FutureQuest Gains A Presence In Colorful Colorado!

[Deb]

Some of you may have already noticed that the postal mailing address for sending check/money order payments to FutureQuest, Inc. has now been changed from a Florida address to a Colorado address. This does NOT mean that FutureQuest has left the warm and windy state of Florida but it does mean that FutureQuest is now in the infant stages of expanding its presence into the cooler plains and mountains of Colorful Colorado; where connectivity and data center options are extremely strong!

FutureQuest's existing Datacenter and DC manpower, connectivity, legal location, headquarters, etc all remain in Florida so you need not worry about any loss of service whatsoever. What has changed is that Andrew, Debbie, and Joseph Gillespie now have a home/workbase in Central Colorado and we are exploring the vast potential of expanding FutureQuest's Datacenter locations into the Denver Colorado area where just about ALL of the major bandwidth providers merge as they head toward the West Coast of the United States.

~*~* NOTICE *~*~
The New Mailing Address, for sending Postal Payments, is:

FutureQuest, Inc.
PO Box 989
Franktown CO 80116-0989

For the fastest processing of postal payments, it is important to ensure you update your files (and that of online payment services) to the new address. The Florida Address will still be checked regularly, however, payments may be delayed for up to five days if sent to the Florida Address. Sending to the Colorado Box is best for this reason.

In time, this expansion should provide you with more contact numbers, service/support representatives, connectivity and service options overall, while not removing any of the options and services you already enjoy! Currently, and in the immediate future, there is no need to be concerned about any changes whatsoever, outside of the postal address for sending in check/money order payments. However, in the slightly more distant future you will want to keep abreast of announcements that may include more available options that will improve and enhance the services you already receive from FutureQuest. :smile:

If you do not send payments to FutureQuest using snail mail then there is nothing you need to change. If, however, you do send payments via the postal service, we thank you ahead of time for your prompt action in updating your files to ensure on-time delivery and speedy processing.

So, really, where would you rather have that picnic at? Overlooking the ocean or atop the rockies? :kewl:

Deb
- Because :QTFQuest: Just Got Snow Tires! :QTcar:

[Wassercrats]

This is weird...I was just on the mailing address page for no good reason within the hour, and I NEVER go there, and I noticed the new address. I was looking at a security video for no good reason, thinking of asking when you guys vacuum the floor so I can see some action, then I went to the contact page.

[Deb]

This is weird...I was just on the mailing address page for no good reason within the hour, and I NEVER go there, and I noticed the new address. It's the connection you have with us Wasser.... you can't fight it... stop trying :safegrin:

I was looking at a security video for no good reason, thinking of asking when you guys vacuum the floor ... Vaaa ccuummm? Huh? Wha? :umm:

so I can see some action, There's been PLENTY of action this past month..... I'm wore out! Can't imagine how you missed it :rasberry:

Deb
- Boxes, Boxes, Everywhere Boxes!

[phppete]

So I take it you will be moving the DC from Florida to Colorado at some point in the next few years? Is all this due to the hurricanes? If global warming is the cause of the recent weather events I can't blame you for seeking a new home.

I wish you all the best in your new home :)

[Tom]

So.... Had enough hurricanes? :wink:

Oh, and I like the ocean and the beach better than the mountains, even though I grew up 4 hours from great skiing in Ruidoso, NM (peak: 12,003').

[dank]

I'm confused... Has the family moved, or is it just a second home in CO? If you've moved, how exactly is the datacenter manpower unchanged? Did you forget to bring Terra along?

Dan

[DogAndPony]

Oh, man... I just got a very cold chill down my spine.

My original web host, the legendary Best Internet, was Borged by Verio, Inc., and subsequently destroyed.

Verio is HQ'd in Colorado.

So, in order for me to be able to sleep tonight, I need to know (although I think I already know the answer):

PLEASE say FutureQuest is not being bought out!

Me? Paranoid? I sure hope so.

:ytshark:

...Bob

Bob West

[Monty]

I was wondering about http://www.picolio.com/Gallery/doe?page=1

Is that y'alls new place, Deb?

[Andilinks]

Details being sketchy I'll confine my comments to: Congratulations on your expansion! :) Since the first notice of this move is the mailing address for payments it does sound as though the locus of business will be in the Rockies. A new high for FutureQuest!

Andi

[Deb]

I'm confused... Has the family moved, or is it just a second home in CO? If you've moved, how exactly is the datacenter manpower unchanged? Did you forget to bring Terra along? Our family has moved, though we currently are still maintaining our home in FL. Decisions about that home will not be made in haste. Terra hasn't done much actually in the DC in a very long time. Kevin is the primary 'go to guy' for physical Data Center work and he's still right there managing the fort as well as he always has. As part of the expansion he's also narrowed down some resumes for adding to his arsenal on the FL side :) The FL DC will likely end up with MORE manpower than it had before... not less :)
So I take it you will be moving the DC from Florida to Colorado at some point in the next few years? The possibility of opening a data center in Colorado is extremely high. The goal is in fact to get something fully operational here within the next few years. However, closing the Florida facility is not currently on the to-do list. :wink: I'd never say never to anything... but I can safely say that the current plan sits heavily on the word "expand" rather than "move". Is all this due to the hurricanes? If global warming is the cause of the recent weather events I can't blame you for seeking a new home. The hurricanes are absolutely a headache but not one we were unable to deal with successfully. Though the decision was made for a large number of reasons including personal, weather, and business the main reason for choosing this location is to get out of a "dog leg" situation with the major providers and into a main information super highway intersection without landing ourselves into the congested Atlanta area. :yeah: If you view any of the major provider backbone maps and follow the lines... you'll find it difficult to miss Denver CO :smile: I wish you all the best in your new home :) Thanks! So far we're loving it. Plenty of new sites to see and places to explore. I found out the heater in the truck works and you can't use a broom to get that weird white stuff off of the porch :P Oh, and I like the ocean and the beach better than the mountains, even though I grew up 4 hours from great skiing in Ruidoso, NM (peak: 12,003'). I had the opportunity to take my girls up on lookout mountain last night to show them the city lights... lovely view. Absolutely breathtaking. It's been many years since I've been around the mountains (FL is flat lol) so it's been a beautiful change for us. FWIW, our home is sitting at 6,670 FT in the hills (Far cry from the 69 ft elevation in the FL home lol). I'll miss the beach... but thankfully I shouldn't have a problem visiting it during the off-windy seasons :) Oh, man... I just got a very cold chill down my spine.

My original web host, the legendary Best Internet, was Borged by Verio, Inc., and subsequently destroyed.

Verio is HQ'd in Colorado.

So, in order for me to be able to sleep tonight, I need to know (although I think I already know the answer):

PLEASE say FutureQuest is not being bought out!

Me? Paranoid? I sure hope so.

:ytshark:

...Bob

Bob West

FUTUREQUEST HAS NOT,
WILL NOT,
NEVER HAS,
AND REFUSES TO BE
BOUGHT OUT !!!!!!!!!!!

How's that ? :)

I was wondering about http://www.picolio.com/Gallery/doe?page=1

Is that y'alls new place, Deb? Yes, that was it the first time we came to look at it. Everything you see within is owned by the previous owners... today it's just a pile of boxes and furniture waiting to be re-setup with computers replacing exercise equipment (thank gawd! LOL) in the basement :P

Of course I still have a pond .. it just has this weird glass like stuff on it right now :PA new high for FutureQuest!:clapper: :clapper: AMEN! :clapper: :clapper:


Deb
- How come there isn't a Mountain Climbing QT ?

[DogAndPony]

ROFLMAO!!

Thanks for the... uh... quiet reassurance, Deb. I figured that would be your reply-- and the approximate volume. :yeah: (And anytime you want me to set you up with a straight line like that again, let me know...) :EG:

The house looks GREAT! And it even comes with a POND!!

Turrrrtllllllllles... HO! [insert new turtles-on-a-covered-wagon QT here]

I love CO. Used to go skiing there with friends... I'm sooooo jealous! :bow:

I get the feeling you may discover a whole new crop of friends who will be dropping by your place. :dopey:

Congrats to you, your family and FQ! And congrats to all FQ site owners-- because I know you have great things in store!

:clapper: :clapper: :clapper:

...Bob

Bob West

[Andilinks]

...a "dog leg" situation with the major providers and into a main information super highway intersection...I guess that means we can add a whole bunch of additional 9's to the end of that 99.999% uptime. Wow that makes me feel all warm and toasty like the lodge after a hard day of skiing. :)

For some reason this makes me think of the Cringely story (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20051117.html) about how Google is using its extra billions to invent a shipping container sized DC, is buying up all the dark fiber, and is planning to insert a DC at every node where a router once was...

We do live in exciting times. :clapper:

Congrats again and welcome to the Mountain Time Zone, I think you're about 600 miles due north of me.

Andi

[Randall]

Well, that's a real change of scenery, all right. :eek:

From palm trees and hurricanes to mountain pines and snow. Lots of snow. Dress warm... So, really, where would you rather have that picnic at? Overlooking the ocean or atop the rockies? I'm more inclined (pun unintended) to the mountains myself, but it depends on what time of year we're talking about. :rasberry: the main reason for choosing this location is to get out of a "dog leg" situation with the major providers and into a main information super highway intersection without landing ourselves into the congested Atlanta area. My mother came back from a trip to Atlanta last month, and the stories she told me about the traffic down there were absolutely terrifying. I think you made the right choice there.

Love the house. Looks like you've got plenty of room for turtle tanks and the rest of the menagerie, and maybe a few people too. :rasberry:

Randall

[dank]

The white carpet will have to go, knowing your love for critters...

I can't help but scratch my head at Terra's repeated comments about how razor thin the profit margins are in the hosting business... Judging from that beauty of a house, I think Terra's buying thicker razor blades than I am!

Dan

[Deb]

Now if only I could put the monthly bandwidth bills on a 30 year payment plan :rolleyes:

[Armand]

Congrats on the new house and moving. Colorado... cool. You're just a few hundred miles away now vs. thousands. ;)

Btw, I have a friend that owns/runs a small webhosting business in the Denver area. Same sort of deal as you folks in that is a husband/wife couple that own and started it (hubby is the tech and she's more the business side I think).

[Judy Doherty]

I wish you all the best - sounds like FQ is looking ahead as always.

Colorado is so beautiful - but I do vote you keep a place in FL so you can enjoy a warm winter sometimes. And besides, a house is a better investment than a lot of things right now!!

The pix are GREAT!!

How are you going to move all those pets?!

Are you still playing with the video camera? I just remodeled my kitchen so I can do some great cooking videos!! I may have to ask you for more advice soon.

http://www.foodandhealth.com/new3.jpg

[JoeLeBlanc]

The pix are GREAT!!


Pix? What Pix's? I am also moving to Sorrento, FL to get out of Orlando, FL ( Pine Hills ) :yeah: Hope you guys have a nice and wonderful years to come in Colorado.

[Deb]

How are you going to move all those pets?!

Are you still playing with the video camera? I just remodeled my kitchen so I can do some great cooking videos!! I may have to ask you for more advice soon.

http://www.foodandhealth.com/new3.jpg Not ALL of the animals came with us.... :sad:

The three day journey was taken with three trucks, three teens, three dogs, one cat, three toads, three bearded dragons, two parrots, two gerbils, one hundred crickets, and one 29 gallon aquarium.

The built-in aquarium of course stays with the FL home and I sold all of the other aquariums. The turtles were rehomed with the most appropriate people. Colorado isn't the best place at all for the turtles I had under my care. It still hasn't sunk in yet because I do find myself thinking I need to feed or treat some sort of aquatic ... but there are none around anymore. The new home came with two new koi... one all white and one all orange.. both HUGE carp looking things sitting still under the ice... they are confirmed to be alive though :wink:

My father is staying in the FL home for the winter and caring for things/ponds on that end :smile:

Your kitchen looks FANTASTIC!!!!!! I love the cupboards!!! We still don't have high ceilings in our kitchen... I'm envious! That really does look great! It'll be a bit before the weather station and cameras etc get unpacked and back into production but yes, I am looking forward to diving back into photography hobby now more than ever since I have all kinds of new scenery and wildlife to work with! We have a muledeer that visits the porch every morning and a number of new birds etc. Heck, even the squirrels are intriguing to me! What's up with the ears on these all black Abert's Squirrels (http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/graphics/albert4.jpg)? I'd never seen such a thing before... they crack me up.

Deb
- Partly cloudy. Lows around 18. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of Snow 40% :clown:

[Judy Doherty]

Thanks for the compliments on the kitchen. Wouldn't you know it all started with me falling in love with that French stove on the internet!! And then the remodeler told me I had to get new cabinets to make it work - so here we go - some 6 or 7 months later.

Anyway, I would trade turtles for deer and mountains - and I love that squirrel. I do hope you have a fireplace!! It is so much fun to have a fire.

Your journey sounds like one of those pioneer days road trips!! I don't know how you survived it - but it was probably good for those teens somehow!

I am in NY right now - for a cooking class - and there is snow on the ground here. I haven't seen it in quite some time, so, in little-kid-fashion, I delved one toe of my sneaker into a pile!!

[johnfl68]

Congratulations on the new home, and the future expansions of FutureQuest!

I wish you all the best!

John

[MarkM]

Best wishes with your move!

DC in Florida - rare times when surfboard is needed to reach DC
... in Colorado - xx annual months to keep skis and toboggan waxed and ready

:) Mark

[Wassercrats]

I wouldn't live in a house with a history of sinking anyway, hurricanes and alligators or not, but I wouldn't live in a location that's optimized for network communications either. I'd find a place that's optimized for good living. Like Orem Utah. I heard people there try to convert you to Mormons, but just don't bother with the people. Find a good people place for friends.

[MarkM]

Texas wasn't even a blip on my radar for places to live.
It only took one (New Yorker/Texan) to change that...
:vday2: :vday2:

[Deb]

I'd find a place that's optimized for good living. Like Orem Utah. I lived in Salt Lake City Utah for about 6 months. It was just me and the three (at the time) little ones. It was the first time I had found myself "alone with children" as I began my journey away from the abusive ex. What I was most thankful for there was how FANTASTIC the environment (people etc) were for the children. As a scared lady w/o a clue it was nice to at least feel a little extra safe :) Texas wasn't even a blip on my radar for places to live.
It only took one (New Yorker/Texan) to change that... Yeah... it was one of those Texan Types that got me to move as well :P

Deb
- Insert QT with ten gallon hat here :dunno: :vday2: :dunno:

[johnfl68]

Of course, it looks like the Color of Colorado right now is white!


DENVER - Major highways were closed Monday as blizzard conditions wreaked havoc from Colorado across the Plains states, part of a treacherous system that also sent tornadoes ripping through Arkansas and Kansas.

Hope your not snowed in at your new home.

John

[Andilinks]

"Colorado" in Spanish is literally "the color red."

I hear it snows here in Southen New Mexico too, it's just a chilly 36ºF now. My first winter here, but after Chicago it should be easy...

Mountains AND snow, you do have 4wd, right?

Andi

[Deb]

Of course, it looks like the Color of Colorado right now is white!



Hope your not snowed in at your new home.

John Are you sure you're not viewing text from the Blizzard in April 2005?

It was cold last night... and windy... but we don't have any new snow on the ground (other areas did get some.. just not us). I've still got a frozen pond from when it did snow (e.g. it only snowed while we trying to unload trucks...go figure lol) and our neighbors have a patch of white stuff in the shade that refuses to melt...but that's about it :)

It's a sunny 27 F here right now :dopey: Mountains AND snow, you do have 4wd, right? Uhhh no.... we're the only truck around without such numbers lol. Some year that'll change I'm sure... this just isn't that year:hrmm:

Deb
- I saw teen temps last night! :ytyikes:

[Kevin]

Mountains AND snow, you do have 4wd, right?
Terra has a 1wd :P

[johnfl68]

Hmnmm - no - this was posted on the AP about 2 hours ago:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051128/ap_on_re_us/stormy_weather;_ylt=AvH.gqN6jR1LxsF19XX7hrOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2s zazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Looks like maybe a mountian range between Franktown and Denver? Maybe all the bad weather is on the other side of the mountian?

John

[MarkM]

In my neck of the woods (mirror in hand) ...
1wd = 1 track mind = Stop /Go
Car driving into blizzard white-out :QTcar:

[Randall]

Looks like maybe a mountian range between Franktown and Denver? Maybe all the bad weather is on the other side of the mountian? Can't always tell, but it doesn't look like there's much of anything in between.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+denver,+co+to%3A+franktown,+co&ll=39.548530,-104.919434&spn=0.474821,0.889755&t=h&f=d&hl=en

edit: On closer inspection, there may be a ridge in between after all.

Randall

[hobbes]

Congrats on the move Deb et al. Looking forward to those cross-DC mirrored MySQL servers, and even more to hearing about the FL servers staffing.

-- Guess nobody caught on to the lounging lizard pic link in this post's sig (http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=141538#post141538) --

[DogAndPony]

Terra has a 1wd :PDoes Colorado have a chain law for unicycles? :rasberry:

...Bob

Bob West

[Deb]

Can't always tell, but it doesn't look like there's much of anything in between.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+denver,+co+to%3A+franktown,+co&ll=39.548530,-104.919434&spn=0.474821,0.889755&t=h&f=d&hl=en

edit: On closer inspection, there may be a ridge in between after all.

Randall I don't think the blizzard was actually HERE... I think the issue was simply that there is in fact so much NOTHING here that cars heading out of here would end up stuck with no shelter once they got to where the blizzard actually was.

Reading: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1354503

Sounds like CO had closed I-70 to prevent people from getting stuck in the middle of nowhere...

If it was here.... it was not anywhere between my place and Denver that I'd been to over the weekend or Monday :P

Problem is... I still don't have TV and I apparently missed the "event" lol. I didn't see any maps showing 'where' it really was.... ignorance is bliss ya know :P

As far as what's between here and there... Franktown/Castle Rock would be considered "hill country". Lots of rolling hills. As you head toward Denver the hills seem to go away and everything gets extremely flat. I think I read somehwhere that Denver is actually the flatest city in the states. Our home in Franktown is about 1,200 ft higher in elevation than downtown Denver (the mile high city). of course if you continue to drive beyond Denver then you hit those really really big rock piles that seem so popular ;)

Deb
- Must find camera box! :QTphoto:

[Andilinks]

I have heard that many of Denver's early settlers were pioneers headed for California but saw those mountains (perhaps complicated by other things, pregnancies etc.) and said, "this is far enough..."

Outside of an imperceptable tilt toward the lake, I don't think Chicago could get any flatter. Having grown up in the SF Bay Area, flat is very weird to me.

You will notice that at that elevation water boils at a lower temperature and anything that requires boiling (beans, rice, pasta, etc.) takes somewhat longer to cook...

Must find camera box!After six months I still have unpacked boxes in the garage--and I don't have a LOT of stuff...

Andi

[Deb]

You will notice that at that elevation water boils at a lower temperature and anything that requires boiling (beans, rice, pasta, etc.) takes somewhat longer to cook... Add that to switching from electric to gas for the first time in my adult life and well... it's true... Thanksgiving dinner wasn't that great :P Water does take forever to boil! And I thank my lucky stars every morning for my electric teapot :yeah: After six months I still have unpacked boxes in the garage--and I don't have a LOT of stuff... Try as you may Andi... you'll never get me to admit to the fact that we brought boxes that were not unpacked from the last move several years ago.. :kewl: HOWEVER! This year I plan to wrap any boxes that remain unopened in Christmas wrap muahahahhahahahahhahahahah

Deb
- Yes, of course, Terra. Why wouldn't you get the biggest box, err I mean present? :EG: :QTsanta: :EG:

[hobbes]

BTW Deb, it figures you'd live on a street (circle) named for a baby animal :)

[Marbledog]

I've never seen "borg" used as a verb before. Glad you were not and never will be borged. Resistance is NOT futile!

Congrats on the move.

[PaulKroll]

As a Chicagoan, who was in Colorado only once when I was 12, i found the concept of "terrain" to be really odd. I mean, what the heck is the ground DOING going up in the air? That's where the air is!

Pretty, though.

Congrats on the new home and the new possibilities!

[mromero]

Same feeling here. My original host I think it was Best was swallowed up by a big company in Colorado if I recall well - good for the the former owners but bad for the customers. I left them shortly afterwards and found Fquest.

Time to start looking around by a new FQuest?

[sheila]

Time to start looking around by a new FQuest?
Did you miss this reply from Deb (http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=141933#post141933)? As far as I can see, it is in no way time to start looking for a new FutureQuest.

We're planning to be around for a long, long time. :noddy:

[DogAndPony]

We're planning to be around for a long, long time. :noddy:I was a Best Internet Communications refugee, too, after Verio borged and destroyed them.

And I'm planning on being around FutureQuest for a long, long time. :yeah:

...Bob

Bob West