Posted by al jones on 02/26/07 00:27

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:48:27 -0000, nice.guy.nige wrote:

> While the city slept, al jones (alfredmjones@shotmail.com) feverishly
> typed...
>
> [snippage]
>
> One of my favourite bits is in the "Web Hosting" panel: "Al thought no web
> service can provide 100% guarantee against downtime." Well, Al was certainly
> right! ;-) But then they go on to say that they have back-up power... but no
> mention of any other useful facilities that one would expect a "host" to
> have (such as fire-supression, redundancy, security etc)...
I missed that when I was looking at the site; so I "thought no web
site...." they must have been really confused to think that Al (me) would
say anything on their site :)
>
> They also repeatedly assure us that they are "local"... but never say where
> they are! I'm guessing they aren't local to me, as their phone number looks
> more like a US one than a UK one...
That I did see, not local to me either - if I remember right they're in the
Dakota's (or somewhere else obscenely 'up north') which makes it a real
trip for 'local service' here in Houston, TX

<< snipped some more >>
>
> I think these are the latest "Proffessional Web Dresigners"... The more
> long-term users of this group will understand the reference ;-)
It's funny, I have my web site (which needs help) at aljones.us, and two
for which I've used MS's free office online basic, one for my freeware
program (FontOrg at FontOrg.com) and one for a previous employer at
fortbendgarbage.com. So I guess with 3 web sites under my belt (gag!) that
qualifies me as one of those "Proffessional Web Dresigners".
>
> Cheers,
> Nige

over a bottle of Killean <sp> and cheers back at you!

//al

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