"High Speed" Internet at last!

We now have a “high speed” internet connection at home. It is not as fast as high speed connections in Canada but it is much better than the dialup connection (sometimes as slow as a 4 K modem). Best of all we can be online all the time and can get a good skype connection.

Rob has been waiting months to get high speed internet. Two technicians were sent to install the connection yesterday but had difficult getting it to work. First the modem was not compatible with my mac (most computers in Sri Lanka are PCs). Luckily one technician, Buddhika, was able to wait while a router was sent from the head office, which would likely fix the problem. Buddhika tried for hours, forgoing a ride with his driver and missing his bus home, but was not able to get the system working. He was very gracious and joined us for dinner, which was nice for us as we rarely have company.

After he left, Thusana told us that to get the dial up connection in the apartment took 5 men three days! However as promised, Buddhika returned with technician Mahesh and a new router and within minutes the connection was working! Hurray!



Prologue
Currently the high speed connection has been down for over two hours and I am writing this in a word document hoping to post it sometime soon!