Broadband. The very word is like a kick in the stomach. After waiting months for Cross Country Broadband to get their act together and start offering two-way satellite, they finally renamed themselves National Broadband and began selling the Astra service. You must check out their site. (Oh, boy.) Now I am so desperate for broadband I went so far as to start the order process with them even though their site doesn’t even have Terms & Conditions or a return policy posted. When I discovered that €24.99/mth for 256K satellite service, really costed €80/mth in the bundle, with free TV and not as cheap as 13434 telephone, I was still interested. When they sent me a Paypal request for a €570 ($820) initial payment, I started to get worried, came to my senses and ordered one-way, 1Mb satellite from SkyDSL instead. My fingers are crossed.