Wonder if that’s why the SORBS mirror went offline?  I didn’t get any 
notification and it just disappeared.. can’t connect to the OOB port etc... :/

Michelle Sullivan
http://www.mhix.org/
Hallowed are those that walk in unison.

> On 14 Apr 2021, at 21:33, Jared Hirst <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Link the DA / Plan for the sites then if it's a co-incidence? Vocus tried to 
> offload the business in 2017 and couldn't.
> 
> "
> Vocus also confirmed it had appointed advisors to sell off its Australian 
> data centre assets. Vocus operates 20 data centres in Australia, which were 
> valued at $160 million by Macquarie analysts in May, according to a report in 
> the Australian Financial Review. Vocus made $46.5 million from its data 
> centre business in FY17, down from $50 million the previous financial year.
> The company said it would continue to evaluate its other non-core Australian 
> assets for a potential sale, and that it had received further approaches for 
> potential acquisitions since announcing the asset review in August."
> 
> Sounds 100% like a shut down is happening. Which I think is a great idea, the 
> Doody street site and 55 King are both terrible sites, but they should be 
> open about it if that is the truth.
> 
> - Jared
> 
> 
>> On April 13, 2021, 4:27 PM GMT+10 [email protected] wrote:
>> 
>> Unless there’s a replacement planned (particularly one planned to open 
>> before the existing one closes), I’m not sure whether it really matters 
>> whether there was an external or internal motivation for the change, the end 
>> result is much the same.
>>  
>> -Nathanael Bettridge
>>  
>>  
>> From: Mailing Lists <[email protected]> 
>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 11:08 AM
>> To: Nathanael Bettridge <[email protected]>
>> Cc: adam brzovic <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Melbourne Primus/Vocus datacenter at 55 King closing
>>  
>> Hi All,
>>  
>> There is no grand conspiracy here. 55 King is being knocked down by the 
>> building owner for a bigger tower, 59 Doody has a road planned to go through 
>> it.
>>  
>> Certainly we could do better with notifications and I'm sure your account 
>> managers would love to hear feedback on how we can improve.
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> Damien.
>>  
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:41 AM Nathanael Bettridge 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Our account manager just advised (after we had to ask first) that the 59 
>> Doody St NSW DC is closing November 2022 as well, so looks like they’re 
>> exiting the business entirely.
>>  
>> -Nathanael Bettridge
>>  
>> From: AusNOG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of adam brzovic
>> Sent: Sunday, 11 April 2021 6:30 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [AusNOG] Melbourne Primus/Vocus datacenter at 55 King closing
>>  
>> Hi All
>> 
>> I have just found an email lost in my spam folder than the Melbourne Primus 
>> datacenter at 55 King Street operated by Vocus is closing down in 4 months 
>> on the 1st of August 2021.
>> 
>> I know this is an old datacentre but every time I visit its full of servers 
>> and has been very stable since they had power issues 10 years ago so I do 
>> not understand why its closing down and now the headache of finding a new 
>> provider and moving our servers with only four months notice.
>> 
>> I have had no contact from our account manager, no phone call from anyone 
>> which is disappointing and no option provided by Vocus to move our servers 
>> to a new location.
>> 
>> Surely if you are actually going to close down a datacenter you would offer 
>> to move your customers to a new location free of charge and how about all 
>> the network and fiber providers in this location what will happen to them.
>> 
>> Has anyone else received notification that the Primus 55 King Street 
>> datacenter is closing down or are they just trying to get rid small 
>> customers.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Adam – CCNP Senior Network & Systems Administrator
>> 
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