New Tier One Hosting Company

Mike AI · 01-29-2003

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030129/daw046_1.html

From the people who brought you DirectNIC comes ZIPA.COM

Zipa, LLC Buys Enron's New Orleans Datacenter
Wednesday January 29, 6:45 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- New Orleans Internet services company Zipa, LLC recently purchased a tier 1 datacenter in downtown New Orleans from Enron Broadband Services, Inc.
The 6,600-square-foot facility offers carrier class features for Internet connectivity, climate control, fire suppression, power backup and much more.

The first-rate facility was purchased through a bankruptcy sale and is being further updated by Zipa to offer better accommodations for companies seeking commercial Internet hosting and collocation, as well as other Internet and telecommunications services.

Zipa is seeking to make the facility one of the premier collocation and commercial hosting options in the South, while also building one of the largest private peering points in the region.

Zipa already has acquired several large Internet carriers and companies as its first clients. With the assistance and expertise of its sister company and collo client, Intercosmos Media Group, Inc., Zipa foresees many opportunities in the high-end hosting industry in the years to come.

For information on Zipa, LLC or its services, email info@zipa.com or call Sigmund Solares at (504) 679-5170, ext. 106.

Peaches · 01-29-2003

Wow!

Congratulations Michael and The Gang!!

dantheman · 01-29-2003

wtg mike and everyone down there

Mike AI · 01-29-2003

Thanks Peaches!!

We are very excited about all the possibilities.... Of course all the credit goes to Sig, Noah, and the staff of InterCosmos. This deal took over a year to put together and finalize.

Turner · 01-29-2003

Looks good Mike, congrats!

voodooman · 01-29-2003

Congrats Mike. Way To Go!!!!!

Good Luck to you all.

Mike AI · 01-29-2003

Voodoo, Dan, Turner thanks for the support!

If we can have the success we have had with DirectNIC, we will be in great shape.

We should have some very competative hosting services set up very soon.

We migrated all of DirectNIC's servers ( over 140) the past 2 weeks. It was a major undertaking, down flawlessly...
Of course all I did was just walk around the Datacenter checking it out. It is very impressive....

Anyone who bad talks Enron will have me fighting them! hahaha

Thanks Enron!!

slavdogg · 01-29-2003

very cool, Good Luck Mike !

drunkdollars · 01-29-2003

Dam that is HUGE congrats to all involved.

Vick · 01-29-2003

Very Nice MikeAI
Congrats to the entire InterCosmos team!

01-29-2003

Congratulations, Michael...can we spam on it? :P

Mutt · 01-30-2003

congrats Mike and the Team Intercosmos! Viva La Zipa!!!

ok now let's take a poll

how much did Mike have to do with this?

a)nothing
b)very little
c)marginal contribution
d)listened very intently to Sig and Noah's plans and nodded alot

SweetT · 01-30-2003

Yo Intercosmos guys....

Nice work.....congrats

Now try to make some money with it instead of using it like the Enron guys did

--T

dantheman · 01-30-2003

mutt, I'm picking D since mike said he did walk around the datacenter

Rick Latona · 01-30-2003

sextoyking · 01-30-2003

Mike and Crew

congrats on getting the datacenter!!!

Todd

Nickatilynx · 01-30-2003

Congrats Mike

And what heather said?

MikeFold · 01-30-2003

kudos to the new orleans contingent....
welld one

mutt the answer is e) None Of The Above

ya'all underestimate the AI guy

Mike AI · 01-30-2003

HAHA thanks Mutt... But I will be first to smit those guys carry me, and I am not that light! Obviously Fold knows - but he knows Sig from the old days!

T - I already a mworking on other business plans if datacenter does not work out, it would be a great place to raise cold chicken, get some coops.. I hear chickens put out more eggs when cold!

Seriously I am just happy to have a place for when a hurricaine heads this way I can go to. With all teh battery back up, and the huge diseal generator and being on 10th floor - its going to be a safe place - WITH lots of bandwidth - so no matter how bad storm is, I will still be able to surf Oprano and porn!

Thanks for all the comments!!!

ulfie · 01-30-2003

Congrats on the new addition. If it's run half as well as Directnic it will still be first class. Just let me know when I can set up my new spam servers, er, I mean, email marketing servers.

sextoyking · 01-30-2003

Ulfie,

well if you need landing page servers, let me know

thanks

todd

JerryW · 01-30-2003

Congratulations Mike and company, very nice move.

Who do I talk to about hosting?

JMScore · 01-30-2003

Mike and the whole Intercosmos crew (minus Grimm of course

... Big congrats. I'm sure it will be as big a success as DirecNic was!

*KK* · 01-30-2003

glad to see you finally got this done Michael!!! Not so glad to see you spelled colo wrong

Mutt · 01-30-2003

MikeAI knows I respect him, he likes taking low blows!

He doesn't take himself seriously and gives the kudos to others.

Hell Puppy · 01-30-2003

As someone who has seen what a data center sold by a dotbomb cheap looks like.... Here's hoping someone somewhere knows where all those wires go! :P

Billy · 01-31-2003

Sigmund knows that if they have any problems I am only 5 minutes away I am a computer expert and can fix almost anything : )

Just don't let Mike know I am going to work on them : )

grimm · 01-31-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by JMScore@Jan 30 2003, 12:09 PM
Mike and the whole Intercosmos crew (minus Grimm of course ... Big congrats. I'm sure it will be as big a success as DirecNic was!

What, you don't like me no mo?

This is a very exciting opportunity and we are hyped up about entering this sector of the market

And FYI, any inquiries on hosting can be sent to any of us, the email will find its way to the right spot

sig@intercosmos.com
noah@intercosmos.com
Michael@intercosmos.com
matt@intercosmos.com

etc., etc.

grimm · 01-31-2003

Hellpuppy... you have not seen this one yet

it surely is impresssive.

Mike AI · 01-31-2003

Quote:

Hellpuppy... you have not seen this one yet it surely is impresssive.

HAHA yeah they were even nice enough to color code the wires for us!!

Menace · 01-31-2003

Great play, best of luck with it!

grimm · 01-31-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike AI@Jan 31 2003, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Hellpuppy... you have not seen this one yet it surely is impresssive.

HAHA yeah they were even nice enough to color code the wires for us!!

And a big sign that says "INTERNET GOES HERE"

Hell Puppy · 02-01-2003

Good luck with it. If you're going to get into the hosting biz, I definitely think owning your own data center is the way to go. And right now it's a buyer's market. Should be a very nice fit with Directnic and your other ventures.

Billy · 02-01-2003

Just wanted to say that I took the Noah tour yesterday of the data center and wow.. what a place !! All I know is that directnic is one of the best in the business and I am sure that image will work it's way over to the data center !

Peaches · 02-01-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Billy@Feb 1 2003, 01:24 PM
Just wanted to say that I took the Noah tour yesterday of the data center and wow.. what a place !!

You didn't TOUCH anything, did you Billy??!!

I have some sort of electrical aura that screws things up which became a hindrance when I worked in the switches of MCI, Sprint, Telesphere and the 900 biz

Though the techs realized that if they could get something to work around me, it was ready for general use

Billy · 02-01-2003

I was not going to mention it.. and I am sure Mike would not.. but have you seen the movie the bubble boy ?? Well that is what them made me dress up like, to ensure I did not touch anthing for my vibes did not get into the air, I don't think they trust me : (

Winetalk.com · 02-01-2003

I just learned 2 hours ago that one of the hosting conglomerates with Data Center about 8 times bigger than Enron's and who is losing aprox $300,000 a month is moving into adult hosting,
just to relieve the burden of 3.5 mln yearly loss.

They don't care how cheap they sell the bandwidth,
as long as $$ influx helps them to fill the red hole.

Should be very interesting when this bandwidth supply reaches the shores....

Mike AI · 02-01-2003

Serge what mainstream hosting company refused porn business?

I have hosted with many companies, including many large public companies. No one ever refused my business due to porn.

The main issue I left these companies and went to someone who specilizes in adult is for the service.... at the time these big companies did not know the special needs we had.

Competition is good, bandwidth is a commodity.... One can always look and find a cheaper BW price.... cannot be successful by underselling.

Winetalk.com · 02-01-2003

They contacted me via
http://cotac.com/web/ for the full blown adult market ad campagne.
But...I am no longer giving free advices,
when and if they sign up with COTAC,
I have the solution for them to overcome the obstacles you mentioned.

Untill than....it's all yadda-yadaa-yadda...times when I was racking my brains for free are gone.

Mike AI · 02-01-2003

Serge this is why I am so happy to be your partner, you have a solution for EVERYTHING!!

From click brokering, to rock & roll band manager!!

PornoDoggy · 02-01-2003

Congratulations Mike & Company ... since it's a former Enron facility, have you considered an exorcism ceremony just to be safe?

Winetalk.com · 02-01-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike AI@Feb 1 2003, 02:40 PM
Serge this is why I am so happy to be your partner, you have a solution for EVERYTHING!!

From click brokering, to rock & roll band manager!!

you forgot to mention Top of the Line Watch repairs/refurbishing to the High Net Worth Individuals by the ONLY Heavy Metal Guitarist in the World, Daniel Spitz, who happens to have a Direct Personal Acount with Rolex to obtain all parts necessary to repair their ENTIRE LINE of time pieces.

I love my new "learning on the jopb" expereince....

Mike AI · 02-01-2003

Really? Katie's Rolex has been running slow.... should I send it to you?

Actually its under warranty, I will bring it to the people I bought it from.

Secret to having Rolex's run well, is to never take them off. The more they run the better they operate.

Peaches · 02-01-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike AI@Feb 1 2003, 05:24 PM
Secret to having Rolex's run well, is to never take them off. The more they run the better they operate.

Don't they still run when they're not being worn?

I had one for 3 months when I was married and it spent 2 months in the store being worked on. My ex got his money back for it and bought me a boat. I liked the boat a lot more

ulfie · 02-01-2003

I wear a Homer Simpson talking watch I got at Burger King. Can you fix those too?

Peaches · 02-01-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by ulfie@Feb 1 2003, 06:37 PM
I wear a Homer Simpson talking watch I got at Burger King. Can you fix those too?

Surely you bought the extended warranty for it!

Dravyk · 02-01-2003

Better late than never ...

Many congrats to Mike and the guys on this acquistion!!!!

Between you and Tony, I think you guys pretty much are going to end up owning "The Internet South."

grimm · 02-01-2003

Anyone is welcome to come park their Trailer in our Dirty South lot

dantheman · 02-03-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Dravyk@Feb 1 2003, 08:21 PM
Better late than never ...

Many congrats to Mike and the guys on this acquistion!!!!

Between you and Tony, I think you guys pretty much are going to end up owning "The Internet South."

HEY

as long as they save me a small piece of the pie

01-29-2003	#1
Mike AI Administrator Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 11,618	http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030129/daw046_1.html From the people who brought you DirectNIC comes ZIPA.COM Zipa, LLC Buys Enron's New Orleans Datacenter Wednesday January 29, 6:45 pm ET NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- New Orleans Internet services company Zipa, LLC recently purchased a tier 1 datacenter in downtown New Orleans from Enron Broadband Services, Inc. The 6,600-square-foot facility offers carrier class features for Internet connectivity, climate control, fire suppression, power backup and much more. The first-rate facility was purchased through a bankruptcy sale and is being further updated by Zipa to offer better accommodations for companies seeking commercial Internet hosting and collocation, as well as other Internet and telecommunications services. Zipa is seeking to make the facility one of the premier collocation and commercial hosting options in the South, while also building one of the largest private peering points in the region. Zipa already has acquired several large Internet carriers and companies as its first clients. With the assistance and expertise of its sister company and collo client, Intercosmos Media Group, Inc., Zipa foresees many opportunities in the high-end hosting industry in the years to come. For information on Zipa, LLC or its services, email info@zipa.com or call Sigmund Solares at (504) 679-5170, ext. 106. __________________ Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!

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Mike AI Administrator Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 11,618	Thanks Peaches!! We are very excited about all the possibilities.... Of course all the credit goes to Sig, Noah, and the staff of InterCosmos. This deal took over a year to put together and finalize. __________________ Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!

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01-29-2003	#6
voodooman Members Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,695	Congrats Mike. Way To Go!!!!! Good Luck to you all.

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01-29-2003	#11
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01-30-2003	#12
Mutt Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,087	congrats Mike and the Team Intercosmos! Viva La Zipa!!! ok now let's take a poll how much did Mike have to do with this? a)nothing b)very little c)marginal contribution d)listened very intently to Sig and Noah's plans and nodded alot

01-30-2003	#13
SweetT Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 236	Yo Intercosmos guys.... Nice work.....congrats Now try to make some money with it instead of using it like the Enron guys did --T __________________

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01-30-2003	#20
ulfie Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,143	Congrats on the new addition. If it's run half as well as Directnic it will still be first class. Just let me know when I can set up my new spam servers, er, I mean, email marketing servers. __________________

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01-30-2003	#23
JMScore Members Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 52	Mike and the whole Intercosmos crew (minus Grimm of course ... Big congrats. I'm sure it will be as big a success as DirecNic was!

01-30-2003	#24
KK Members Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,581	glad to see you finally got this done Michael!!! Not so glad to see you spelled colo wrong

01-30-2003	#26
Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	As someone who has seen what a data center sold by a dotbomb cheap looks like.... Here's hoping someone somewhere knows where all those wires go! :P

01-31-2003	#27
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01-31-2003	#31
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02-01-2003	#33
Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	Good luck with it. If you're going to get into the hosting biz, I definitely think owning your own data center is the way to go. And right now it's a buyer's market. Should be a very nice fit with Directnic and your other ventures.

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