Oct 27, 2005 : New Orleans Web Host Kept Growing

📅 October 27, 2005 - Despite the devastating effects of September's Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Internet network InterCosmos Group has managed to persevere.

InterCosmos Group Web hosting provider Zipa (zipa.com), announced on Wednesday it has gained 990,000 hostnames between August 15 and September 15, almost entirely from the registration of new domains. During the natural disaster, Zipa staff labored to keep the company's operations online.

Meanwhile, InterCosmos Group domain registrar DirectNIC (directnic.com ) escaped the worst of the city's flooding, housed on the 10th and 11th floors of a 27-story office tower near Lafayette Square.

DirectNIC employees live-blogged their efforts and posted photos of the Katrina's impact on the DirectNIC facility, in addition to Web cam broadcasting a video of looting on surrounding streets.

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