On 25 Jan at 0:04, Tickettyboo <[email protected]> wrote: <snip for brevity> > You couldn't make this up if you tried. Two days 'after' I downloaded > the will and grant, I finally get the email telling me they are ready > to download. Gosh it makes the price hike of 66% seem almost worth it > for the entertainment value! It sounds to me as if the whole exercise has been done by in-house IT people with no previous experience of running a large database for consumer purposes. If a commercial firm had been involved, it would presumably have been put out for tender Did anyone see any such thing. In some ways I would congratulate them for attempting a probably low-cost project after the large scale projects that have failed and cost the taxpayers megamillions. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe [email protected] for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/

On 2015-01-25 12:57:21 +0000, Tim Powys-Lybbe said: > On 25 Jan at 0:04, Tickettyboo <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip for brevity> > >> You couldn't make this up if you tried. Two days 'after' I downloaded >> the will and grant, I finally get the email telling me they are ready >> to download. Gosh it makes the price hike of 66% seem almost worth it >> for the entertainment value! > > It sounds to me as if the whole exercise has been done by in-house IT > people with no previous experience of running a large database for > consumer purposes. > > If a commercial firm had been involved, it would presumably have been > put out for tender Did anyone see any such thing. > > In some ways I would congratulate them for attempting a probably > low-cost project after the large scale projects that have failed and > cost the taxpayers megamillions. It is a commercial firm, Iron Mountain, http://www.ironmountain.co.uk -- Tickettyboo