I now have internet – finally

Well, that was an interesting saga.

First, Infostrada made me wait a month, and every time we would try to call them, we either couldn’t get through, or my customer number didn’t exist.  And when we did get through and my customer number existed, they would hang up on us.  Finally, we found out that for whatever reason they had canceled my order on me.  Great.

So then I discovered Aria, which is kind of like Clearwire in the US.  I have to say, their customer service is amazing.  After my experience with Infostrada, it was so nice to have someone answer the phone, AND call me back at an agreed up on time to help me get an account with them.  Well, my Aria package arrived, and it turns out I have no signal where I live.  Luckily I have 10 days to cancel.

While I was waiting for all of this, I had the chance to try a loaner USB “internet key” from Tre, a cell phone company.  They gave me a 3-Euro SIM for it so I could try it out.  This gave me about three hours.  As soon as I tried it, I was convinced that this was a good service for me.  But since I had already ordered from Aria, I didn’t want to make any decisions just yet.

The other day I signed up with Tre, but there was a problem on a national level where they weren’t able to activate new contracts.  Luckily, they gave me a prepaid SIM to use in the meantime.  But then the new modem wasn’t compatible with my computer, which has quite the temper lately!

Of course, I realized the other day that Mercury was in retrograde, which may have something to do with it…

In the end, I happily write this from home.  I look up at the castle across the way and sigh with contentment.

I’m also very fortunate and really have nothing to complain about when I look at the big picture.

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