Damn internet again!
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What is it with this country and the internet?
Yet again a cable has been damaged in the Med and everything completely shuts down - this is the third time in a year that this has happened (with the comedy moment last year when the 2nd repair ship wreched the work the first repair ship did).
We pay around 30 times the cost of the internet in Europe and the US and at best it is patchy, at worse bloody abysmal. Why, after all the previous problems and with the extortionate fees we pay, doesn't this country have redundancy measures? Come on guys, it's basic civil planning for Pete's sake!
I've been cut off for the last 3 days (Etisalat's issue) and now I've got it back it barely loads Google, let alone trying to download/upload large files from/to FTP sites.
1st world country my sweaty, hairy arse.
Apparently it could be another few days or maybe a week. All bandwidth is going to critical services - well, my company needs stable and fast internet to function - it's critical to me. I struggle through with only a crappy 4mb line as they have no intention of fitting fibre optics in my area for at least another decade. Oh, it would only cost £5 = AED 30.00 in the UK for a 8mb line - here? AED 449.00 for a randomly working 4mb line.
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kers.
Yet again a cable has been damaged in the Med and everything completely shuts down - this is the third time in a year that this has happened (with the comedy moment last year when the 2nd repair ship wreched the work the first repair ship did).
We pay around 30 times the cost of the internet in Europe and the US and at best it is patchy, at worse bloody abysmal. Why, after all the previous problems and with the extortionate fees we pay, doesn't this country have redundancy measures? Come on guys, it's basic civil planning for Pete's sake!
I've been cut off for the last 3 days (Etisalat's issue) and now I've got it back it barely loads Google, let alone trying to download/upload large files from/to FTP sites.
1st world country my sweaty, hairy arse.
Apparently it could be another few days or maybe a week. All bandwidth is going to critical services - well, my company needs stable and fast internet to function - it's critical to me. I struggle through with only a crappy 4mb line as they have no intention of fitting fibre optics in my area for at least another decade. Oh, it would only cost £5 = AED 30.00 in the UK for a 8mb line - here? AED 449.00 for a randomly working 4mb line.
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kers.I feel your pain. 
Although I have to say, this is the only thing I have found to moan about in the short space of time that I've been here. Maybe I will eventually start having days like this, but for the time being I have found little else to complain about.
The reason it annoys me so much is not just the cost (extortionate compared with the UK) but the whole unreliability of it all. Sad as it may seem, the internet has become my main means of keeping in touch with friends and family at home and it's frustrating when it . . .
Just. Doesn't. Work.
I nearly threw my laptop in the pool the other day.
Although I have to say, this is the only thing I have found to moan about in the short space of time that I've been here. Maybe I will eventually start having days like this, but for the time being I have found little else to complain about.
The reason it annoys me so much is not just the cost (extortionate compared with the UK) but the whole unreliability of it all. Sad as it may seem, the internet has become my main means of keeping in touch with friends and family at home and it's frustrating when it . . .
Just. Doesn't. Work.
I nearly threw my laptop in the pool the other day.
I find it insulting tbh.
The authorities tell us how advanced they are and that we're lucky to live in a tip top, first class city when even the basic comms are unreliable and then they have the audacity to fist us over the cost and then block VoiP etc... (I get the pron/religious thing - don't agree but I get it)
I know what I'll do, I'll switch over to a competitive company that will offer far better value, much better stability with improved service delivery standards.
...Ah...
The authorities tell us how advanced they are and that we're lucky to live in a tip top, first class city when even the basic comms are unreliable and then they have the audacity to fist us over the cost and then block VoiP etc... (I get the pron/religious thing - don't agree but I get it)
I know what I'll do, I'll switch over to a competitive company that will offer far better value, much better stability with improved service delivery standards.
...Ah...
Hitch78 said:
Gentleman Geoff said:
I nearly threw my laptop in the pool the other day.
Anyone reading this in the UK would lose all sympathy with you at the point of reading that comment!
Asterix said:
Hitch78 said:
Gentleman Geoff said:
I nearly threw my laptop in the pool the other day.
Anyone reading this in the UK would lose all sympathy with you at the point of reading that comment!Ours is crap as well, they will turn it off when they feel like it, YouTube is blocked as are a lot of other sites, there are ways round it but its more Dinars, and internet isnt cheap, you pay for a year up front (don't even think of claiming unused months back if you leave...ain't going to happen).
We have, at best, 1mb speeds - at worst barely dialup speeds.
Oh and I don't have a pool to throw the laptop in, Mr.G across the road does, but I don't think his little guards would be too impressed
Claire
We have, at best, 1mb speeds - at worst barely dialup speeds.
Oh and I don't have a pool to throw the laptop in, Mr.G across the road does, but I don't think his little guards would be too impressed
Claire
oilydan said:
I have a 1mb connection now (used to have 20mb in the Ranches) and I can't even get the 'Page not found' page to load.
I had to spend the evening talking to Mrs Oilydan the other day. Feck.
How much was the 20mb line?I had to spend the evening talking to Mrs Oilydan the other day. Feck.
Going on the current ratio I'd guess around 1.2mil AED a month!
The weird thing is our has jumped up from approx 1.5 to a solid 4 over the last few days. This followed a inspection of the wierd attenna on our villa roof and noticing that it was pointing in a different direction to the other surrounding villas, so a phone call to Etisalat later and a visit the next day all seems good (except no youtube). I must say the cost is high.
Right, this fking internet is pissing me off now. I want to shove my laptop up the arse of whichever incompetant idiot has fked it up again. Trying to speak with family tonight was a mumbled incomprehensible mess, counting down the weeks now till I can get out of here to a semi-sensible country with slightly less-incompetant workers everywhere.
king internet is pissing me off now. I want to shove my laptop up the arse of whichever incompetant idiot has fked it up again. Trying to speak with family tonight was a mumbled incomprehensible mess, counting down the weeks now till I can get out of here to a semi-sensible country with slightly less-incompetant workers everywhere.Hitch78 said:
Have to admit ours is fine, but then I do live in the Truman-Show-esq Lakes where they tend to keep things like this running fine to stop us cast members from trying to escape and ruining the show.
Not that I'm paranoid of course...........
.....who said that?!
Ah... The Lakes, or rather 'Hilton Keynes' as I prefer.Not that I'm paranoid of course...........
.....who said that?!
Edited by Asterix on Tuesday 27th April 10:46
You lot should move to Bahrain!
Internet works a treat here, youtube everything (well.. almost, but where theres a will theres a way and all that! or as i call it, Pirate bay.) Couldnt tell you how much etc as my accomadation is paid for/owned by my company.
I dont have a swimming pool to chuck stuff in either but i can see one from my roof terrace
Oh and Chilli i have read your beer liecence post yet but you dont need one here, just a healthy wage!!
Internet works a treat here, youtube everything (well.. almost, but where theres a will theres a way and all that! or as i call it, Pirate bay.) Couldnt tell you how much etc as my accomadation is paid for/owned by my company.
I dont have a swimming pool to chuck stuff in either but i can see one from my roof terrace
Oh and Chilli i have read your beer liecence post yet but you dont need one here, just a healthy wage!!
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