Martin Clark | 1 Nov 2009 01:56
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Re: Re: Re: Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]

Terry Streeter wrote:
> David Morris wrote:
>> I've just moved the Chesterfield Canal Trust over to 1and1 but I was
>> looking for a more 'professional' solution where I could consolidate a
>> number of domains under a consolidated package.
> 
> 1and1, hmm.  I used them to register my domain initially, and had an
> awful job moving away from them.  I would recommend Astroservices, run
> by Neil's old mate Mike Brown.  Very reasonably priced - it costs me 10
> pounds a year.

That would be AstroHosts - http://www.astrohosts.co.uk/

It's where I have all of my web sites hosted plus those I run for 
various organisations. It costs me rather more than £10 but Pennine 
Waterways and Ashton-under-Lyne.com have fairly high traffic and I have 
a package that covers around ten sites.

Most of my domains are held at FreeParking http://www.freeparking.co.uk/

I would not want to rely on a free service - you can't guarantee that it 
will still be there next month. Look what happened to all the thousands 
of web sites that were on GeoCities. The cost of hosting a site and 
owning a domain name or two is very little when you compare with what 
somne people spend on their hobbies (like people who own narrowboats!).
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Martin Clark

Pennine Waterways Website    http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk

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Steve Wood | 1 Nov 2009 13:01
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Re: Re: Re: Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]

Martin Clark wrote:

> That would be AstroHosts - http://www.astrohosts.co.uk/
> 
> It's where I have all of my web sites hosted plus those I run for 
> various organisations. It costs me rather more than £10 but Pennine 
> Waterways and Ashton-under-Lyne.com have fairly high traffic and I have 
> a package that covers around ten sites.

What do you pay for the package? Just had a look at their hosting and it 
seems quite expensive because you have to pay extra for things like POP 
mail etc. I have a ten site account with storminternet.co.uk for £99 
p.a. which gives lots of functionality out of the box (based on Plesk, 
which I'd not used before but it very powerful.) Their basic single 
domain hosting is excellent - I'd had a few individual domains with them 
for a few years and when I added the last one it became cheaper to 
consolidate.

> Most of my domains are held at FreeParking http://www.freeparking.co.uk/
> 
> I would not want to rely on a free service - you can't guarantee that it 
> will still be there next month. Look what happened to all the thousands 
> of web sites that were on GeoCities. The cost of hosting a site and 
> owning a domain name or two is very little when you compare with what 
> somne people spend on their hobbies (like people who own narrowboats!).

Seconded!

Steve
NB Bream
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Kevin Maslin | 1 Nov 2009 13:20
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Re: Re: Re: Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]

On Sunday, November 01, 2009 12:56 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Martin Clark <yahoo@...> wrote:

> That would be AstroHosts - http://www.astrohosts.co.uk/
>
> It's where I have all of my web sites hosted plus those I run for
> various organisations. It costs me rather more than £10 but Pennine
> Waterways and Ashton-under-Lyne.com have fairly high traffic and I
> have a package that covers around ten sites.

Thanks Martin I might just take a look at that. Thanks also for all other 
suggestions folks. Duly noted.

Regards
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KEVIN MASLIN
Waterway Photography
Great Bridge
West Midlands
England
http://www.panelbloke.com 

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Andrew Dyke | 1 Nov 2009 15:18
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Phoenix Launched (XP)

Whato All,

Phoenix has now been launched. You can watch the video here.

http://www.youtube.com/user/andrewleodyke#p/a/u/0/MkFc_X_3mOA

Regards,

Andrew
Chairman of Wychavon (blog)  <http://tinyurl.com/nbcfad>
http://tinyurl.com/nbcfad
Web Site  <http://www.andrewdyke.co.uk> www.andrewdyke.co.uk
Web Site  <http://www.mayorofevesham.co.uk> www.mayorofevesham.co.uk

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Bruce Napier | 1 Nov 2009 15:35
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Re: Phoenix Launched (XP)


On 1 Nov 2009, at 14:18, Andrew Dyke wrote:

> Phoenix has now been launched. You can watch the video here.

Hmm... I notice that a) the overweight alarm appears to go off just  
before she hits the water and b) we don't actually see her afloat.

Isn't it embarrassing when it just goes straight down ;-}}}

Glad it went OK - SA's shell is due to launch next Thursday, so I've  
arranged for nationwide celebrations on that night.
––
All the best

Bruce

Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume,
labuntur anni.

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Brian Dominic | 1 Nov 2009 17:04
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Re: Phoenix Launch still pictures

[Default] On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:19:24 -0000, "Andrew Dyke"
<andrew@...>  finished their pint and wrote::

>Hi Again,
>
> 
>
>Have added pictures of the launch as well as the video.
>
> 
>
>http://www.andrewdyke.co.uk/phoenixhome.htm
>
> 
>
>You might need to scroll down for the first 3 pictures.
>
That wasn't a launch - it was a putting into the water! 

This is a launch................
http://website.lineone.net/~nbrumpus/images/launch4.jpg

Brian L Dominic

Web Sites:

Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk

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roger_millin | 1 Nov 2009 20:12
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Re: Phoenix Launched (XP)

Bruce quipped:
> Hmm... I notice that a) the overweight alarm appears to go off just  
> before she hits the water and b) we don't actually see her afloat.

Ahh, not quite oh wise one ;-))) The alarm that you can hear is a reversing beeper from a nearby truck. That
crane is a 100 tonner because there was a completed 59ft Sagar barge taken out of the water and dropped on to a
truck for its journey down to the Thames just before Phoenix was launched. Now when he was putting that one
on the truck the overload alarm was ringing, due to the reach on the jib with 27 tons on the end, but it was just
like a continuous old-fashioned telephone bell. Phoenix only weighed in at 15 tons so the crane didn't
even realise there was a load there ;-)))

The reason that you don't see her fully in the water was that I was conserving my memory card on the still
camera because I was taking loads of stills (which show her afloat nearly half an hour later 
;-))). I needn't have bothered conserving the card as it happened because, after the event, I had loads of
capacity left.
> 
> Isn't it embarrassing when it just goes straight down ;-}}}
> 
> Glad it went OK - SA's shell is due to launch next Thursday, so I've  
> arranged for nationwide celebrations on that night.

The launch went very smoothly and quickly. The time was spent on getting the other barge on the truck. The
crane could pick up Phoenix and move it around the building (a total of 270 degs) in one hit with no
repositioning due to the length of he jib and the capacity of the crane.

Hope all goes well with SA's launch

Roger

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Ron Jones | 1 Nov 2009 23:00
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Re: Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]

Kevin Maslin wrote:
> In a small way I'd like to resurrect my personal website, which
> incudes some of my waterway stuff. As my budget is low and my ISP
> (O2) doesn't provide free webspace, I was wondering if anyone could
> recommend a free (or very cheap) reliable provider with no catches. I
> guess the bandwidth with these services might be on the low side but
> that may not be an issue.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards

Depends on what you want as space - if you plan for photos you might need 
more than a simple site.

I've used/use
http://www.compila.com - I have 2 off the Bargain Linux package 
(http://www.compila.com/webhosting/linux/bargainplan.html) at £21.99 per 
year, including free UK domain renewal.  Never had any major problems 
(that's why I keep renewing!)
OR
I've also used http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.php/v2/pages.hostingPlans - 
the Expert plan at $3.95 per month - that equates to £28.88 per year (at 
current rate) - including 1 free US domain and UNLIMITED storage and 
UNLIMITED data transfer.  I used them for a while for canal videos, until 
itv got heavy...

Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at
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Andrew Dyke | 2 Nov 2009 10:15
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RE: Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]

Kevin Maslin wrote:
> In a small way I'd like to resurrect my personal website, which
> incudes some of my waterway stuff. As my budget is low and my ISP
> (O2) doesn't provide free webspace, I was wondering if anyone could
> recommend a free (or very cheap) reliable provider with no catches. I
> guess the bandwidth with these services might be on the low side but
> that may not be an issue.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards

Hi kevin and All,

Have a look here :- http://www.amenworld.com I have used them for many years
for my site.

Regards,

Andrew
Chairman of Wychavon (blog) http://tinyurl.com/nbcfad
Web Site www.andrewdyke.co.uk
Web Site www.mayorofevesham.co.uk

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Hasan Cetin | 2 Nov 2009 12:11
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RE: Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]

Hi Mr Dyke,Wish you have nice trips with Phoenix... 
I was collecting her construction pictures since my (sailing) boat's name was Phoenix also. Of her
pictures I set a presentation attached to this email as a gift for your boat. Hasan CetinIstanbul

--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Andrew Dyke <andrew@...> wrote:

From: Andrew Dyke <andrew@...>
Subject: RE: [canals-list] Is there such a thing as FREE web hosting? [slightly o/t]
To: canals-list@...
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 11:15 AM

 
 

    
                  Kevin Maslin wrote:

> In a small way I'd like to resurrect my personal website, which

> incudes some of my waterway stuff. As my budget is low and my ISP

> (O2) doesn't provide free webspace, I was wondering if anyone could

> recommend a free (or very cheap) reliable provider with no catches. I

> guess the bandwidth with these services might be on the low side but

> that may not be an issue.

>
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