Ouch, you wound me. Nope, neither, just someone who has used the service and actually knows what they are talking about, and not an "internet expert" such as yourself.

OnLive no longer restricts signups by service area. As far as I know, this was only true during the beta. I believe the way they handle it now is they allow anyone to sign up for a free account, but will bounce you if you can't connect within a certain time period.

Obviously I haven't tried everywhere, but I used the little OnLive console in a hotel on a vacation trip to Mexico and it worked fine.

Is this the same ISP you mentioned earlier as the one with the constant disconnects and bad latency to game servers? Now it's a 100 Mbs Fiber connection? Man, you seriously need a better ISP - one that has better peering agreements with backbones.

If you were to actually form opinions from research rather than your own preconceptions, perhaps those opinions would have basis in fact and thus hold more validity. All you can really fall back on is "This service sucks because I am an expert and it can't possibly work". Followed by "Anyone who disagrees with me is a fanboy and/or a shill". Next you'll be breaking Godwin's law. There is no need for ad hominem attacks because someone disagrees with your opinions by using facts.

As others in this topic and elsewhere have said: OnLive works fine, within its limitations.

Zero times.

Also zero times. This "news" is a bit stale, but they recently added a new monthly plan to play a smaller list of available games on an unlimited basis. The base package still carries no monthly fees, but it does have one-time "unlocking" fees for each game to either rent short-term or longer-term (which I agree isn't the same as BUYING them, since you depend on this service for access).

Ah, yes. The ubiquitous "This can nevar work unless you are In teh Servar room! IR expart on such tings!" post whenever OnLive is brought up. It works fine on a residential DSL connection. Would I play a tournament-level game of COD on it? No. But it works just fine for everyday use with a wide variety of games.

Sounds like you need a better ISP, stat. But brief hiccups in connectivity do not "break a game" on OnLive, in this case you would just drop some frames of video and continue on. Actually a better experience than if you were playing locally with a crappy connection when you'd just get bounced from the server for latency.

Hmm, well, no. This service benefits anyone who wants to play an admittedly limited library of games of any genre on any Mac or PC with even an old embedded video solution - or for the price of a new console game play without any PC at all. Anywhere in the world with a decent broadband connection. Sounds like some people might get some use out of such a service. There is no way someone could pay more than the cost of a machine to play Crysis "in a few years". You could either "permanent rent" the thing for $29 bucks or even at $9.99 per month you'd be hard-pressed to buy a Crysis-capable machine "in a few years". And then you'd have access to a whole bunch of other games. Your math, it is illogical.

In one sense, I agree with this sentiment. A user IS depending on the stability and future viability of OnLive for continued access to games which they have rented. Whether or not they are "wasting" money depends on one's opinion if it's a "waste" of money to rent anything. Say, a movie, or a physical game disc.

All I really want to know is who at OnLive stole your girlfriend and peed in your Trix? Don't get me wrong, the service has its challenges including the aforementioned (Permanent Rental != Buy) and I wouldn't - and don't - use it for my every day gaming needs. But it works as advertised, and quite well for what it is.

No. Luckily OnLive doesn't have YouTube quality or pathetic latency, though, so your point is moot.

Obvious troll is obvious. Or stupid. Or both.

At least you have a job - and it isn't digging ditches, shoveling sh*t or flipping burgers. I'd say you have it pretty sweet all things considered.

Obvious Fanboi Troll is Obvious

Ah, so your logical conclusion is "Since it's never happened to me, it doesn't happen. Period". Brilliant, Sherlock.

You realize, I assume, that the U.S. is somewhat larger geographically than the U.K.?

Sure, because all of the previous Android phones have set the world on fire.

If you have a Pre and haven't figured out how to install IPK's yet, I apologize for confronting someone "differently abled".

No, most people aren't missing the point. You have no clue what you're talking about.

In WebOS, you can write Free Software, post an .IPK on your website, and people can download it with their phones and have it installed a couple of clicks later. Even better, you can post it on precentral.net, and have it available in an open-source app repository on the phone and install it with ONE click. Without EVER talking to Palm.

What you are whinging about is already happening. Perhaps some research is suggested before your next rant, grasshopper.

I don't know about the AC, but I understood your point perfectly.
Doesn't matter if he's RMS or Buddha or Jeebus. He's still being a drama queen.
Past glories don't cover for current asshattery.
Incidentally, I disagree that it's on Slashdot because of JWZ, it would probably still be on because it's a tech article that's making it's rounds.

It isn't. It's indicative of JWZ being a whiny git. As per usual.

I think there is something else going on here, personally. To get a verified PayPal account, PayPal has to confirm your identity. That is a free way for Palm to have someone to blame if an app goes awry, or turns out to be pure undetected malware.