Internet

Well, maybe you've noticed the posts haven't been adding up quickly... or maybe you assumed we were already eaten alive by the savage beasts (like some apparently do...)
But the reason is: internet is a few years back here in comparison with EU or the States... On the countryside they only have ISDN (56k-modems and very expensive!) In Omaruru we paid 3EUR for 30 min of internet... we got to read 3 emails : (
Right now we're in Swakopmund were they already have "ADSL", but it's still not the thing we're used to back home.
But they tell me the fiber optics are in every village, but Namibian Telecom, who has a monopoly, doens't want to change to ADSL everywhere because they get more income from ISDN-lines who are paid by the minute whereas ADSL is a flat fee. Skype is also forbidden, Namibian telecom fines the internet cafes if they install it because cheap phone calls is not what they are waiting for...
But as everybody always says around here: everything goes slow in Africa!
Now I still have to get used to the qwerty-keyboard : )