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20% off all new web hosting accounts this February!
We are celebrating the launch of our new look website here at Posilan Save a massive 20% off all new web hosting accounts purchased before the end of February! To take advantage of the offer, simply use the voucher code 20OFFNEWSITE at the checkout and receive a 20%...
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Facebook prepares to go public
Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn (£48bn) and $100bn, reports suggest.
184,000 more homes and businesses in the North West targeted for super-fast broadband
Fifteen more communities added in BT’s £2.5 billion fibre broadband roll-out. More than 184,000 more homes and businesses across the North West are poised to benefit from super-fast broadband as part of a major expansion of BT’s roll-out plans. Aintree, Bootle,...
New Year hosting offer
We’d like to wish all our customers and suppliers a very Happy new year from the team at Posilan. To help celebrate, we’ve created a special discount voucher code to give you 30% off any of our hosting packages!
To get the discount, simply just use the following code at the checkout:
HAPPYNEWYEAR2012
Christmas and New Year opening times
Please see below for a list of our Christmas and New Year opening times. [table id=5 /] We continue to monitor our network and servers as usual 24/7/365 including over the whole festive period. We would like to wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy...
BT Openreach to transform broadband speeds
BT Openreach today announced three significant developments that will provide a major boost to Broadband Britain. As well as launching its up to 110Mbps Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) service, Openreach revealed it will use this technology to deliver downstream speeds of up to 300Mbps from next Spring. These speeds are three times faster than those offered by other major networks and they will be available on a wholesale basis supporting a competitive retail market.
Why unlimited web hosting is a bad thing
Unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space & unlimited domains – it always seems like a great deal when looking for web hosting, the thought of just signing up and not having to worry about the resources you use on the server.
So, what’s the problem with “unlimited” hosting? Well, there’s no such thing. Both web space and bandwidth are finite items. There is only so much traffic a server can handle and that server will only have a certain amount of disk space.
Removing barriers to switching: Ofcom bans rollover contracts
Ofcom today confirmed that rollover contracts, which tie landline and broadband customers into repeated minimum contract periods unless they opt out, will be banned from December this year.
ACAS releases social networking guide for businesses
Employment relations expert Acas has drawn it’s first guide up to help businesses, staff and trade unions agree how to handle the use of the internet, blogs and social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter inside and outside of work.
Bing's Streetside Feature Now Available in the UK
Following the recent announcement by Microsoft that Bing’s mapping feature, Streetside was coming to Europe, the first images of the project are beginning to appear, say Search Engine Marketing firm QueryClick.
Computer hardware identification chart
Do you have problems identifying SATA from SCSI or PCI from AGP? Help is here! With a non stop growing number of connectors and interfaces it can be a minefield trying to identify what is what.
This excellent wallchart by Sonic84 will help you to identify common hardware for desktop and notebook memory, hard drives, ports, CPU/Processor Sockets, expansion card slots, power connections and more.
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