I'm finally in vacation.
And my house in the mountain, after years of few/no connectivity options, is finally reached by:
1) unreliable but present 3G/UMTS/EDGE signal from one specific operator (which I am (un)happily using now);
2) Reliable WiMax* signal, which I subscribed to few days ago and can't wait to have fully operational.
So now i CAN post. Sorry for flooding the board. Don't hate me. I do so with good intent.
* So, it turns out it is not WiMax they're using, but a 5GHz 802.11N signal, reaching me from the next village that I can see across the valley, 5Km away. Interesting. Never thought of it as an option for such long distances.