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IMPORTANT: Network Maintenance Notification

IMPORTANT: Network Maintenance Notification

PART ONE:
Please understand that we *cannot* control these types of maintenance windows as this is directly done by the datacenter themselves so please be patient.

Per Datecenter Notice sent:

You are receiving this message regarding an important maintenance window, 2020-12-03 (all times US eastern). (FYI: EST is +3 SLT)

Event Type: Network Upgrade
Start Time: 2020-12-10 07:00:00 UTC
End Time: 2020-12-10 11:00:00 UTC
Location(s): Miami, FL
Device(s): Edge Devices
Client Affecting: Yes

Event Summary: Important maintenance will be performed on one or more devices that may affect network connectivity to your services.

PART TWO:
We will begin doing scheduled server maintenance on the 15th of each month at 4AM SLT starting December 15th, 2020. Please understand that no matter what time/schedule we choose, it will essentially affect someone. However, these reboots are done to keep the servers healthy just like your own personal computer when you do security scans or when you power down your computer for the night, or etc. We don’t do this to be bug but we do apologize in advance if it affects you. This is one of the reasons we suggest having a backup stream in place by multiple companies just in case because technology is *not* perfect. Which leads me to say that we will be proving backup services on separate servers soon; to be announced. See scheduled server maintenance page by clicking here.

PART THREE:
The server pricing for the new server at the separate datacenter I was going to order was higher than I anticipated because they don’t include support with their lower options, at all. So I’m working to see if there is any room for negotiations. Hopefully even if there isn’t that their network can even handle our streaming services when ordering and beta testing. I will keep everyone posted. Thank you for your patience. Please know that the sales will be going toward the beta servers: see current sales by clicking here.  If you would like to sponsor a server, you can do so by just sending us a tip using the tipping boards or getting an ad on our news page, see our ad opportunities we have available including inside the control panel.

December 3, 2020 by
General Post

An Little Update & Terminations Shortly

An Little Update & Terminations Shortly
Sun, Nov 29 2020 12:02:08 PM PST

There are a number of late rentals past the grace period. All rental boxes past the grace period will be terminated. Please come check & pay your rental if you plan on renewing.

A Little Update: an email list option is in the works – however – it will be a paid option because it will be A LOT of extra work on my end to do on a daily basis to send out reminders manually. I will send a notice/website post on it once it has been finalized.

Thank you

November 29, 2020 by
General Post, Recommendations

Charity (Inworld) Donations

Hiya,

Per our charity signs: we have now donated what was give in L$ to the donation boards at our office. I would like to give a special THANK YOU to all of those who donated. I am, unfortunately, unable to give proper naming credits because the creator of the boards I use has closed up their web tools so I cannot see the data any longer. (http://www.asdwebtools.com/)

Be kind, give back, pay it forward. People around the world could use a helping hand whether it means volunteering, donating your hard earned money, or giving food/clothes/etc to places in need.

https://gyazo.com/9cc16b2fe05b283f2dc98611e45a997d
Total Amount in L$: L$960
Each board’s total was L$320
Date Donations Given: November 21, 2020
We donated $5.00 USD to each charity as the total amount was not enough to take out of world as it would have been US$ 3.72 minus 5% for Linden Lab’s fee so I used what I had in my Paypal account for the donations with $5.00 USD going to each charity. I have screen shots for proof of each donations as provided below.

All Hands and Hearts
https://www.allhandsandhearts.org/
https://gyazo.com/d2eba72312b2a8b3dcd29d609fb25d05
https://gyazo.com/436519a3d816f6b7d6acf7a3cec26385
https://gyazo.com/c0302dff13df9f7fcbefc49d4efec610

Midwest Food Bank
https://www.midwestfoodbank.org/
https://gyazo.com/e0285b4b7bc769a2b0e612a94b7e8201
https://gyazo.com/ac89c7aca1a7db82819ad232cb28f391
https://gyazo.com/444e6a204e548d95707a76da13568f17

Toys for Tots
https://www.toysfortots.org/
https://gyazo.com/f4c0f592f68663368ce97314c6d3b1aa
https://gyazo.com/d8dfa752fcb68c1d5752a76b05086bd4
https://gyazo.com/9d2193a31708032baeb911f26e0e6122

November 21, 2020 by
Expired Sales, General Post

OUR SURPRISE SUNDAY SPECIAL AS PROMISED

This deal has been extended to Friday November 13th, 2020 at 11:59PM SLT.

Renew 1 month, get 2 weeks FREE! No limit & any plan. This sale will end on Monday at 8:20PM SLT! Please ONLY use the 4 week pay option to redeem. You’ll get a message in local if successful. No refunds for not following instructions. Wait for each transaction to process before doing another.

Thank you!

November 8, 2020 by
General Post, Outages/Network Issues

UPDATE (ALL CLEAR): Caspertech – Outage – Please read

 
UPDATE: THEY HAVE ISSUES AN ALL CLEAR.
 

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!!!
Sun, Nov 08 2020 3:05:30 PM PST

Please refrain from making any payments until they (Caspertech ) have released an all clear. Any payments made, they have placed a fail safe system in place so just be patient. Here is their official update with specific details on the matter.

https://www.facebook.com/CasperTechUK/posts/1485645984963689
In case you weren’t aware: We use the CasperLet/CasperVend systems created by the Caspertech company inworld.

Thank you

 

November 8, 2020 by
General Post

Twitter Poll: Advertising Options

Hey there!
Wed, Nov 04 2020 7:21:05 PM PST

I’m considering to add a new discord channel for advertising to Hostcrate’s discord OR a separate discord for ads altogether. I’m also considering ads be free for customers & fee based for non-customers at a later time. What are your thoughts? Let us know! on our Twitter:

November 4, 2020 by
Expired Sales, General Post

Unmetered Listeners & DOUBLE SPACE (20GB) License

*Unmetered Listeners & DOUBLE SPACE (20GB) License*
Tue, Nov 03 2020 11:35:07 AM PST

Get our 10GB license with *unmetered listeners* AND DOUBLE SPACE normally $202.99USD(+$19.99yr for 10GB extra space) (in Lindens equivalent L$57,585) for the price of our regular lifetime license which is L$13500!!. Cannot be combined. One month of support included with sale. No need to contact me unless you have questions etc as the vendor is set! Expires on November 7th, 2020 at 1159PM SLT. This sale will be extended through the end of 2020 🙂 Limited 5  3 spots [as of: December 2nd, 2020].

RIDE: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lawton/32/251/48

*first I have ever offered this*

November 4, 2020 by
Expired Sales, General Post

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! (discount!!) 2020 promo

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! (discount!!)
Sat, Oct 31 2020 12:42:20 PM PDT

Now until 3:00AM SLT, get 50% off when you pay at least L$99 for any rental you have. If successful, you’ll see this in local: https://gyazo.com/dea20e46bb2bb130f78cc21042ed1cb2.png

You have to pay at minimum L$99 or it won’t work. Please let each transaction finish before starting another. Expiration date is the only limit. No refunds for any reason, no exceptions.

We you a safe & happy Halloween!

TAG US on FB with what you’re doing/dressed as for Halloween https://www.facebook.com/hostcrate

You’ll get 1 free week if you do! 😉

October 31, 2020 by
Expired Sales, General Post

Upgrade Sale: Lifetime Licenses – 2020 Sale

Please contact me directly to redeem!
This offer cannot be combined with any other promotion, sorry.

Full Transparency: This sale is being done to raise funds for a few new additional servers AND a giveaway for the holidays. If no or not enough sales are done, I cannot do either (except the 1 server already in the works).

Upgrade Sale: Lifetime Licenses

You can upgrade your stream to a lifetime license for 50% OFF. This includes 50% off the price of the license AND 50% the time remaining renewal fee (unless price is more than renewal price in which case no refunds are given & time will just be transferred over as is – Example: regular budget plan to a lifetime license budget plan (L$99 to L$40 a week). BONUS: KEEP YOUR SAME PORT NUMBER (only your username will change)

OR you can upgrade to an RL license for 60% off plus transfer of all remaining time free and renewal fee will be $9.99 a year instead of the regular $19.99 a year PLUS KEEP YOUR SAME PORT NUMBER (only your username will change)

See our RL license prices:
https://gyazo.com/9c21878058fb5396c763e48e50f4a545.png

Now until December 31st, 2020 at 11:59PM SLT
(or otherwise updated – i.e. no or limited sales made)

Please contact me directly to redeem!

October 19, 2020 by
General Post, Maintenance Notices

Terminations…Oct 7th, 2020

Terminations…
Wed, Oct 07 2020 4:31:51 PM PDT

I will be doing stream terminations of all accounts that are past our grace period. Please be sure if you wish to keep your stream with us that you are not overdue. The terminations will be done after the debate tonight (10:30PM EST / 7:30PM SLT) If you are unsure, please come and check. I will be unable to as I have a number of things to do (creating accounts for licenses for example) to catch up on.

OFFICE: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lawton/19/243/48

Thank you

October 7, 2020 by