<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class="">I don't think anyone is disputing the fact its the truth (are they?) - I think people are more speculating the fact that it couldn't possibly be the truth if the first they are hearing about it is on a mailing list (rather than from their account manager)</font><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class="">It seems like - as bad as that would be - that's exactly what has happened.. And if Vocus is remaining in any type of Telecommunication business after exiting the Datacenter business, they're going to have to offer some ridiculously cheap prices or suck some major ass after this (now public) major ball drop .. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class="">People (well, definitely me) are reading this email thread wondering how on earth people are really only finding out about these data centre plans via a mailing list or by finding a lost email in their spam folder?!?<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class="">We just left 55 King over the past two weeks - so I'm glad we weren't as unlucky as others.. But if we were just finding out about this after reading this email thread, I'm sure my boss would be loosing it</font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Apr 2021, at 9:55 pm, Nick Pratley <<a href="mailto:nick@npratley.net" class="">nick@npratley.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div name="messageReplySection" class="">On 14 Apr 2021, 9:34 PM +1000, Jared Hirst <<a href="mailto:jared.hirst@serversaustralia.com.au" class="">jared.hirst@serversaustralia.com.au</a>>, wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">Link the DA / Plan for the sites then if it's a co-incidence? Vocus tried to offload the business in 2017 and couldn't.</div>
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<div class="">Sounds 100% like a shut down is happening. Which I think is a great idea, the Doody street site and 55 King are both terrible sites, but they should be open about it if that is the truth.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" class="front-blockquote">On April 13, 2021, 4:27 PM GMT+10 <a href="mailto:nathanael@prodigy.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">nathanael@prodigy.com.au</a> wrote:<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Melbourne Primus/Vocus datacenter at 55 King closing</span></div>
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<div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;" class="">There is no grand conspiracy here. 55 King is being knocked down by the building owner for a bigger tower, 59 Doody has a road planned to go through it.</div>
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<div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt;" class="">On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:41 AM Nathanael Bettridge <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:nathanael@prodigy.com.au" target="_blank" class="">nathanael@prodigy.com.au</a>> wrote:</div>
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<b class="">Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Melbourne Primus/Vocus datacenter at 55 King closing</span></div>
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<div class=""><p class="">Hi All</p><p class="">I have just found an email lost in my spam folder than the Melbourne Primus datacenter at 55 King Street operated by Vocus is closing down in 4 months on the 1st of August 2021.</p><p class="">I know this is an old datacentre but every time I visit its full of servers and has been very stable since they had power issues 10 years ago so I do not understand why its closing down and now the headache of finding a new provider and moving our servers with only four months notice.</p><p class="">I have had no contact from our account manager, no phone call from anyone which is disappointing and no option provided by Vocus to move our servers to a new location.</p><p class="">Surely if you are actually going to close down a datacenter you would offer to move your customers to a new location free of charge and how about all the network and fiber providers in this location what will happen to them.</p><p class="">Has anyone else received notification that the Primus 55 King Street datacenter is closing down or are they just trying to get rid small customers.</p><p class="">Thanks</p><p class="">Adam – CCNP Senior Network & Systems Administrator</p>
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