Thus the Croatian Telecom man who came today to install the telephone line required for the Internet connection. These were his first words, too. He appeared nearly a month after I submitted the requisite form. As it turned out, the two telephone outlets in the house were stone dead. An hour or two later he appeared with another man, who inspected the line outside the house. After some fiddling with a box down the street, the outlets in the house came alive. However, all tests showed that the connection was not reliable enough for the Internet service. An old-fashioned phone would be just fine, but a computer would need a steadier signal. “We’ll be back,” said the first man gravely as we shook hands at the door. It now seems that we will need much more luck than the Motovun telephone network is capable of delivering, though. Even if everything turns out all right, it will take weeks. Besides, who knows how reliable the service will ever be. It is time to start considering older technologies for staying in touch with the world. The Internet is a technology of the future. In Motovun, at least.