Re: [Ekiga-list] server down?

[Rob Owens <rowens ptd net>]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 06:47:22PM +0100, Palo S. wrote:
> 
> Andrew & Rob: The same behaviour with my clients. They reported
> they were registered but no calls could be made. After the
> deregistration, all registration attemps fail with "Could
> not register (Globally not acceptable)". It lasts for the last
> 5 hours approximately. 
> 
> So it seems the server is really having issues but I am afraid
> we have to wait till somebody with access to it notices and
> fixes the problem... 
> 
> This actually happens quite frequently and it usually takes 
> hours or even days sometimes to get fixed. I think it might 
> be an idea to arrange a better means of communication to get 
> the message about the server issues to its administrators 
> delivered promptly because apparently they are not reading 
> these threads all the time. Something like "report a probable
> server problem" button on a webpage or in the client with 
> message delivered to a frequently read addresses the admins 
> set. Or is there something like already I just don't know 
> about?
> 
I've noticed that kind of thing in the past.  It's what made me go and
get a free account at iptel.org.  Their service seems to be much more
reliable, and it works fine with the ekiga software.

-Rob