sloth
12-07-2003, 04:51
As above.
I know most of the web hosting companies advertise having an office. But how exactly does an office benefit a webhosting business unless the servers are hosted there. What value added is there to have an office? It is not as if they need an office to meet up with clients.
Sure, some of you might say that having staff in office help with the dispensing of support. But wait, that can be done without an office! On top of that, office hours are essentially 8 - 5 in Singapore. So anyone needing service after that will have to wait for the next day. Or horrors of horrors, wait over a weekend!
Let's compare this with those using home offices. Home offices have the flexibility of admin staff being there virtually all the time. It is after all home. And moreover, they do not need to pay extra for an office space.
So why would a provider with an office be seen as more appetising as compared to a home office provider translating all his savings (rent) into REAL discounts for the enduser?
That goes for virtual offices too. Instead of trying to dishonestly enhance its own image, why dont they take the savings (albeit little) and give it to consumers they claim to care so much about.
I know most of the web hosting companies advertise having an office. But how exactly does an office benefit a webhosting business unless the servers are hosted there. What value added is there to have an office? It is not as if they need an office to meet up with clients.
Sure, some of you might say that having staff in office help with the dispensing of support. But wait, that can be done without an office! On top of that, office hours are essentially 8 - 5 in Singapore. So anyone needing service after that will have to wait for the next day. Or horrors of horrors, wait over a weekend!
Let's compare this with those using home offices. Home offices have the flexibility of admin staff being there virtually all the time. It is after all home. And moreover, they do not need to pay extra for an office space.
So why would a provider with an office be seen as more appetising as compared to a home office provider translating all his savings (rent) into REAL discounts for the enduser?
That goes for virtual offices too. Instead of trying to dishonestly enhance its own image, why dont they take the savings (albeit little) and give it to consumers they claim to care so much about.