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.
Quite right. They are using AWS for hosting behind Prolexic for DDoS prevention.
I think their delays are due to them wanting to halt trading to preserve bitcoin value, which to me shows it is valuable only when compared to other currency. Mtgox and the company they keep are the founders / early adopters of bitcoin and to me this is fishy. Which sucks because I have invested a good deal of money in acquiring bitcoins.