[Gllug] OT: Recommend UK domain host

[David L Neil]

Philip Hands wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:56:28 +0000, "david at gbenet.com" <david at gbenet.com> wrote:
>> Hi good sorce of cheap hosting is http://www.3ix.org/ - I'm with Network
>> Solutions been there for 20 years or so.
> 
> Wow! 
> I'm stunned that anyone would be willing to say anything even vaguely
> positive about NSI, let alone be using them since there's been a choice.

I must admit to a similar response to Phil's about NetSol.

I also agree with (the other) David, and prefer to (?risk) do such 
business with smaller companies, particularly those run with a large 
dose of geekiness amongst the business skills; and to know at least some 
of the (real) people who will get things done (let's face it, you don't 
expect to talk to them v.often, but when you do...). see also DSL 
discussions and mention of Andrews and Arnold/AAisp!

Accordingly I have had hosting with JAB in Cardiff (servers in 
Manchester ?and LON ?Telehouse, as per usual), and it was only recently 
that the Accounts Manager/Director was moseying through his records and 
recalled that I was indeed one of their early-adopters. Mind you: am not 
sure it grants me any special grace or favor! When I heard they were 
coming through to LON (a Linux show perhaps?) I made the effort to meet 
them in-person, and v-v. Accordingly I've never hesitated to make 
suggestions for improvements/better ways to relate to clients...
(as if I could be stopped!?)

They use Plesk (love it or hate it), and thus one may mess-about with 
domain and sub-domain IP addresses to the heart's content, eg host the 
www.whatever server with them and blog.whatever on the (fixed IPaddr) 
home DSL line... At the accounts level there is WHMCS (or in some other 
sequence of those letters) which enables purchasing and renewing etc, 
locking and unlocking of domainNMs...

gvim: if interested, call them direct, ask for Andy or Jonathan, and 
drop my name into the conversation for whatever (dis)advantage. 
Alternatively I could add under my reseller umbrella...

Regards,
=dn

Ref: http://www.jabwebsolutions.co.uk/
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