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Hello,
Can someone please let me know about their adsl experience in dubai/sharjah?What about the speeds?what are the tariffs and how wide it is available?Does it also pass from Emirates Proxy?what are downloading and uploading speeds?

Hey,

For Dubai..

tariffs=250/month
speed= 1Mbps
yes, passes from emirates proxy..
upload speed = 60-100 Kbps

I can download a movie in 5 hrs if availability is good... & I think I am satisfied...

what about the downloading speed ? does it reach 120kb/s ?

emirates have one of the worst internet prices in the world
It suks big time. I starved for bandwidth when i was there.

The fastest download speed I’ve gotten from my 1mb cable line is 170kps, depending on where you come from as Sniper mentioned is very slow and expensive. In Canada a 3mb unlimited line would run you about AED 90

However for Bahrain or for that matter most other places in the Gulf the prices are double here and you get slower average speeds.

are there any monthly volume UL/DL limits?I just checked the etisalat website and their adsl for businesses named BIZNET has VOLUME CAPS.I wonder if the same exists for Al-Shamil too.
BTW for the cheapest biznet line,the monthly volume cap is 2GB.

well ive just made an order for the 2mbs connection .. they told me it will take 4 weeks for them to come an fix it up..

but from wat i just i read. im wondering if its worth taking that 2mbs connection.. cause i thought u could download things way faster but if it only goes upto 170kbs then is worth it for me to take it?? or should i just cancel the order for that an go with the 512kbs ? cause it seem like u saying no matter wat connection speed u have u only gonna be able to use 170kbs of it at the max..

so wat would you advice me to do?

one thing i am really annoyed is the monopoly lead by a company called AT salat or some salad. I heard it is run by government. I bet if they open up their market to other companies, the price will reduce and services would improve. It's on the reasons why e-commerce and other internet related services are primitive. For example compare uaemall.com with e-bay, i bet if internet prices are reduced, it would help many other internet sectors.

Second annoying thing is blocking of the sites. Damn I had to go through list of my private proxies to get around that. But the bandwidth was so slow that I gave up. That's one of the reasons i dodnt come to this forum when I was visiting Dubai. Missed one month of fun taunting Pumpkin, Liban & yorky. DAmN!

I think he meant 170Kb/s max. on a 1 MB line though.Not the MAXIMUM for any speed.for a 2MB line ,the download speed must be around 270-300Kb/s I think.
What about the bittorrent speeds ?Did someone check it?

easternjewel wrote:yes, passes from emirates proxy..

What proxy?

emirates one off course

well ive just made an order for the 2mbs connection .. they told me it will take 4 weeks for them to come an fix it up..

but from wat i just i read. im wondering if its worth taking that 2mbs connection.. cause i thought u could download things way faster but if it only goes upto 170kbs then is worth it for me to take it?? or should i just cancel the order for that an go with the 512kbs ? cause it seem like u saying no matter wat connection speed u have u only gonna be able to use 170kbs of it at the max..

It took me 8 weeks because "they ran out of Modems" at least they were nice enough to charge me for those 2 months as well.

The fastest I've received off of my 1mb line is ~170kps, I would at times from my 512 line get around 120ish so I’m guessing for a 2mb line you'll get 250ish, at least living in the area I do, other areas may have better responses. Cable lines are always dependant on the proximity you are to the Etisalat Hub i.e. the further away the slower response you'll have. Also depending on how many people use cable in your area will affect the bandwidth you receive.

Is it worth it for a 2mb line, for me it wasn’t……

What about the bittorrent speeds

don't know sorry never tried.

When you say it passes the proxy, does this mean that DSL connections are not censored?

No proxy = no censorship.

ton wrote:When you say it passes the proxy, does this mean that DSL connections are not censored?

as far as I've known,all etisalat internet connections are censored (proxied).

ton wrote:When you say it passes the proxy, does this mean that DSL connections are not censored?

No proxy = no censorship.

Proxy is a server at etisalat whose main aim is to provide convenient surfing and block sites automatically that are inappropriate to UAE's culture by 'words' and pass the others ... right?
so what’s the confusion?

What about the bittorrent speeds

theoritically if your speed is 1Mbps, it can reach upto 1mb in bittorrent.. but practically I really dont know

the culture as far i see it is to provide you with ho's ( prostitutes ) on the streets an stop you from lookin at p<3n sites??? waz up with that??

is it cause the p<3n is free an they dont make money from it
and they make money of the prostitution?????

maybe cause everything nowadays to everyone its about $$$$$

an dont start saying ohh damnn it aint like that they dont do that ... there is sooo much bullshit going here that for them to block something that lets you have a deeper insight into wat they provide you,, is just unrealistic an stupid...
so down with an there two dolla mentality...

dont they know brothers need to jerk off at times damnn just a couple of pics would do... they shouldnt go around blockin the hole damnn internet....
cause they should know THUGS GET LONELY TOO ,,,, hahaha

but you know sharjah is great .. i like the ruling of sharjah.. it practices wat it preaches

s_kates81 wrote:as far as I've known,all etisalat internet connections are censored (proxied).

Well, you've been mis-informed then.

Jamal wrote:uae's culture as far i see it is to provide you with ho's ( prostitutes ) on the streets an stop you from lookin at p<3n sites??? waz up with that??

Think they prefer people to jam the streets than the information super highway... internet speeds are damn slow as it is... imagine how slow it would be if everyone was d/l p<3n 24/7.

My DSL connection is still goes through a proxy server censoring stuff! Damn annoying too, they've now blocked download.com - wankers!

My empathy to u chocco. You want to d/l anything in particular?

why don't give it a try to download p<3n by bittorrent?

s_kates81 wrote:why don't give it a try to download p<3n by bittorrent?

English please.

It's english mate.Not thai. Search the word Bittorrent from Google and you will know what's that.

Dude its hard to understand when u mix singlish with tech jargon.

So what did you want to try? D/l p<3n and share via client to client?

you still haven't understood what Bittorrent really is.Anyways here's the link to explain Bittorrent for you and all others who don't know about it yet.
http://dessent.net/btfaq/

Not in IT and thats too much reading. All I know is blocked sites are not a problem.

Well I am also not that worried about pornsites being censored as I never visit them too.For me,I would only say Bittorrent rulez.

Bittorrent is gr8...but all depends on d/l speed doesnt it...if you only can d/l at 1 mb...then would take ages for you to d/l anything!!!...better still ...label all your pron CDs as pictures of NY...or hawaii...and bring it on your laptop...though you run the risk of watching re-runs...

My DSL connection is still goes through a proxy server censoring stuff! Damn annoying too, they've now blocked download.com - wankers!

I guess somebody put a note in 7 days, reveling that you could download $kype from download.com, the next day it was blocked.

They seem to have lifted the block though, it works for me anyway and I ain't lucky enough to be in proxy free zone.

dumb off topic question, how the heck do you put the person's name in a quote from them. i.e. most people put Choco..wrote in bold followed by the quote, is this done automatically somehow?