[Cialug] Re: Cialug Digest, Vol 39, Issue 17

[Anthony Clifton]

Since I'm on the list, I can respond to this.

It is correct that we were purchased, becoming Captain Jack 
Communications, LLC, by Harvey Freese and Charlie Notis directly.  We 
are not a subsidiary of their other businesses nor was there a merger.  
We are a separate business entity with our own customer base and culture.

As anyone who has passed 2411 Grand Avenue and has seen our signs have 
probably surmised, we are moving into the building with them next week.  
We've been renovating the building substantially and will inhabit the 
front half while Freese-Notis will inhabit the back half of the building.

We've already moved our server farm into a new data center we're 
completing with F-N nearby.  (We are not in the 2411 data center.)  So, 
after all these years and thanks to Harvey and Charlie, we've finally 
gotten to upgrade to things like spiffy new rack Dells, APC NetShelters 
and a Symmetra.  After a network reconfig tonight, we'll be able to 
start hanging our servers off F-N's fiber-ific connectivity.

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Anthony Clifton
Manager
Captain Jack Communications, LLC

> What's going on there? Did Captain Jack Communications buy out 
> freese-notis? What happened to the weather side of the business?
> According to wikipedia...
>
> Charlie Notis and Harvey Freese acquired Captain Jack Communications 
> based in Ankeny, Iowa in the summer of 2007[4]. Although kept as a 
> separate entity from Freese-Notis Weather, they will work in a 
> complimentary aspect with the other's business and are in close 
> geographic proximity.
>