[plug] Re: [OT] Setting up Perth Offices for firms from other states

[Chris Caston]

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 11:22, Chris Caston wrote:
> G'day list,
> 
> 
> I've always had a kind "yearning" or dream of to being contacted by a
> firm from a different state wanting me to help them establish their
> Perth office.
> 
> Today I got a call from a guy named Perth at a firm called PMB IT in



err a guy named Peter... 

> Adelaide. Saying they wanted me to help setup a VPN for a company in
> Belmont that currently had a Linux box setup as a gateway. I suspect
> they actually wanted to replace it with a Netgear router and they
> couldn't tell me who had put in the Linux box.
> 
> They were going to e-mail the details but that hasn't happened yet.
> 
> Apparently they had just acquired a company in Adelaide and the business
> in Belmont was one of their customers. 
> 
> I asked him if he said they were looking at setting up a Perth office
> but he said no this was just to service the one customer they had here.
> 
> I'm just wondering if firms ever actually do contact people from Perth
> and ask them to setup their branch office or if they usually just fly
> one of their own people over to do it.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> regards,
> 
>