A$$ Covering mode:
"Unfortunately it seems that Platial's bills have gone unpaid and the providers have finally pulled the plugs." is an assumption/aspersion.
The article does not say that.
It was implied by something else I read.
The original reference to the bankruptcy filing is lost, so I cannot support it.

The confirmation of the shutdown is here, for the time being.
http://platial.typepad.com/news/news/
Basically they abandoned it.