ButtermilkJack
New Member
Without naming names, there's a certain UK hosting company (which I'm sure all of you are aware of) who have somehow managed to get our Government to pass them on our company details at the time of registration with the CRO. Apart from this being a shameful thing for our Government to do, has anybody noticed the outlandish prices this company charges 
I have been approached by a new company to create their website. They passed me on their FTP/Control Panel details to upload the site. First of all, I was peeved to say the least to find out they had gone with this UK company. So I said i'd have a sneak around their control panel to view their invoices and see exactly what they had paid for. This is shocking...
.ie domain name
30MB of webspace (yes, you read correctly!)
1 POP3 email account (that's one more than zero, and one less than two!)
250MB of traffic (wtf!!)
Abosolutely no features (formmail etc.)
Total: €146.00 (ex-vat)
Now, on their website they advertise all this for €69. So, either my client has been ripped-off without her knowing it, or there has been a mistake in the invoicing.
Either way, why are the government taking away the opportunity for Irish companies to grow in such a tough market by removing what surely must be a large percentage of customers from the outset? I think this is rediculous, considering Irish companies have become extremely competitive in the last 12 months or so.
I have been approached by a new company to create their website. They passed me on their FTP/Control Panel details to upload the site. First of all, I was peeved to say the least to find out they had gone with this UK company. So I said i'd have a sneak around their control panel to view their invoices and see exactly what they had paid for. This is shocking...
.ie domain name
30MB of webspace (yes, you read correctly!)
1 POP3 email account (that's one more than zero, and one less than two!)
250MB of traffic (wtf!!)
Abosolutely no features (formmail etc.)
Total: €146.00 (ex-vat)
Now, on their website they advertise all this for €69. So, either my client has been ripped-off without her knowing it, or there has been a mistake in the invoicing.
Either way, why are the government taking away the opportunity for Irish companies to grow in such a tough market by removing what surely must be a large percentage of customers from the outset? I think this is rediculous, considering Irish companies have become extremely competitive in the last 12 months or so.
