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Re:I made a down detector for down detector by monooso on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @10:05AM (#45980447)
> AWS and Cloudflare don't actually experience more downtime, it's just a bigger story when they are down because so many people use them.

This may be true over a long enough timeframe, but GP stated that their clients had experienced no downtime since switching at the start of the year.

That is clearly better than both AWS and Cloudflare during that time.

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Re:I made a down detector for down detector by count on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @10:24AM (#45980693)
My clients (extremely large) AWS based infrastructure experienced no downtime this year. So, if it's based on some random person's clients, it's not clearly better at all.

I don't use cloud flare for anything, so no comment there.

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Re:I made a down detector for down detector by monooso on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @12:19PM (#45982118)
> So, if it's based on some random person's clients, it's not clearly better at all.

Valid. I should have made it clear that I meant "clearly better from GP's perspective."

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Re:I made a down detector for down detector by nonethewiser on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @03:46PM (#45984896)
Clearly better than what though?
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Re:I made a down detector for down detector by nonethewiser on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @03:31PM (#45984714)
>GP stated that their clients had experienced no downtime since switching at the start of the year

That's the least useful information.

What matters for his service availability is what he should expect going forward. What matters for reviewing his decision making process is what he should have expected at the time of choosing service providers.

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