I have always liked Demons (UK ISP) status which is linked to the motd on their gateway. If you type "finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]" you get the current status of their systems. Simple perl cgi which also does a web page. If there is interest (and nothing already exists) I will code something along the these lines.
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