I'm having problems with icloud .Can't access email on computer or online. Help!

Please.... read before posting. Everyone is having problems right now.

See the system status: http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

yes....but what does that very ambiguous message mean? How do my clients contact me without the all-knowing and stable cloud? Is it a scheduled maintenance, or an unknown issue? The cloud people would like to know.....

icloud.com is available again, and my mail is connecting again - I think 'normal service' may have been resumed.

Apple has a mediocre track record for reliability of online services going back to iTools, .Mac then MobileMe and now we are seeing the same with iCloud. Always been a curious disappointment. Only thing that never seemed to go down was the Apple Store, but now there are reports of trouble with the App Store.

It does seem to get better over time. I'm not counting on much for a couple of months after the June 30th deadline for MobileMe.