Posts by kingwahwah 26 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Jul 2009
I got that email. I read the extremely badly worded email as you have to activate it.
Godaddy own 123-reg ? News to me.
I have 100+ domains with them I swore I would never use Godaddy after their anti net neutrality support.
We are Gsuite so look at Google Domains today.
Another thing that annoys me about 123 is i'm on direct debit but they put renewals in my basket when I buy new domains via my company credit card.
Are they just loading up the overheads to make Openreach unprofitable without passing increased costs onto other ISPs.
My new BT (Retail) Account team have been very active and attentive recently. New blood from EE are tearing up the old school culture. But I just told them we are cancelling all remaining Retail services this year and sighted enough reasons that they did not fight back.
I wish OR well. Retail can reap the seeds they sowed over the decades.
Its been fairly pointless for me for years now. Getting most views from mysterious Indians.
My company almost threatens our sales staff who maintain a profile on the "the recruitment site". Being IT they leave me alone. My company even got Linked In to remove the Business profile.
I read MS paying $60 per subscriber. That's a lot of cash for Microsoft to make up by increasing software licences of "customers" to keep shareholders happy.
Been an advocate personally and for various business accounts I've run since mid-90s even vodacom days.
But I am leaving them next month and dont recommend them anymore. I'm the only person I know on them.
For me not good value, terrible 4G signal (inc. centre of towns) compared to mates phones and online portal is so bad I don't bother.
I imagine they will lose BTs business now.
Who's forking out 1.2 billion for football? Openreach, BT wholesale or BT retail? I suspect its coming from the profits from all of them. I heard BT where sitting on a cash pile of 15bn. So Openreach profit is propping up BT Retail while it tries to monopolise UK TV and Sport by pouring yet more money in footballers pockets.
Meantime i just cancelled a big business move because OR missed their dates for TalkTalk. Only two things as an IT Director stress me out - my bosses and BT. Thankfully canned BT Retail last year saving £420k (62%) per annual. I inherited the bill and it was just a paper change. That was one of my happiest days in my career.
...on TV Sports so they can hold the UK to Ransom again. £1.2 Billion on football alone.
It's time to completely split Openreach from the rest of BT Group. BT Retail would suddenly have to compete fairly against the rest and not have £1.2b+ in spare change . I'm having 120 broadband lines fitted over the summer by Openreach, BT Retail have nothing to do with it.
Agreed. Fundamental design problem with Azure...they have to use MS products (...designed years ago). They also outsource the running of it I believe.
Knock me if you will but we are moving to Google Business Apps. They've built from the ground up and avoided proprietary. www.google.com is relaible and powerful. They looked at Cisco/HP and thought why do we need all that functionality, licence complications and cost so they built their own switching firmware based on white box hardware (*cough* shipped by the pallet direct from China).
I switched to gmail from outlook a year ago. I look at Outlook in horror now when I passing a colleague. I admit Google's UI designs can be odd and I worry someone with a beard will make more silly.. sorry cool ...decisions but overall I can always move on. Not risking much a £33pa per user. Switch no switch off as Mr Me-agi says.
I sold a car in 04. Two days later the new owner got a private parking ticket.
When I got a letter from some small private firm demanding £60 I was shocked. How did they get my details? When they told me I complained by email to DVLA who by law have to respond (hopefully losing the £2.50 earned). DVLA repsonded a week later.
If I remember right there a clause in the data protection act to allow DVLA to do this!
I told private firm to go forth and multiply which worked. This apparently you can do with any private firm.
I am disgusted with the Government over this. What next will they be opening up the database to eastern european countries in the fight against terrorism....
...I use Windows XP/IE at work 12 hours a day 5 days a week. Why use another OS/Browser at home on my desktop/netbook. It also works the other way, as new staff are likely to know XP from home use and other jobs.
Ive been a IT decision maker for many SMEs in my time. In my next company I will seriously consider Opensource desktops and hosted services. The more staff use Linux/OpenOffice the better chance it has of going main stream.
Many ex-Directors who have come to me recently asking how the go about cheap IT in their start-ups. I suggest (one IT hater ex-MD even suggested it!) OpenOffice or even go 100% opensource but the later comes with a warning that they may need to pay for some good IT Support. That puts them off. I'm too expensive!
Ofcom sat on new rules and price changes for two years after discovering issues with forcing a "you will be charged..." message on existing NGNs could risk lives.
I replaced 200 branded NGN numbers (0870 - 0844s) to the original time scales. Then got lambasted for doing so "early".
Then the Tories talked out. Now the changes are happening!
Not to mention sitting on fence about Phorm. BT got sense in the end.
A bit of topic. But they are useless.
From a Call Centre IT Manager.
...at dawn.
For those asking why would the EU not want a browser shipped with a new OS. The EU/MS battle started years ago then the EU took an age to come to ruling/big fine.
In current terms... There is browser freedom. MS was making a point. The EU were shrugging their shoulders going not us mate and privately unhappy.
...went from Blackberry to HTC HD windows Pro 6 months ago.
Yes its dull but on the whole great features (I am amazed what’s still missing on a IPod) as long as you or the service provider add extra apps. Opera browser is essential. Orange build is good. There's been not any windows updates. Boot time is 1 minute.
If there can be criticism for me...
Central management means buying expensive MS software. So would still consider BBs for large businesses.
You have two inboxes one for outlook email one for SMS. Thats really dumb. A message is a message.
...other menaces to society.
I take issue with the word "income" from a government department.
I've just come off another government driven project that was as pointless and hated as this....Home information packs. They are clueless.
"Anyone notice that this is virtually identical to the driving license? Why didn't they just upgrade that?" I agree but it would too much sense.
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