Hi, I replied offlist, but thought others might be interested too, so I'll paste below. After all, we're pretty local to Peterborough, with our own DC in the Fens :-) And we've been doing nothing but GNU/Linux hosting for 15 years.
I'm old fashioned enough to find advertising spiel on mailing lists distasteful, but I think this is relevant. And if anyone wants a tour around the DC, I'm happy to arrange it. Included text: > Hi Mark, > > I'm Nick from the Positive Internet Company. I noted your request for > info on the PLUG list. To cut a long story short: we do just the sort of > web-hosting your friend would like. We've been doing it for 15 years. > And our flagship, wholly-owned datacentre is a short drive away from > Peterborough! > > I would be very happy to talk with you or him about what we can do. I'm > attending a conference in the US over the next couple of weeks, but am > still very happy to chat/Skype when convenient. When I get back, perhaps > you/he can meet with us at our Cambs DC, Positive Park, where we can > show what a truly personal, local service can provide when combined with > 15 years of experience and a great international reputation! On 8 Aug 2013, at 17:01, Mark Rogers <m...@quarella.co.uk> wrote: > A web designer friend of mine has several (~40) websites hosted at > Fasthosts who have been constantly letting him down. He is not > technical, and has decided he wants out of web hosting so he can focus > on the website design. > > Any suggestions who I should recommend? > > At this stage I think he's looking for someone who would deal with end > users (ie the customer buys a site from him and hosting from someone > else), although I would personally suggest he just looks for a > reliable host who will support him when something breaks. He's > currently using Plesk so someone who could migrate what he has now > would be ideal in my view. > > My company used to do web hosting (and used to host his sites) which > is why he's asking me, but it's not something I want to get back into. > I would prefer to recommend someone I "know" (eg a local company with > a member of staff on this list). Ie I'd rather have answers that start > "we do this" than "we use xyz who does this", but I'm open to all. > > Mark > > -- > Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 > Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > -- All postal correspondence to: The Positive Internet Company, 24 Ganton Street, London. W1F 7QY *Follow us on Twitter* @posipeople The Positive Internet Company Limited is registered in England and Wales. Registered company number: 3673639. VAT no: 726 7072 28. Registered office: Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, Herts, EN4 9EE.
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