Struggling to get a connection for the last few months. That, plus the myriad of other technical problems I’ve been having recently have meant that when I have managed to get on-line, it has not been to blog.

However, enough is enough and contingency plans are in the making. I’ve subscribed to a basic GPRS package with my mobile provider (One-2-Call, Thailand) and am using the Bluetooth ‘Dial-up Networking’ (why not just call it a bloody modem and be done with it?!) service of my Nokia 3230. It’s easy enough to use GPRS (28k+?) instead of data (9.6kbps) and cheaper too - just dial ‘99**1#’ (that’s right!) instead of your normal local/regional/national terrestrial point-of-presence. I had it working briefly, but now it seems to connect and be assigned an IP address (10.6.6.6) in one second, to be ‘LCP TermReq’qed in the next (a.k.a. ‘LCP terminated by peer’). The support girl seemed very proficient, and her English was quite good, although as it wasn’t on her list of common errors, I’ll have to wait for the English-speaking tech support guy to come free and call me back. I forgot to say I could speak adequate Thai ;^) otherwise I would have said a Thai speaking one would do. Never mind, I’ve got something I can do off-line in the meantime.