Simon Slavin

On 30/11/2007, Simon Slavin wrote in message
<fiq3io$9lb$2$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>:

> Yes. I don't think we're actually getting any service from Cloud.

In the interests of fairness, I report the following: yesterday, the day
after posting that, I tried it again and got a working Cloud connection
within 10 seconds.
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Ben Shimmin

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co. uk>:
> On 30/11/2007, Simon Slavin wrote in message
> <fiq3io$9lb$2$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>:
>> Yes. I don't think we're actually getting any service from Cloud.
>
> In the interests of fairness, I report the following: yesterday, the day
> after posting that, I tried it again and got a working Cloud connection
> within 10 seconds.

I had a relatively disastrous time with it today, sitting in Sloe Bar at
Paddington station; I was able to connect easily enough, after entering
my mobile number on their web page, but on my first attempt I was unable
to get any meaningful connectivity (though it did manage to give me a
10.x.x.x IP address like it's supposed to); the second time, I was able
to connect and view web pages, but it seemed, if anything, to be even
slower than EDGE. I only had one bar of wireless connectivity, however,
which may well be relevant.

My only other session with The Cloud, in a bar in West Kensington last
week, resulted in Safari timing out after I'd entered my mobile number.
I could get no further, and gave up.

So, thus far, I am not at all impressed with The Cloud.

b.

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`Nam et Hannibalis apud Romanos iam ante Sangunti excidium celeberrimum
nomen erat, et Scipionem Hannibal eo ipso quod adversus se dux potissimum
lectus esset praestantem virum credebat.' -- Titus Livius, _Ab Urbe Condita_

Ben Shimmin

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co. uk>:
> On 30/11/2007, Simon Slavin wrote in message
> <fiq3io$9lb$2$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>:
>> Yes. I don't think we're actually getting any service from Cloud.
>
> In the interests of fairness, I report the following: yesterday, the day
> after posting that, I tried it again and got a working Cloud connection
> within 10 seconds.

I had a relatively disastrous time with it today, sitting in Sloe Bar at
Paddington station; I was able to connect easily enough, after entering
my mobile number on their web page, but on my first attempt I was unable
to get any meaningful connectivity (though it did manage to give me a
10.x.x.x IP address like it's supposed to); the second time, I was able
to connect and view web pages, but it seemed, if anything, to be even
slower than EDGE. I only had one bar of wireless connectivity, however,
which may well be relevant.

My only other session with The Cloud, in a bar in West Kensington last
week, resulted in Safari timing out after I'd entered my mobile number.
I could get no further, and gave up.

So, thus far, I am not at all impressed with The Cloud.

b.

--
<bas@bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/>
`Nam et Hannibalis apud Romanos iam ante Sangunti excidium celeberrimum
nomen erat, et Scipionem Hannibal eo ipso quod adversus se dux potissimum
lectus esset praestantem virum credebat.' -- Titus Livius, _Ab Urbe Condita_

Ben Shimmin

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co. uk>:
> On 30/11/2007, Simon Slavin wrote in message
> <fiq3io$9lb$2$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>:
>> Yes. I don't think we're actually getting any service from Cloud.
>
> In the interests of fairness, I report the following: yesterday, the day
> after posting that, I tried it again and got a working Cloud connection
> within 10 seconds.

I had a relatively disastrous time with it today, sitting in Sloe Bar at
Paddington station; I was able to connect easily enough, after entering
my mobile number on their web page, but on my first attempt I was unable
to get any meaningful connectivity (though it did manage to give me a
10.x.x.x IP address like it's supposed to); the second time, I was able
to connect and view web pages, but it seemed, if anything, to be even
slower than EDGE. I only had one bar of wireless connectivity, however,
which may well be relevant.

My only other session with The Cloud, in a bar in West Kensington last
week, resulted in Safari timing out after I'd entered my mobile number.
I could get no further, and gave up.

So, thus far, I am not at all impressed with The Cloud.

b.

--
<bas@bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/>
`Nam et Hannibalis apud Romanos iam ante Sangunti excidium celeberrimum
nomen erat, et Scipionem Hannibal eo ipso quod adversus se dux potissimum
lectus esset praestantem virum credebat.' -- Titus Livius, _Ab Urbe Condita_

Ben Shimmin

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co. uk>:
> On 30/11/2007, Simon Slavin wrote in message
> <fiq3io$9lb$2$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>:
>> Yes. I don't think we're actually getting any service from Cloud.
>
> In the interests of fairness, I report the following: yesterday, the day
> after posting that, I tried it again and got a working Cloud connection
> within 10 seconds.

I had a relatively disastrous time with it today, sitting in Sloe Bar at
Paddington station; I was able to connect easily enough, after entering
my mobile number on their web page, but on my first attempt I was unable
to get any meaningful connectivity (though it did manage to give me a
10.x.x.x IP address like it's supposed to); the second time, I was able
to connect and view web pages, but it seemed, if anything, to be even
slower than EDGE. I only had one bar of wireless connectivity, however,
which may well be relevant.

My only other session with The Cloud, in a bar in West Kensington last
week, resulted in Safari timing out after I'd entered my mobile number.
I could get no further, and gave up.

So, thus far, I am not at all impressed with The Cloud.

b.

--
<bas@bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/>
`Nam et Hannibalis apud Romanos iam ante Sangunti excidium celeberrimum
nomen erat, et Scipionem Hannibal eo ipso quod adversus se dux potissimum
lectus esset praestantem virum credebat.' -- Titus Livius, _Ab Urbe Condita_