And there you go again. It has nothing to do with "reliability". If anything clear has come out of this "conversation", it's precisely that. Or haven't your realized that you agreed that for an API Node . . .

How tiring . . .

It has everything to do with the IT professional in charge (and, of course, and this is without question, that means, by definition, having PHYSICAL ACCESS), and his or her systems and connectivity solutions contracted and implemented.

But nooooooooooooooooooo.

I've never been so infuriated!

Next you'll be telling us that Bitcoin wallets are better stored on data center shared servers (head's up: that's a joke that's meant to be an exaggerated extreme to try to make evident the obvious in a funny way, which means that a pedantic response on that is not necessary - save your breath).