An executive woman in Amsterdam http://executivewoman.blogspirit.com/web/ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:50:28 +0200 blogSpirit.com All Rights Reserved http://executivewoman.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/08/14/back-to-live.html http://executivewoman.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/08/14/back-to-live.html noreply@blogspirit.com () Web Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:45:00 +0200 <p>Incredible,</p> <p>I recently relocated to&nbsp;Amsterdam and asked for a broadband Internet connection on the 28th of June ... And I'm only connected since 5 minutes !!!!! Thank you&nbsp;Nicolas and François ;o)</p> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"> <p><font color="#FF0033"><strong>46 days to have access to the Internet</strong></font></p> </blockquote> <p>Scaring, what? How is this possible? Here are some tips:</p> <p>1. Ask your landlord to provide you with a wrong house number extension (in Amsterdam your address is for example Spuistraat 34 F)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;10 days&gt;</p> <p>2. Choose an Internet provider, Chello (UPC), who waits 15 days before telling you there is a problem and 10 more days to tell you what the hell the problem is ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;25 days&gt;</p> <p>3. Follow installation procedure written in a language you do not know yet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;1 day&gt;</p> <p>4. Use a Laptop with an unreliable network card&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;5 days&gt;</p> <p>5. Dialog with 2nd level technicians that believe you can put spaces into IP adresses (for instance 192. 54.&nbsp; 46.&nbsp; 20 ?!)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;3 days&gt;</p> <p>6. Guess in which of the 18 boxes, you brought with you when you have moved,&nbsp;your brand new WIFI routeur could be&nbsp;hidden&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;2 days&gt;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>