Need easy dial-up access?
Connect your telephone modem and enter '169' as both the user name
and password. '16900' is the phone number. The fee will be automatically
added to your telephone bill (4 RMB an hour at last report).
Need ADSL in your apartment? Call CNC at 10060. They reportedly have English telephone support, but the guy that comes to your place to install it probably just speaks Chinese. Some apartment complexes have their own arrangements but if you can get CNC's ADSL we recommend it. The flat-rate monthly fee is RMB 120.
There's a new type of Internet Service going
around town. It's known alternately as PLC (Power Line Connection)
or HPN (Home Plug Network). Look for signs around your compound
(probably in Chinese of course). The Torrent has low ID but it
still works pretty well and it's cheaper than ADSL. It comes in
through your electrical wires and the modem plugs into an electrical
socket. Be careful about security!
Internet
providers 163 and 169 have changed their dial-up telephone
numbers to '16900' as of May 1st, 2003. After that date, the old
numbers will no longer work.
Note;
These items are provided as a public service only. BCCo assumes
no responsibility for them.
