Broadband

There are three ways of getting internet access here: through the phone-line, via cable tv, or "broadband-in-a-box." I'm opting for the latter. See www.irishbroadband.ie. However, to order this, one must provide either an Irish credit card or an Irish debit card, neither of which I have. Once this is provided to them, they say it takes approximately 2 weeks for them to clear it with the bank, and then one week for the broadband-in-a-box to be delivered. So I am left waiting on the Irish system to progress through the loop once again...