Where has the DDOs thread gone?
In my opinion not that much, other than a bunch of crap reseller companies being indicated there... which always will result in people having issues other than getting their issues resolved. Resellers do not have any know-how in DDoS Mitigation, they are just there to make money, if it works great, if not, no problem the same way you lose a customer, another comes in. :).
If you want a real solution, work with a company that does have technicians and engineers capable of helping you on that matter. And yes, this is not the sort of service you'll pay 5~10~20 a month...
Anyway, was looking for a company to buy a protected CentOS VPS
It was deleted, because the mods are to lazy to actually moderate it, so they deleted it to make life easier. Supposedly it was causing a lot of spam.