Fido.Net Status Updates

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Details of latest changes / status / updates

SSL Certificate Updates

We have today updated the Wildcard SSL certificates on servers in the fido.net and server.fido.net domains As a result you may be prompted to confirm a change in the recorded SSL certificate you have stored in your caches.  This is entirely normal and you should accept the new certificate if prompted.   If we have…

MBORC Update 27.12.2012

MBORC declaration and Service update  This MBORC declaration and Service update is issued as a special alert to all Openreach customers due to the continuing severe weather experienced over the past few days  On 24 December 2012, we declared MBORC for repair activities on 12 areas of the UK in addition to 6 areas already declared…

vps2 failure

We are aware of issues with the Fido Control Panel (my.fido.net) and some customers with virtual machines hosted on the vpsh2 farm.   We are working to resolve these issues currently and hope to have normal service restored within the next hour following a controller restart. Please accept our apologise for the inconvenience caused by…

vpsh6 kernel panic

vpsh6 has experienced a kernel panic at approximately 21:30 this evening   Engineers are currently investigating the fault and working on resolving the issues as quickly as possible. UPDATE We have recovered the server and are working on repairing the attached storage. A kernel update is in the process of being applied which should resolve…

Openreach Severe Weather Update

Severe weather update October 2012 01 October 2012 Openreach (OR) have provided an update due to the severe weather conditions; this is likely to increase call volumes and impact handling times. The following update (week ending 28th September) is a direct communication from OR. “At 09.00 today we issued a MBORC (Matters Beyond Our Reasonable Control) declaration…

BT Wholesale 21CN Network Upgrades

Engineering work will be carried out in the LONDON FARADAY area as part of BT’s BRAS software upgrades for stability during the following windows; 05/07/2012 02:00 – 06:00hrs 06/07/2012 02:00 – 06:00hrs During this time customers will experience downtime of up to 2 hours. We advise users experiencing connectivity issues after the maintenance window has…

Control Panel Upgrades

We are in the process of rolling out a number of new features and a new look/feel to the Fido Control Panel. The updates should make the whole end user experience that little bit easier, with more understandable menu structures, easier to find functions as well as the addition of a number of new features…

EU wide Reverse DNS Issues

Currently RIPE – the European Body responsible for all things to do with IP addresses – are experiencing problems with their root DNS service.   This has resulted in a number of IP addresses losing their reverse DNS mappings.  RIPE are working hard to resolve the problem, and will be posting more information on their…