After a few weeks, we finally found the ‘batcave’ where BATMAN resides. No, not the fictional Batman. No, not the real Batman either. Since we moved into our flat here in Istanbul, we’ve spotted a strong connection all throughout our apartment which is named ‘BATMAN’. Online 24 hours per day, stronger than all the other connections in our area… Where’s BATMAN when you need him?
Well, no more daily trips to the coffee bar around the corner (it’s still an awesome place though and I’ll gladly take you there). After ringing all the doorbells in our flat, talking to everyone, showing our note written in Turkish, asking strangers if they were Batman… Nothing. Then we went to the apartments nextdoor… No Batman to be found. Finally, after trying everything, we discovered that there were 2 apartments in the -1 level of our building… Could this be… the batcave?
Yes! We did it. We proposed to share the costs for an unlimited internet account for the next few months in exchange for a password and access to BATMAN. Internet at home’s a ‘luxury’ in Turkey, but for students used to European standards, it’s a necessity. Imagine what it’s like for a blogger. 😉
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2 responses to “We Found BATMAN!”
Nice work… how much are you having to pay a month to BATMAN?
My neighbors turn their wifi off at 9pm daily and their 15 year old son approached me and said he would clean the leaves out of my pool and mow my lawn every week if I let him use it in the evenings after 9pm.
Good deal if you ask me… I limit his bandwidth with my Linksys router running DD-WRT linux so he doesn’t slow me down any.
haha, I never thought the batcave would have a signal to pickup! No wonder Joker always found it!