.

Scheduled Downtime

Date: July 11'th, 2007

Time: Midnight - 3am

Affected: Bernie ADSL only

We will be upgrading the ADSL network in Bernie Wednesday morning July 11'th. Work should take approximately 3 hours to complete.