hat is web site too. Password protection was
monitoring all about? functioning. At least he did not
Here is Carl's story: have to worry about his web site
this evening.
Carl returned to the office after
a tough day of negotiations. He There were still some download
still was not sure if the crucial speed issues reported by the Hong
deal was on or off, but dinner Kong Monitoring Station. He made
would soon be waiting and he had a mental note to raise the issue
just enough time left to check with his web host contact in the
his emails and his phone morning.
messages.
Just as he was putting on his
He had twelve phone messages, jacket to leave, his cell phone
every one of them urgent. Too rang.
late to call back right away;
that would have to wait for A few minutes later, he called
morning. his wife. "Hi Ruby. How's dinner
doing?"
His inbox held that familiar
email report from his web site "Great, Carl. You'll be home
monitoring service. He smiled. As soon?"
usual, there were no error
alerts. That's what he liked to "I was just about to leave when
see -- his web site still my cell phone rang. It was
performing well. Dotcom-Monitor calling. It seems
the web site went down. They were
He looked carefully at the reporting from London."
report. All the forms were
functioning. The shopping cart, "You mean your European customers
can't access the site?" Ruby office. Let me know when you're
asked. coming home."
"That's what I thought at first. "OK. I'll let you know as soon as
When the Hong Kong monitoring I do. Bye."
station reported an alert, I
assumed the transatlantic Carl checked the more detailed
connection was blocked. But when report online. ( Here is an
the Florida monitoring station example:
reported in, I had to check the http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/Acc
site. And guess what?" essibilityCheck.asp )
"I guess that you won't be home As Carl dialed his ISP, he
for dinner." realized it would likely be a
long evening. But not as long as
"Sorry. I have to get on the line if he received less frequent
with the web host and straighten reports. And not as long as the
this all out." next day would be if the web site
had been offline for the next.
"Hey, that's OK. I'm just happy
you get instant those alerts. I And that's what web site
would hate to see you get that monitoring is all about.
call during our dinner and have
to go all the way back into the
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David Leonhardt is a freelance writer, and an online and offline publicity specialist. Contact him at:
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