In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
what about the rest of italy, three years on we are still waiting for a land line. Now ADSL is apparently available in our nearest village but without a landline ... it sucks
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
a substantial representation to our local village got them to agree to change the local exchange (each village has one!) by luck changing the area over to ADSL cost them €350 !
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Italy is certainly [b]not[/b] behind in internet access Micheal. Where it [b]is[/b] behind, I'm sorry to say, is in uptake by businesses and public services of online services such as shopping, access to information and submitting forms and payments. That's where your story is!
I've emailed you.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Marc;98989]Italy is certainly [b]not[/b] behind in internet access Micheal. Where it [b]is[/b] behind, I'm sorry to say, is in uptake by businesses and public services of online services such as shopping, access to information and submitting forms and payments. That's where your story is!
I've emailed you.[/quote]
I agree Marc, when most companies still have tel/fax lines, and the thought of being able to send an email is just a dream...............they are still set very much in the 1990s........:yes:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Well I expect fitzer has come across [url=http://www.colletta-it.com/]Colletta - Medieval e-village with broadband - Liguria Italy[/url] which boasts it's a medieval Internet Village. I am the typist not the Techi (forgive the simplistic explanation), but our village campaigned and when Telecom Italia failed to meet it's promises those wanting Bband went down the wireless route with one or two going for a Satelite service. Small private companies have now grasped the opportunities that Telecom Italy failed to take.
We noted that the Technicians who work in the field as "repair men" are freelance contractors and there are not enough of them. These contractors appear to be following the Italian tradition of employing family members and it takes time to train the youngsters. Weather conditions can knock the wireless aerial out of true for example, and the Technician that recently visited us said he works 7 days a week until his daughter's boyfriend has been fully trained to help him!
If the Guardian writer in his researches, discovers how to protect all our various pieces of computer equipment from being struck by lightning, despite all the protection gizzmo's, unless every single thing is unplugged, we be thrilled to read about it.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
This sounds elementary but do you have a conventional telephone line installed? If you do then I suggest the use of Telecom Italia's own ADSL equipment, the kit and modem arrives in cardboard box and is straightforward to set up, particularly if your Italian is good and I find the basic speed set-up perfectly adequate, and of course you do have to pay but then you do not get owt for nowt. The modem comes with wi-fi and I believe a form of cable TV is available. However beware - all computer equipment can be dealt a lethal blow by Italian thunder storms ( inc modems and even printers ), so unplug from mains AND telephone lines all your gizmos when lightning threatens and also when you leave your house for any length of time - I speak as one who knows!
PS boiler circuit boards are also sensitive and expensive!
PPS welcome to a great part of Italy, whereabouts?, I love being near Rome but also in the hills.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Having a Telecom Italia telephone line does not mean you can automatically have ADSL...those in the know ...know why....
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
P.S. for elliven (good mention of boiler 'schede elettroniche' getting blown out!). Our dishwasher's scheda got blown out by a 'surge', the repair cost about the same as buying a new dishwasher.
UNPLUG UNPLUG UNPLUG!
(Not a lot to do with adsl - sorry)!
adsl
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 02:16In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=fitzer;98948]I'm writing a piece about how Italy so behind in net adoption. Am staying 30 miles from Rome with no ADSL and promise of WIMAX but no firm date. Can anyway living in hills near Rome tell me of their experience? What is available in these small hill top villages? Any comments on the subject welcomed. Michael Fitzpatrick [email]fitzmaya@compuserve.com[/email][/quote]
I live in a small comunity 380 people ca 500-800 metres and fairly remote.i had been told that it wasn't possible to have adsl connection.Then one day talking to the pharmacist i discovered that the pharmacy had it because they have to order medicines daily, he added that also the municipal office had it too.At that point i went to the comune to tell them that i absolutely needed it for our business they were only too willing to put pressure on the Telecom and 3 months later got it on my land line....certainly worth investigating on your part in your area..
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Perhaps I'm not so much in the know as I thought I was but I thought that if you could receive a reasonable telephone signal then basic ADSL would work. I know this thread is about ADSL but the lightning thing is so disastrous that everyone should know and act on it
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Charles Phillips;99070]P.S. for elliven (good mention of boiler 'schede elettroniche' getting blown out!). Our dishwasher's scheda got blown out by a 'surge', the repair cost about the same as buying a new dishwasher.
UNPLUG UNPLUG UNPLUG!
(Not a lot to do with adsl - sorry)![/quote]
Hi
Just a general question about power surges, do you have your house Earthed, we have a 2mt copper rod buried in the garden, and the house has been hit at least once, with no problems.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Here is Micheal's published article;
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/06/internet-blackberry-social-networking]This is social networking, Italian style | Technology | The Guardian[/url]
im not sure it is behind - it has a topographically nightmarish country to connect up, and they are moving on, slow but sure. WIMAX contracts have been awarded to a small company from Umbria, and over the next 2 years should be rolled out. Otherwise its dishes and satellite if you are in the sticks. In the wilds of Sicily I get better adsl than I ever had in london....