I've only used dial-up in Italy, but if you have already an idea regarding which ISP you are going to use I might help you with the italian... Silvo Silvo Conticello Albook 17" 1.5GHz/1.5Gb RAM/80Gb HD/OS10.3.4 iMac 1GHz/500Mb Ram/80Gb HD/OS10.3.2/17" display E-mail: silvoc at tiscali.it Cambridge UK