I gots to have my internet

My requirements for accommodation on this trip have been real simple:

I want the cheapest room possible with internet. I don’t care what the bathroom smells like or how hard the bed is, just give me my internet!

Every time I venture off into the world, I’m always amazed at how much more plugged-in it has become since my previous trip. I’ve hardly gone one day without in-room internet. I’m sure some of you think that I’ve gone soft, but constant access has allowed me to swap emails with local individuals and organizations, call home (I use Yahoo!’s call out service for 1-cent/min), backup my notes and photos, and update this blog regularly.

Today

I pay $3 more for a room with internet. The first thing I do when I get in the room is check the connection – nothing. Crap. The data cable runs out the window and into the room next door into a shoddy looking network. The maintenance guy and I start testing to see where the problem is. When I plug my computer directly into their server it gets a fine connection. Their cable is the problem.

Unfortunately, my cable is too short to run out the window to the server. I joke to the maintenance man that we could drill a hole through the wall. He comes and goes a few more times and still no internet.

Then he walks in with a drill.

My cord has no problem reaching now!