I've been in this position before ... and without any notice they were gone and I was back at square one. Just my reasons for being anxious and wanting to know things are moving.
Hear hear Kempus! Having been in this situation before myself, I am feeling a little frustrated with no news whatsoever, but then again I have been in the pool "only" 3 months so far. Here's hoping for 2012...
Mikehotel152: if you search my post history, I asked for sim pointers last summer. I found the replies quite useful for my own sim.