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July 23rd, 2026

A hardware failure has happened on the virtualization host for the Asterisk server and router for 2600.network. The service will be down for awhile as I replace hardware and recover from backup. Sorry =( UPDATE: Apparently not a full NVMe failure like I thought it was. Backing up VM's now; hopefully service will resume tonight. UPDATE2: Idk wtf happened. All services are back up and running;…

July 3rd, 2026

Most of my router functionality has been fixed, services should be fully operational. Contact me if something is broken!

June 30th, 2026

Router had an SSD Failure. New SSD installed, reconfiguring might take some time. =( P.S. - Take notes and make backups regularly!

April 22nd, 2026

More numbers have been added in the US - All from the carrier BulkVS . These are MUCH cheaper, so if you have a solid connection use these instead!

April 19th, 2026

The retro page was falling behind on updates for quite some time. Now, both the Modern and the Retro pages have been updated! They share a common set of content files and are parsed into each website's format.

April 13th, 2026

You can now register for 2600.network on the web! Visit the Register page to check it out. People who have previously used the phone registration system should be able to add their number to a web account. Contact me if you have any issue!

March 12th, 2026

A short bit of downtime will happen as I am transferring VoIP-related VMs to a different machine. This machine will be dedicated to hosting these VMs, hopefully a performance boost!

March 10th, 2026

The first international number has been added in the UK! Please visit the Numbers page to find it.

March 3rd, 2026

I've ironed out most of the issues with PPP connections - contact me if you want a PPP account. Multilink capability included!

February 17th, 2026

International calling has been enabled. No guarantees it works, but you can now try. Manual registration is required.

January 25th, 2026

Registration script was slow to process large CDRs. Script updated to only process differences between executions.

May 23rd, 2025

Server rack moved! Two days for tear down, set up, and reconfiguration! Let me know if there are any problems!

May 21st, 2025

Moving the server rack, again! Expect 2600.network to be down for a week (maybe). Already moved everything in a single day, it'll be a couple days to plug things back in, and a few more to squish bugs.

April 25th, 2025

6x240GB SSD Array filled up! Virtual Machines paused (Asterisk + OPNsense for 2600.network!) Moved 400GB database to 6x8TB HDD array, resumed VM's. Service back up! Sorry!

April 2025

Upgraded to 10Gb router & switch. Picked the wrong VLAN for the Patton, IP connectivity wasn't working. Fixed. Sorry!