On Being A Virgin

Yes, that's right. I'm a virgin... virgin wireless broadband, of course.

I'm not too sure what I think of them just yet, and probably for good reason. You see, I finally decided to invest in a mobile broadband pre-paid plan, rather than have the hassle of signing up for a lengthy (and expensive) contract with a broadband provider, buying a modem, paying all the necessary set up charges and the like. So I did some research (no easy task, there's not really a good comparison website for these sorts of things in Australia), and decided that buying a wireless modem (why oh why did I ever leave mine in the UK?) for $129 and then buying 'top up' vouchers as required, was the way to go. The cheapest deal for this (other than Telstra, who seriously suck) was Virgin. So I ordered their modem online and a few days later it arrived in the mail. Sweet.

Except that when I went to set it up, it didn't work. At all. So I tried it on a PC. Works fine. Plugged it back into my mac. Nope, no luck. Phoned up the blighters, followed all their silly instructions. Still no luck. This is most definitely not good now, as they have a "no refund" policy. Crap.

So I resorted to searching copious online forums in the hope that someone had the solution - and lucky for me, they did. It took a bit of searching, bit of research, and a bit of faffing around - but finally I'm connected!

'Bout bleepin' time, too!