Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting

date posted 22nd August 2003 19:47

I use a company in B'ham called Legend JSM. Same people??? I'd
recommend them for a hassle free presence on the 'net.

Cheers,

Steve


On 22 Aug 2003 17:27:17 -0000, you wrote:

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>ooh.. can't argue there.. lol.. have spoke to a few supp. staff there=20
>that don't know what they are talking about..
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>generally.. I'd say if you got through to the right person.. your=20
>alright (in my experience, this is the usual clause) .. but if you *do*=20
>manage this.. they are quite proficient..
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>the guy that started Legend was a guy called Nigel Wadsworth.. and he=20
>was a "low-down get dirty techie".. I met him again a few months ago and=
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>he's still pretty much the same.. (wears a nice suit now though! lol)
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>I've always said that a company that is led by people who know the=20
>business is better than the companies where the CEO doesn't know the=20
>mouse from the motherboard.. and relies on his secretary to explain how=20
>to change the MS-Word dictionary from US to UK.. should be in a=20
>difference business.. so it's nice to see a company that is led from the=
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>top with people that know what they are talking about..
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>When I set up the ISP in leeds.. it was Nigel himself that came to setup=
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>the router for the circuit..
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>2p worth :)
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>Craig
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>Lindsey Hill wrote:
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>>> I was working with legend when they first set out (I opened a=20
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>>> was one of their first circuit customers).. and they have just got=20
>>> bigger and bigger.. the backup is impressive as is their redundancy..
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>> I use legend too and on the whole they're fine, their set up is=20
>> impressive and well run. The only gripe I have with them is some of=20
>> their staff are well trained but some don't know their arse from their=
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>> For instance yesterday I contacted them when I got a bounced back=20
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>> through me, but by them, contacted them with the same query and they=20
>> said they couldn't understand why his computer was sending out emails =
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>> he'd run the virus software and suggested it might be something to do=20
>> with my computer as i did his website!!
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>> Lindsey Hill
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