When I walked out of work on Friday night, I was without an internet connection. Last week, I returned my mobile broadband card that I was using because I wasn't getting very good connectivity. Luckily I returned it in time to receive a full refund for the hardware. I was still out 10 Euro from the access charges, but that's better than being out 110 Euro.
I'll be getting my internet connection setup at apartment today. You'll be glad to hear that I'll also be getting telephone and cable TV. The cost of all three together (note that I'm getting a fairly basic TV package with only 120 channels and no extras) is going to be 70 Euro per month. That's not a bad price. However, there are two catches: 1) There is a 40 Euro installation fee and 2) I can't get a 6 month contract. So if I leave after 6 months, I'll have to pay a 100 Euro disconnection fee. If you divide that out by 6, that's still only an extra 17 Euro per month. So all in all, 87 Euro or 120 US Dollars per month. That's a little cheaper than what we're paying back in the States for the same bundle of services.
The installation here isn't much different than that back home. They give you a 4 hour window in which they plan to arrive. Since I'm only 5 minutes away from home, they agreed to call me when they were on their way. Hopefully the message gets through to the installation technician.
I had an event filled Saturday, so I'll give you an update on that after I'm up and running on my new connection.
Here's the rest of the cartoon for your laughing pleasure:
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So how's the Irish music scene? Any good local stuff that you may have seen or just anything good in general floating around over there? Inquiring minds want to know...
Thanks!
Brian - I have seen a couple of decent bar bands, but nothing of consequence. One band that I saw playing out on the streets in front of the Bank of Ireland is called Mutefish. Here is a link to their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/nonstopmutefishdance. They were good enough that I dropped 5 Euro in a guitar case and took a copy of their CD.
I may give it a go this weekend to see if I can find some more good bands over here.
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