Ninja attacks kill off quest for fast Internet connection

I had been ignoring the suspicious young man who hangs around the gates of my apartment complex and would look away when he tried to catch my eye. I did notice that he worked odd hours and would occasionally disappear around the corner with some individual or another, talking in conspiratorial tones.

But, it was time for action. I was tired of the sluggish behavior of my Internet provider and desperate for a speed fix. So, last week, when I saw him standing on his usual corner, I asked him what he was selling and he handed me a flyer from the company he was representing, Greatwall Internet. Yes, I did tell him that the name of the company didn't sound promising, but my Chinese wasn't up to explaining why.

In return he promised me the Earth, 4 mbps (megabits per second), which is double what I was getting from China Mobile, and for about the same cost per month. As I say, I was desperate, so I signed up, thinking I would check it out for three months and if it didn't work I could always go back to China Mobile.