Nick Renton is an author of more than 60 books on taxation, investment, financial planning, public relations, corporate governance, meeting procedure and use of English. He is also a skilled copyeditor. By profession he is an actuary and is often called upon as an arbitrator. He is Member of the Order of Australia (entitled to 'AM' after his name) and was the first president of the Australian Shareholders' Association.
He also has an extensive web site which provides information of all his specialist areas. It is a source referenced by many other sites throughout the world.
However, Nick Renton AM has been forced to move the whole site because the hosts decided they did not want to provide web space for their broadband and dialup customers any more. So, with a couple of months notice, he was told the site will be gone. No, they had no way they could point the old address to a new one.
It serves as a lesson for anyone who has a web site that is not reached by their own domain name. Now, Nick Renton has moved the whole lot to http://nickrenton.com, and while we know the new hosting company, and know they have been around for many years, it cannot be a problem again: the site can be moved to a new host at a few hours' notice with no one who uses the site being aware of any change.
But now comes the surprise: the hosting company that was being used by Nick Renton was not a newcomer from the continuing dotcom revolution. It was Telstra, the first and largest telecommunications company in Australia, which has the lions' share of the Internet business in this country.
So, if you need information such as a guide to all the Latin phrases you are likely to come across, at http://nickrenton.com/310.htm then make a note that it is all now at http://nickrenton.com
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