Still waiting...

In traditional fashion I have had trouble getting my internet. I really should have expected because none of my plans seem to work out as well as they had in my head.

I was meant to get the internet on Sunday. The NTT guy turned up, checked my line and installed the modem. No problems there. I blundered my way through enough Japanese to ask him what time the line would open and when my internet would work. 5pm was the time that I understood. So I waited, went about my day doing my various tasks and when 5pm came around I tried to connect to my internet for the first time... But it didn`t work.

Needless to say: I was pissed off.

I tried to get it working all night, changing settings and trying to work out exactly what was wrong, thinking I probably had a dodgy modem or connection.

On Monday I rang the Telephone company and asked them why my internet wasn`t working. Turns out that while I had purchased a modem and was now paying for line rental... I had not purchased any Internet Service. I rang an English speaking company and bought my internet service, but I`am now waiting for the `package` to arrive.

Here I am now, with a modem plugged into my wall, paying $35 a month for line rental... And I`m still stealing from the guy next door.