Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread ray
On Thursday 26 February 2004 10:01, Chris Binnie wrote: A blatant ad - aka spam Do we have a no advertising no, spam policy? If not can we please have one, and blacklist companies/individuals who offend. I am not against useful news and comment about supplies and services from genuine

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Binnie
Sorry to those that were offended by my mail. I'm a keen Linux/Solaris user and thought this would be of interest as it's such a bargain. I never have been (and hopefully never will be) be a salesman in a penguin suit. Chris -- Below Zero 44 Montgomery Street Edinburgh EH7 5JY [EMAIL

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Andrew Back
Hmm, a tough one. I think Ray's reply was a tad harsh. I mean there will be people who would find that information useful, especially when you consider Scotland is hardly bursting a the seams with co-location facilities. I only knew of Scolocate and Telecity. Maybe it should have been tagged [OT]

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Rory Gibson
delurking This case does seem to stand out a little - it's offering a special discount for LUGgers. If the discount is genuine, then I say fair enough. If it were simply spam, then I'd say blacklits it, but I'd leave *this* one alone. - Rory /delurking Andrew Back said: Hmm, a tough one. I

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread William Anderson
Chris Binnie wrote: Sorry to those that were offended by my mail. I personally wasn't, but interesting that your mail went through the edlug list with nary an eyelash being batted, and here you've incurred the wrath of slug :) I'm a keen Linux/Solaris user and thought this would be of interest

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Willie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ray, I talked to this guy after his original message was blocked. I let _this_ one through because it seemed like something that may be worthwhile for some of our members. Also I negotiated a discount for ourselves. Not a huge discount

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Binnie
Willie [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If anyone is already using BelowZero I'll be very interested to hear reports of the quality of service and value offered.. There's at least three or four Edluggers that use us and I'm sure all of them would have nice things to say about us :-) In fact there's a

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread ray
On Thursday 26 February 2004 11:23, Andrew Back wrote: However I for one would hate to see every co-lo, domain registrar and Linux book vendor posting adverts to the list. The point is that there are several employees and proprietors of service provider type businesses who are regular

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Andrew Back
I really don't want to be responsible for making this thread go on forever, but.. On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Chris Binnie wrote: ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Like bandwidth charges and £40-£60 per hour for physical access. Again half the price of any physical access, not included in packages

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread William Anderson
Chris Binnie wrote: ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Like bandwidth charges and £40-£60 per hour for physical access. Again half the price of any physical access, not included in packages which we offer too for bigger customers, than any other provider in Scotland ! Frickin' hell, I've never been

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Binnie
William Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well connected your colo may appear, endearing us thus far it is not :) Ok. I'll briefly explain because we've got work to do but this thread just keeps on coming ! £40 during office hours gets you an engineer for hands-on support for the hour (over the phone)

Re: [Scottish] Scottish Server Hosting

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Binnie
ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Like bandwidth charges and £40-£60 per hour for physical access. Again half the price of any physical access, not included in packages which we offer too for bigger customers, than any other provider in Scotland ! C -- Below Zero 44 Montgomery Street Edinburgh EH7