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[harringt]

I was just wondering whether anyone has any experience with setting up an internet connection at their appartment and can advise. My roommates actually have a wireless connection and a broadband connection, but seem unwilling or unable to share, even though I paid them to use the wireless with them. Does anyone know the easiest and cheapest way to get a new connection? I think wireless or broadband should work, but can't get a clear idea of how to contact the company or what it should cost. Thanks for any information you can offer me.

[Aussie Mike]

Bonnie has the knowledge and experience. I'll ask her to contact you.

[Bonnie]

first of all ,u should know the exactly location (that can check out which kind of internet connection,such as china telecom or china mobile) .then i can ask organiseer for help .

[harringt]

Okay, so exact location is 徽州大道 695 号 绿源小区 26 栋 102 室。 If you can tell me anything about the current connection that would be helpful. When I was trying to get set up on the wireless my roommate told me to go to a web site (I think it was 中国铁通) and enter a username and password. I attempted to do that (by borrowing the other roommate's broadband connection) but first of all it didn't make sense to me that I had to first have an internet connection to set up an internet connection and the username and password she gave me didn't work.

[harringt]

By the way, Kaibo, to piggy back on their wireless connection all I have to do is get a router and plug it into theirs? Where do you get a router? China Telecom again?

My roommates are Chinese. They have given me my money back now. But I would much have preferred their helping me a little more to figure out what the problem is.

[harringt]

Do you have any information for me Bonnie? I went to China Unicom and the guy there said if I wanted to get a broadband connection, I would have to buy two years of service. Since I'm going to be here for another 3-7 months that didn't make a lot of sense. He recommended I buy a wireless card, so I did, but the connection is so slow it's virtually useless. I suspect he ripped me off for the card, too.