ionic start don't work

When i try to start a new project i get the following errror:

$ ionic start HybridDemo sideMenu
Running start task...
Creating Ionic app in folder /Users/xxx/Desktop/HybridDemo based on sideMenu project

DOWNLOADING: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip

DOWNLOADING: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-sideMenu/archive/master.zip
Initializing cordova project.
Fetching plugin "org.apache.cordova.device" via plugin registry
Error: failed to fetch the plugin archive
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/src/registry/registry.js:60:26
    at Request.cb [as _callback] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/src/registry/registry.js:251:9)
    at self.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/node_modules/request/index.js:148:22)
    at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
    at ClientRequest.self.clientErrorHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/node_modules/request/index.js:257:10)
    at ClientRequest.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Socket.socketErrorListener (http.js:1547:9)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at net.js:440:14
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)
ERROR: Unable to add plugins. Perhaps your version of Cordova is too old. Try updating (npm install -g cordova), removing this project folder, and trying again.
Exiting.

reproduced on OSX and windows 8. obiuvsly cordova and ionic are up-to date

[saamorim]

Hi, using set proxy=http://server:port before running the ionic cli worked

[mlynch]

Fixed! Try adding PROXY ahead of the command:

$ PROXY=http://myproxy.com:8081 ionic start myApp