Hey Ray (raymor), i had 2 separate managed hosting and both confirmed it was DDOS
and, I have also been in this biz for about a decade.
and 2. i list all my sites right out there on the front for everyone/anyone to see
www.jscottcash.com/traffic.php, i'm not afraid to show anyone all my sites, and all my operations, i build quality sites, i HATE skim, popups, spam, etc etc, everything that general majority of surfers hate, i also hate, and i dont sell out to put that bullshit on my sites
i hate skim, popups, exits, sloppyness, broken links, virus's, torrents, zango, content thiefs (i'm a soon to be exclusive paysite owner myself). etc etc i even hold back from making more $ on my sites because i dont want to squish a bunch of ugly ads all over my pages
and only other thing could be if i'm an asshole, and i am FAR FAR from an asshole, i've been brought up by a great family, i am generally a nice guy, i like to drink, i dont cause trouble, sometimes i am too honest on public boards i think (about sponsor conversions etc and sponors giving no aff support)
i have only ONE known enemy that was from that enemy DDoS attacking a friend of mine sites, i talked shit to him saying he is a piece of shit on every thread i could so people would be aware of him, HE is the guy i think was doing the attacks (if not him, then i think 100% random attack)