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Comment on Google Docs is down right now by When the Cloud Goes Down, is it Really that Bad? | Opcloud.com

When the Cloud Goes Down, is it Really that Bad? | Opcloud.com — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:44:37 +0000

[...] the other week, Google Docs went down for about an hour. For me, it happened at a really bad time and luckily I was able to copy and paste the content from [...]

Comment on Google Docs is down right now by Peter Kay

Peter Kay — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:31:11 +0000

Update: Google status page now shows Service Disruption on Google Docs.

Comment on Got your Road Runner speed upgrade to 10mb yet? by Peter Kay

Peter Kay — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:15:10 +0000

Hmm…the numbers I had were with the non-turbo modem. It’s possible you may have not have received the upgrade. Try turning your cable modem off and then back on. Also using speedtest I did my test with San Francisco. Speeds may vary based on where you try.

Comment on Got your Road Runner speed upgrade to 10mb yet? by Moa Kane

Moa Kane — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:25:27 +0000

Peter:
OK so I am not to smart regards Tech things. Lets get that upfront. However I ran a Speed Test on Speedtest.net and did not get close to what you showed. I got Download: 1.90 Upload: .093 and Ping: 134ms. I guess the numbers on the Upload and Ping are OK but what about Download 1.90. Do I have to purchase Oceanic’s Turbo service?

Comment on Bye Bye Mozy by Peter Kay

Peter Kay — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:38:28 +0000

Good points. I installed Backblaze over the weekend and glad I didn’t pay yet. The Backblaze discount code for angry Mozy customers (or I should say previous customers) is great. Thanks Bill!

I agree w/ your points. It would be really good if Backblaze also had an expert mode that let you explicitly set which folders to back up. I’ve got 700gb of stuff to slog through and I’d like to prioritize what goes up first.

Looks like I’ve got 6 months of backing up at 1-2gb/day to go! :) I’m still so pissed off a Mozy. They should have at least given a reasonable transition time. I have to assume they would not go bankrupt if they let their customers transition to another service smoothly. As it is right now I’m essentially left high and dry with no backup for several months.

That’s horrible customer service, IMO.