To setup Internet access it took us a month to get the Internet broadband up and running. Our ISP was not the incumbent otherwise things might have gone much smoothly. We were virtually living in the dark in the first few days without Internet access, pretty much like no TV, no radio, no phone and no electricity.

There were many WiFi networks in the neighbourhood. Although a few of them were unsecured, we didn't want to get on a free ride without their consent. Luckily most of our neighbours were so friendly that we were able to connect to their secured networks at the expense of a few bottles of ...