"We're all in it together...except when we're not."

[serinde]

Also sprach Joe, subsequent to his communication with a colocation customer who's removing his machine today. Said customer stressed that he'd always been happy with hosting his box here, but his insurance company now refuses to insure him as long as his servers are in New York City, due to terrorism concerns.

Thank you, Governmental and Corporate America, for your unflagging and tireless support in the wake of NYC's suffering. I guess it's a lot easier to send someone in for a day to drop crocodile tears at Ground Zero than it is to do something actually useful for the metro area.

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[xlerb.livejournal.com]

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Perhaps insurance companies should stop insuring people altogether in dangerous places like, say, the whole Gulf Coast.

On the other hand, i'm wondering if this fellow just needs a decent disaster recovery plan instead of giving his money to racketeers.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I so, so wish Joe had asked the name of the insurance company.

[heliumbreath.livejournal.com]

I could offer a nice colo in a city whose politicians are a bunch of rabid socialists who would never dare do anything that might possibly offend those who carry AK-47s or wear the latest in chic detonatable fashion. For actuarial purposes, it's located in a building that has successfully stood there for nigh on a century, so there's a very good track record of not falling over going. The outer shell is solid prewar technology, and we're talking pre-WWI here, while the inside is bleeding-edge technology (and they replaced that bit of carpet one of my cow orkers bled all over). For added security, the elevators don't work part of the time so there's a chance that would keep Nasty People out.

Meanwhile, if you can find out who $INSURER was, post it for public ridicule. Even I can figure out that in high-risk situations, charge $FOO as an up-front premium for $FOO worth of coverage and take the interest on it while you're holding it. And maybe your Mayor and friends should go after them for their Big Apple allergy.