It is Official: Wiredsurf is Kaput
Posted by rabbit on June 13th, 2006
Almost two weeks ago I posted that we should be careful with Wiredsurf going forward. Today, the admin sent out this shocker (NOT):
"This email is sent to you with a very very heavy heart, and trembling fingers.
Wired Surf has become our pride and joy, and through the obstacles and
tribulations that we have endured, we believed that we could rise above it all
and recover our program, a program that we believed to be one of the best in the
industry.
We had many sleepless nights since our DDOS attack, wondering how we would ever
recover our program after such a large-scale disaster. Putting hours and hours
into the site, earning very little if anything at all for our labor, we gave
everything we had to the network and to the idea that we would be able to
continue to offer you the most honest program in the industry. We offered
unmatched support, and always went the extra mile to show our members that we
were there for them.
Despite all of our attempts, Wired Surf has encountered the biggest obstacle of
all. Continuing along the path to recovery hasn't been easy, and we have always
known, it was near impossible. It was easier to continue to believe that if we
were honest, if we were upfront, and if we ran the program with the community in
mind rather than our own pocketbooks, that it would be successful. Quite
frankly, we have put off sending this letter to you because we kept hoping for
some miracle, some solution to this ever-growing problem that we just can not
overcome.
Wired Surf will be temporarily closing its doors, and we ask that each and every
member of our program takes a second to visit our forum and read our "Personal
Letter to Members", because it is the most important notice that we have ever
posted, and one of the most difficult."
I think everyone saw this one coming from a mile away. It is hard for a surf program to recover from a few weeks of down time. They should not have allowed to downtime to last as long as it did.
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