you know, ThePlanet was providing DDOS protection almost 10 years ago (probably 2004) - I have used it and it worked flawlessly. I didn't even have to pay extra for it. And yet, in 2013 a site that has to be making a killing on fees, can't do it?
And it is a bit shady that they only really had issues when the price was falling.
DDOS is a lot more complex these days then 2004