Finally got the internet - hurrah! The modem was a total nightmare to set up though. When it was finally working I thought I'd like to download some podcasts and radio shows I'd missed since we'd arrived (no I wasn't downlpading exotic films I can assure you!). Unbeknown to be we acttually had a 200mb download cap, and I used all this up. Instead of charging extra, they cut your connection speed to 28.8k !

Obviously not knowing this I thought something was wrong. Cut a long story short I ended up upgrading the the max account - which will cost approx 27 quid a month. The max connection speed is still only 1.5mb though. No NTL Cabel broadband over here, or Wireless for that matter. It seems Australia is still not in the 21st Century when it comes to broadband. Still it's great to have the internet again - you don't realize how much you really do rely on it.