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You have the right to get on a soap-box and say whatever you want. You just don't have the right to use my business's facilities to do so. All businesses should
by michaelhalligan 16y ago
You have the right to get on a soap-box and say whatever you want. You just don't have the right to use my business's facilities to do so. All businesses should reserve the right to refuse service, and exercise that when they feel it's warranted.
- zavulon 16y agoStill, everyone is at least entitled to an advanced notice from their host that they're getting shut down, to avoid any downtime. In this case, it seemed like keeping the website offline was Rackspace's goal, not "refusing service", which is very lame.
- michaelhalligan 16y agoFully agreed. The only reason I would find that type of shut-off acceptable would be if Rackspace were getting DDOS'd to a point that was costing them significant expenses by way of bandwidth, manpower, or downtime credits to other customers. In such a case, shutting them off for causing these damages while violating Terms Of Services would definitely be warranted.