I was in Purgatory…
No, really, I was in Purgatory, Colorado, in a lovely 1 bedroom condominium which I thought would be far better than the Holiday Inn and it was less money. Plus, Expedia said this place had free WIFI. Life is good for this Road Warrior who chooses hotels based on free WIFI, a coffee maker and a tiny refrigerator in the room. But this particular trip I had the family with me so the extra room was a must.
Regardless of the fact, I was really in Purgatory, Colorado; I was also in internet hell. To be honest, I am sitting in hell at this moment typing this post. However, I will need to wait until I get home to post it. Why you ask? Because I am in Purgatory.
Okay, so the point I am really working toward is cloud computing. I live in Phoenix and internet connectivity even on my Verizon Wireless card for my laptop works well. However, here in Purgatory, my speed is awful! Normally my web based mail that loads in under 10 seconds is taking 3 minutes to load. Replying to email, another 3 and… well you get the picture. This is bad.
So getting back to my long time concern with cloud computing. These web based applications work very well if you live in a major metropolitan area. For that matter, they may work well down the road in Durango. But up here on the mountain, I am all but out of luck. And what about the other folks that live in the area? What about the folks who live up the road in Silverton?
Now I do realize there will be a few (thousand) cloud computing fans that I will completely alienate with this post but I feel cloud computing is not ready for prime time. I would also add to the argument that now I work on the road and spend 5 to 10 hours a week in an airplane, cloud computing doesn’t work even when you are soaring through the clouds. J
Okay, so that is my quick vent on the internet in Purgatory. For those who love cloud computing, bring on the arguments.
Shawn
