Living offline

These days Internet seems to be everywhere. You have it on your computers, consoles, even mobiles. Yet still, when moving house getting yourself connected seems almost like mission impossible.

Do I really need to wait for the TV to be hooked - 1 week, then the phone line activated (yes, no drilling or cable work, just activating a line) - 2 weeks, and then finally another week to get the broadband. It’s not like only a select few technology fanatics order such services. You’d think that they’d actually be more than happy to take on new customers. Unfortunately it is more like a rocky road to get that Internet going.

So altogether we have been almost a month without Internet. Feels very weird indeed. The usb dongle was definitely not enough with the two of us trying to share a connection. It’s better than nothing, but stupid T-Mobile content block on random pages can drive you crazy at times.

One thing I was quite shocked to learn during all this phone connecting was that the developer supposedly does not connect the phone sockets in a newbuild. I’d expect everything to be active when you get the keys to your sparkling new flat. But supposedly it’s normal that you have to hire yourself an expensive electrician to have working phone sockets… And there was silly me, thinking that finished means finished…

Even though we have broadband connected now it’s still not over. It looks like the phone engineer conected the wrong socket - we have the main one working and instead of the living room the only other working socket is in the spare bedroom.