I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about our internet woes. Heck, I’m sick of hearing about them, but the tale keeps continuing. Let’s see — when we left off, Josh was going in person, with his passport to get the cancellation notice from TE Data so we could switch our service to Etisalat.
So he went to 2 different TED stores and after much discussion, this is the “story.” In order to get our phone number released we have to pay 2000 LE (about $350) because the account has been “suspended” since 2006 and has racked up all these fees. But, for the low, low price of 500 LE (about $85) we can clear all the fees and start service with them. Hello, scam. Not falling for you.
Oh, but we still need to provide information about the landlord and the previous tenants so even if we were going to pay the fees (we aren’t) we cant get that info: back to square one.
So DSL is out. We go back to the Etisalat store and get a refund for the DSL package we purchased. Since my little usb drive has been working well we decide to work out a package with another one of those gadgets. They tell Josh there is a high speed version that we can get. We won’t have wireless, but that’s ok. Oh wait — the high speed one won’t work on our street. Well, there’s a different package that creates a wireless hub — oh wait, they don’t have that in stock in any of their stores. Maybe in a week. Inshalla.
Maybe I should go down there and rough somebody up. I totally could now. See the bruises?
(on my hand — don’t worry, I didn’t beat up the baby.)
On the bright side, while I’m waiting for all that to come together, I can watch this on TV:
See the little red and blue fake people on their backs? Those are electronic jockeys and they have little whips that beat the camels so they keep running.
