Getting the internet – September 25, 2007

We tried to order internet access for our home during the whole week. People tried to give us advice as to what we should do, but between the two of us, we couldn’t navigate through the Japanese language, and the general standard of service for internet access here in Japan. Our friend Brian offered us the opportunity to ask him for help whenever we needed it, and even specifically said that we could use his phone to order certain things. Therefore, I decided to ask him if he, having a good command of the Japanese language, could help us call and order internet access. We went to his home, and his Japanese wife, Yoshiko, called for us. She had to call a few different places, because we had thought it would be normal to also get cable television along with the internet. Because that was too complicated, we realized that it really wasn’t that important to get cable, so that was that. As it turned out, it will only be a week before the internet company sends someone out, so next week, barring any unforeseen complications, we should have the internet.