Wispmon was cloud only wasn't it? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Oct 18, 2017 9:16 AM, "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote: > He always has a choice. > > On Oct 18, 2017 7:14 AM, "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> He didn't have a choice. His cloud-based billing provider went out of >> business and sold to sonar. So he doesn't even really have the option of >> running old software, he's being forced to upgrade. >> >> On Oct 18, 2017, at 07:55, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Please don't become a Sonar customer just to demonize them because you >> don't like their service model. >> >> Seriously. That'd be a super shitty thing to do. >> >> On Oct 18, 2017 6:52 AM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I will be using it shortly as Sonar bought WISPMon. >>> >>> All of the major billing\OSS platforms with modern features are also >>> cloud-based, so there's not really anywhere else to go. >>> >>> That's fine for you that it works that way, but many WISPs are >>> increasing their use of on-premises virtualization. What about your >>> monitoring, DNS, RADIUS, syslog, Unimus, mail, etc., etc. servers? >>> >>> Yes, my reasons do outweigh arbitrary reasons to keep it in a cloud >>> environment. >>> >>> Actually, I've been fairly quiet on this particular issue and will be >>> increasing my advocacy efforts in this regard to all billing\OSS platforms. >>> As I said, it's the SFP port of the billing\OSS world. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >>> >>> >>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From: *"Darin Steffl" <[email protected]> >>> *To: *[email protected] >>> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 17, 2017 10:08:47 PM >>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Sonar >>> >>> I'm in agreement with Simon that it's much faster and reliable to host >>> in the cloud than a server on site. It would cost me many more hours, hand >>> holding, and worry if I had to host this server in my network. If I went on >>> vacation and something happened, I'd be stressed. >>> >>> With sonar living in the cloud, there's less to worry about as it's >>> hosted in a much more reliable datacenter than I could afford to build. >>> It's also managed by sonar's team so if there's an issue, they take care of >>> it. Stress free for me. >>> >>> I see why you might want to host it in house but those reasons do NOT >>> outweigh all the benefits of letting sonar host it in the cloud for you and >>> take care of the problems. >>> >>> Mike, if you don't like Simon's decision to leave it in the cloud, shut >>> up and move on. There's no reason for you and Matt Hoppes to keep beating a >>> dead horse and sound like a broken record. Use something else you're happy >>> with and let the rest of us grow our business and make more $$ while you >>> two complain about a product you don't even use. Jeez ha >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 17, 2017 8:31 PM, "Seth Mattinen" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/17/17 6:14 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: >>>> >>>>> Expect repeated harassment until a good reason is presented or you >>>>> capitulate. >>>>> >>>>> It's the SFP of the billing\OSS world. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I always welcome my competitors to have external dependencies. When >>>> they try to hand wave their problems away as vendor or cloud problems it >>>> helps me gain new customers. >>>> >>>> ~Seth >>>> >>> >>>
