Hi,
Over the past 26 years or so I’ve enjoyed the free use of ibiblio to host a number of open-source educational projects including Lessons In Electric Circuits, Socratic Electronics, Socratic Instrumentation, and now Modular Electronics Learning Project. My students and I truly thank all those at ibiblio who have maintained this as a free hosting platform over those years.
Over the past couple of years, though, the website has been less than stable. Frequently access is either slow or outright denied for hours at a time, causing occasional problems for students needing to download files I’ve posted there. Sometimes it’s just the HTTP server that’s down, as I can still up/download files using sftp and manage files using ssh. Less frequently I lose access entirely.
In the interest of supporting my students, I need a reliable site for all my materials. Should I look into migrating to a different host, or do you know if this relatively recent instability is a passing phase?
Again, I want to express my sincere thanks for the many years of free hosting and I do not wish to come across as ungrateful.