I have made it and moved into my new house. Unfortunately the ADSL lines have not!
We planned everything to perfection! We would first move only two ADSL lines into the new house and leave one at the old house as a contingency. All the orders were placed early enough and installation was confirmed for the day of the move. The phone lines to connect the ADSL are in and working, and have been since Tuesday. All of the paperwork to move the ADSL lines has been filed with Antel. Every day Santiago called Antel to make sure the transfer would occur smoothly–every day he was told it would, until yesterday.
That was when we found out that everything was on hold until Antel is able to process the fact that the Copperhead’s passport number changed because his old passport had expired and he got a new one. This was just too much for Antel to deal with, so the entire project was halted until Antel’s administrative apparatus, (undoubtedly the governmental version of a Rube Goldberg machine) can “approve” the change in number.
My question is this: what happens if Antel does not approve the change? Is Copperhead supposed to go to the Yankee Embassy and ask for a new passport number that Antel will approve?
I am completely befuddled, in fact, believe it or not, I was almost speechless, except for a few words that would have made the average chief petty officer blush.
The bottom line is that I am trapped! They have promised to install the ADSL on Tuesday, December 26th—Boxing Day—maybe that’s because the ADSL modems come in boxes?
Otherwise, the move went pretty well, most things arrived within 24 hours or so of the time promised. My family got in today on time without incident—for which I am grateful.
Five days until ADSL—I am already having withdrawal symptoms.
