Moving to Ofena

[maisie21]

Originally Posted by flawed

How is internet in Ofena ?

Do you have broadband? Can you have wireless or do you have to have a phone line?

Or is it only available at central points?

Good news about the club. I only saw one cafe /restaurant up past the square.

I didn't really get a chance to explore the town and it's facilities

Hi Lynda
We haven't looked into broadband connection yet but we are hoping that we will be able to have our own connection at the house.It will be easier to communicate with the family especially when we use web cam.
We are going to enquire as soon as we start on the work downstairs, it will be easier then to get the tv and any other lines fitted before we start the decorating.
Judy.

[Barry]

I don't think they have cable. Everyone seems to have satellite TV. For internet they do have ADSL but of course you need a phone line. We hadn't planned on putting a phone in as we both have Italian cell phones but may have to change our minds. Hate the thought of the battle to get a phone hooked up. By the way I just heard from Bruce and his house purchase went through and he took possesion so another english speaker in the village.
Barry

[maisie21]

Hi Barry
We will probably buy an Italian mobile phone when we go over next week but we will still look into having a phone line installed provided that it is not too expensive.We shall have to wait and see.
Judy.

[Barry]

Judy,
You don't need to buy an Italian cell phone. Just go into a Wind office and get the chip to put in your english cell phone. I switched from TIM to Wind and they gave me the card with 5 euro of time on it for free!

Barry

[maisie21]

Thanks for that Barry.
We did wonder whether that would be possible.
I have just been reliably informed(by my husband) that we have got a telephone line to the house, so that is one hurdle less to cross.
Judy.

[Elisa]

Originally Posted by Barry

I don't think they have cable. Everyone seems to have satellite TV. For internet they do have ADSL but of course you need a phone line. We hadn't planned on putting a phone in as we both have Italian cell phones but may have to change our minds. Hate the thought of the battle to get a phone hooked up. By the way I just heard from Bruce and his house purchase went through and he took possesion so another english speaker in the village.
Barry

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Barry, we had cable in our houses...I don't think it should be a problem.

[Barry]

Maybe Carrufo isn't so lucky but everyone has a dish. Speaking of which I hear there is a TV tax? No one mentioned it to us and we can't recieve the tv channels but we did buy a little tv and dvd player. For anyone going shopping Auchan in Pescara has their weekly flyers on line.
Auchan - Auchan PESCARA

[Barry]

Also if you are looking for cheap furniture and appliances http://www.mercatoneuno.it

[maisie21]

Hi Barry
We have been to Mercatone Uno a couple of times to have a look around and compare prices.
I think that it may be owned by the same company who run Mondo Convenienza in Citta Sant Angelo as a lot of the products are the same.
I am hoping to buy a como and comodino when we next visit so that we will have at least one room fully furnished apart from the small personal touches.
So I have no doubt that we will trawling the stores again.
Judy

[Barry]

The problem with MercatoneUno is they follow the store hours custom! We go to the one in Pescara near the airport and they close from 1:30 to 4:00 while all the other stores stay open. We almost bought a dining room suite at Judi's, on SS17 just outside of L'Aquila but they wouldn't deliver to Carrufo. We checked out the one in Bussi but it was outside our price range and it was all modern style furniture. We bought a new fridge at Auchan but I didn't buy the seperate freezer that went with it and am regetting it now. With no stores handy we could stock up on meat if we had a freezer and wouldn't have to go shopping every other day. It's the next item on our list.

Barry