ModCentral actually *pays* for these boards?!

[dennyk]

The other day, while I was bored because the Inf boards' database was down as usual, I clicked on the link to the Infopop site, just to see what this OpenTopic thing was and how it was different from their UBB software. I figured it was probably some cut-rate free board hosting service they offered, considering how much downtime there has been with the INF boards (and all of the other OpenTopic boards, including their own tech support board /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif ) lately. I was quite astonished to see that it wasn't a free service after all, but a *paid* BBS hosting service, and the *cheapest* account was $25 a month, with the next levels being $80 and $300 respectively. Personally, I am appalled that a paid service would have so many problems for such a long time. I hope ModCentral is getting some of their money back for all this downtime...
At least I know who NOT to use to host any BBS services I might want to use in the future! Even the *free* EZBoard service doesn't have near this many problems (although even as I write this, I just found that EZBoard is either down or the campus DNS servers are screwed up again...personally, I'm betting on the DNS servers! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ).
Have the boards always been this bad, or is it just since I've started visiting regularly a month or so ago? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

DennyK AKA LordDeimos . . . .

 

[Goat Fucker]

They oda get thir money back, i hope for´em they do.

And i have smaller probs with the bord aswell.
Sometimes (like now) the key´s get fucked.
right now the ´ doesent work, i have to press ` and then space and then the letter for it to work.
Damn now the leftarrow for some reason behaves like backspace.

Small things, but wery anoing.

 

[Buddy_Pickle]

As I understand it, from talking to various people, some at UBB, this version of their new and enhanced BBS is still in late beta stage. (You cant buy THIS product yet. Only the old version, which is missing many of the new features, too many to list. I could be wrong, but I think the final version of what you are looking at here will have a different name, product-wise.)

I am certainly no expert, but from what I understand, ModCentral, and all parties involved, are testing this out...and helping bring it to a faster and more stable release.

Buddy_Pickle
RealMaps Co-Founder / Web Guy
www.planetunreal.com/realmaps/

 

[dennyk]

Well...

Well...OpenTopic is actually a "service" more than a product...basically, a remotely hosted BBS. And their web site selling it sure doesn't make mention that it's still in a beta-like stage or unstable! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

The problems we're seeing are affecting even their own tech support board, so even if ModCentral is testing their next beta for them, at least some of the problems are affecting all of their current clients.

Then again, if ModCentral is doing testing, maybe they're getting the service for free, so they aren't being bilked. I feel sorry for the rest of InfoPop's clients, though... /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Here's the site, BTW, if you're curious about the service:

http://www.infopop.com/services_ot/services_ot.html

DennyK AKA LordDeimos . . . . /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif