Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday March 7th 2000
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 23:55
Hi again...Angie here
>One final question, well maybe two :-)
>
>Do you have to use BT internet or any ISP?
At the moment BT are the only people doing the trial and it's
restricted to a few teleph...
Re: FN-FORUM Skills summary on Freelancers.net
date posted 7th March 2000 22:35
[On behalf of Garrett Coakley, [EMAIL REMOVED]
> The headings in the skills profile were purposely designed to allow
> our users a chance to say where they picked up their skills (as well
> as what...
Re: FN-FORUM Skills summary on Freelancers.net
date posted 7th March 2000 22:03
> Hi Garrett
>
> The headings in the skills profile were purposely designed to allow
> our users a chance to say where they picked up their skills (as well
> as what level they consider themselves t...
Adobe After Effects for sale
date posted 7th March 2000 21:00
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Hi all,
Liquidity problem forces sale.
A client recently asked for some video on his site...
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 19:56
Dan Winchester wrote on 7/3/00 7:43 pm
>- They find you the job
>- They negotiate your contract
>- They deal with your NIC and PAYE
>- Holiday pay
Ah, I was thinking about IT agencies - who deal wit...
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 19:44
> Is it usual for agencies to charge double? What part do they play in the
> process once the contract has been signed?
Typically double or just below, e.g. buy in at £17 p/h, sell out at £32
p/h....
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 19:40
Andy Stowell wrote on 7/3/00 7:17 pm
>In my experience agencies take between 33% and 50%. Once the contract has
>been
>signed and you are working directly with the client, the agencies
>envolveme...
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 19:40
Peter Small wrote on 7/3/00 6:38 pm
>>Typically an employment agency will pay £17 (HTML) to £35 (ASP) an hour,
>>charging out about double that, so that should give you an idea of what
>>you are w...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 7th March 2000 19:30
Peter Small wrote on 7/3/00 2:46 pm
>I've just had TeleWest installed and when I used their set up disk it
>buggered up all my settings with my Demon connection.
I'm planning on dumping my Demon con...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 19:30
Tommy Martin wrote on 7/3/00 3:18 pm
>ADSL isn't making a big impact on leased lines. This is due mainly to
>the fact that that the A in ADSL stands for 'asymmetric', which means
>that the bandwid...
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 19:14
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Peter Small wrote:
> Is it usual for agencies to charge double? What part do they...
RE: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 19:13
Hello!
I'd be happy to assist in providing further information for your research.
I am a creative rep and I handle both freelance/contract work as well as
permanent placement. It's wonderful to see...
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 18:47
Dan wrote:
>Typically an employment agency will pay £17 (HTML) to £35 (ASP) an hour,
>charging out about double that, so that should give you an idea of what
>you are worth. These figures are for...
Re: FN-FORUM charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 18:18
> little idea of what to charge people for
> sites.
Typically an employment agency will pay £17 (HTML) to £35 (ASP) an hour,
charging out about double that, so that should give you an idea of what...
charging???
date posted 7th March 2000 17:48
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Re: FN-FORUM Skills summary on Freelancers.net
date posted 7th March 2000 17:42
Hi Garrett
The headings in the skills profile were purposely designed to allow our users
a
chance to say where they picked up their skills (as well as what level they
consider
themselves to be)
Bas...
Skills summary on Freelancers.net
date posted 7th March 2000 17:14
Afternoon,
Could someone give me a rough idea of what the different headings mean in
the profile wizard (as regarding where the skill was aquired). I've
worked for web houses for the past 3 years, b...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 16:38
One final question, well maybe two :-)
Do you have to use BT internet or any ISP?
Does the connection to the proxy mean that it operates just list a wan where
packet sniffing can occur?
Thanks for...
Re: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.
date posted 7th March 2000 16:20
Hi, all...
Dan Winchester wrote:
>
> > I can point you to a free program you can install
>
> No offence to Jim intended, but it should be made clear that software recommended on
> this list is not...
Re: FN-FORUM Sole Trader, Ltd company...choices choices!
date posted 7th March 2000 16:19
> > > I freelance through a Ltd...
> >I call that 'contracting', not freelancing.
> Not in this case, I essentially run a one-man web-design
> company, through a Ltd
Then you are an employee of a c...
Re: FN-FORUM ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 16:14
>I wouldn't use ADSL for serving commercial sites
If anyone is interested, Freelancers.net (and this list) is served via a radio
link between our office and our ISP. Like a leased line, but for a fr...
ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 15:51
Hi Angie here, not tommy. Hope nobody minds me mailing as him as all
our mail comes to one place and one copy of all our lists is quite
enough:-)
I actually work with remote connections to our ser...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 15:37
I could be wrong too, but except for the ADSL connection being an ethernet for
communications purposes, my understanding is that ADSL travels through your
voice phone line to the telephone switching...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 7th March 2000 15:28
With the configuration for ASDL I thought it was configured so that you were
part of a BT virtual network and that a server at their end essentially
"proxies" you to the net. Hence some IP software c...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 15:19
Shaun Farrell wrote:
>Correct me if I am wrong but ASDL is a "shared" connection. You are on BT's
>private network hence privacy rules do not apply. With ASDL the more of you
>on one "pipe" the slowe...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 7th March 2000 15:06
on 7/3/00 11:37 am, Shaun Farrell at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I have reservations about cable modems and ASDL after looking into the
> shared bandwidth and private network info regarding these servi...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 7th March 2000 14:53
Hi Martin,
I've just had TeleWest installed and when I used their set up disk it
buggered up all my settings with my Demon connection.
It took me a whole day to get Eudora working again to get my...
Re: FN-FORUM Yet another introduction
date posted 7th March 2000 14:17
Hi all,
Just joined the list. I'm not a freelancer as such but a writer about
freelancing (at least, this is part of what my current book is about). I'm
particularly interesteded in freelancer strat...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 13:58
Correct me if I am wrong but ASDL is a "shared" connection. You are on BT's
private network hence privacy rules do not apply. With ASDL the more of you
on one "pipe" the slower it can become. Pardon...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 13:21
> most significantly, you get _permanent_ connection
Wonder how this will impact the leased line market?
Tommy Martin wrote:
> >Phil Ward:
> >It appears that they will be limiting the users to 50...
Re: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP/ADSL
date posted 7th March 2000 13:10
>Phil Ward:
>It appears that they will be limiting the users to 500,000, I wonder what
>the bandwidth will be like.
>
>What about ADSL is this the same thing? If not what's the difference?
Hi all,...
Re: FN-FORUM Yet another introduction
date posted 7th March 2000 13:07
Hi All,
Enough of the lurking. It's great to see a UK-centric list of this
kind, so I guess I should get involved.
I'm a London-based designer and artist, specifically interested in
designing the...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 7th March 2000 12:00
Well , Altavista has started the role rolling. Now there is an offer from
NTL."Communications group NTL announced on Tuesday that it will provide
internet access with no start-up or telephone costs w...
RE: FN-FORUM Altavista Free ISP
date posted 7th March 2000 11:34
Well I have to say that it is always good news.
We subscribed to a videotron cable and telecoms contract about 6 years ago
(for home). Now they are owned by cable and wireless. At that time the
tele...
RE: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.
date posted 7th March 2000 11:12
Hah! I wasn't meaning you were being unfriendly, I just recognise Jim from
another list!
From: Martin Smith
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WebSite: http://www.grey...
Re: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.
date posted 7th March 2000 10:57
Sorry Jim, didn't mean to sound so unfriendly...
Welcome to the list!
Dan
Freelancers.net
Martin Smith wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Nice to have you onboard this list mate :)
>
> From: Martin Smith
> [EMAIL...
RE: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.
date posted 7th March 2000 10:39
Jim,
Nice to have you onboard this list mate :)
From: Martin Smith
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Post: Grey Matter Ltd., Pri...
Re: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.
date posted 7th March 2000 10:33
> I can point you to a free program you can install
No offence to Jim intended, but it should be made clear that software recommended on
this list is not necessarily trustworthy.
Make sure you as a...
Re: FN-FORUM Sole Trader, Ltd company...choices choices!
date posted 7th March 2000 10:28
>> I freelance through a Ltd...
>I call that 'contracting', not freelancing.
Not in this case, I essentially run a one-man web-design company,
through a Ltd
>Hence my disappointment with the flood...
Re: FN-FORUM Sole Trader, Ltd company...choices choices!
date posted 7th March 2000 08:26
Marion Chappell wrote on 6/3/00 9:22 pm
>I've always been led to believe that if I get work though an
>agency, then they are more-or-less obliged to deduct PAYE and NI
Nope, your company bills the...
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