Servers Offline - 8/26/16 - 3pm ET

BWD and Force servers down. Message from data center:

Network Packetloss

We are currently experiencing Network Connectivity issues to our West Coast Data Center, At this time we are currently working on getting this matter resolved as quickly as possible, and services will be restored as quickly as possible.

Will monitor and expedite return of service in any way possible. Also will update this post with any relevant information.

RESOLVED: 3:19pm ET

Server Offline - July 14th, 2015

The data center where the BWD server is located is currently offline. Top-tier support techs are working to restore service. It should be back online "within the hour" (not sure which hour).

Will update this post when service is restored.

UPDATE: Service restored at 4:05pm ET

Data Center Down—Sites Offline

Wednesday morning, November 26th, 7:15am ET, the data center hosting all BWD sites (and email) is temporarily down/out of service. The current status predicts the service will be back online "within the hour”.

UPDATE: Issue resolved 7:17am ET.

ALERT: Possible Down Time, Wed Apr 9th, 2:20pm ET

I just received the following notice from the hosting service company:

This notice is regarding imminent, emergency service restarts within your VPS. A recently discovered openssl vulnerability has been patched in your VPS, however a restart of your server's Apache web service is still required in order to load the new openssl version.

Unfortunately, the nature of this vulnerability means we must do so as soon as possible.


In most cases, Apache will only be down for a fraction of a second while the old service stops and the new one starts.

Please be aware that this may cause some down time for your website, and/or email. I will monitor the process as it unfolds. Hopefully, their best-case scenario will be what actually happens.