Martin Clark wrote:
> Ron Jones wrote...
>> (FWIW - it looks like you use Freeparking - like I used to do)
>>
>> I can only suggest moving your site to a proper host - it will cost
>> a bit more (I pay £19 a year - compared with a Freeparking fee of
>> £4.99), but you
>
> You can leave the domain names with Freeparking and just buy web
> hosting elsewhere. Freeparking will let you change the DNS addresses
> that the domain name ends up with.

But then you have to pay both :-(

> I have always been happy with Freeparking. They give you plenty of
> warnings when a domain name is about to expire and also guard against
> you accidentally forgetting to tell them that you have changed email
> addresses (and so not receive their renewal reminders) by asking you
> occasionally to confirm that your email address is still the same.
> Someone I know (not me) got into a real mess after changing ISPs and
> not receiving renewal reminders! Also if you decide you no longer
> want a domain name you can just not renew it. Unlike with some
> well-known companies who will charge your credit card to renew it
> anyway.

Compila always ask me to confirm e-mail, each time I log into their web site 
(not that I log in very often).  If it's a UK domain (like Ann's and mine) 
and they forget to renew, then Nominet send out a postal reminder very close 
to the due date.  For my host renewals, I have to log on and pay - no 
keeping of card numbers- that's how I like them.

>There can be advantages to having the domain names held by someone other
>than whoever hosts your site, as I found out a few years ago. I have all
>but one of my domain names with Freeparking and all of my web hosting
>with AstroHosts

Look a lot dearer than mine...  and less functionality.  Trouble is, I work 
with too many Yorkshiremen, and it's starting to rub off...


Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at
http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and
human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
Einstein 




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