Further ramblings of a self-made pauper

Bed shortly; it's been a frantic few days what with one thing and another and I shall almost be grateful to get back to work for a rest. This moving malarkey is not all it's cracked up to be, but still, less than a week from now we'll be in the new flat and that's all that matters.

I have arranged for BT to connect us with a new number from Thursday - there's no point giving the number out yet as they won't give me definitive confirmation that the number I've had reserved is the number I'll end up with.

Hmm.

Now, broadband.

It seems that for reasons beyond my ken, that it may take up to ten days to transfer the broadband connection. What I had hoped in my naivety, was that I could have it switched from this number on Monday night and it would be up and running on Tuesday morning. Same exchange, same provider, flick a switch thinks I. It may, as usual, not be that simple. I find also, that there may be a £40 charge to move the number, though if I agree to stay for 12 months, they may graciously waive said fee.

I know these companies are out there to make money, but frankly they're all taking the piss. Anyway, I can't arrange anything until BT confirm the number.

How slow it is, this digital age in which we live.

I may have to resort to taking my lap top down to the pub to take advantage of their wireless connection. If evening posts are less erudite and more poorly spelt than usual after the move for a few days, you know what's happened.

Ah, the joys of leeching off someone else's broadband with wireless...

I am in Marlow this weekend, in sunny Surrey and I have brought the laptop with the express purpose of setting up the wireless connection somewhere where I know there is a wireless connection. So far so good, but whoever's wireless I am using, it ain't mine host's. I didn't have time to find out the password and other settings before I was up and running on this connection. So, anonymous benefactor, I thank you and promise not to use all your bandwidth. I shall be a good boy and avoid graphics heavy sites (mostly) and streaming video (mostly) and anything even remotely dodgy (mostly) and certainly I shall not hit the bit torrents (mostly).

Feel my virtue.

I bet I shan't be able to connect tomorrow...