Did They Block YouTube Again?

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Did they block YouTube again? May 11, 2007
Because I can't access it since yesterday.

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May 11, 2007
I can access it, but the network seems really slow over the past two days.
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May 11, 2007
jabbajabba wrote:I can access it, but the network seems really slow over the past two days.


Do you live in one of those unblocked areas? Etisalat is always slow.
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May 11, 2007
That's Messed up! Youtube blocked now in Dubai?? :roll:
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Re: Did they block YouTube again? May 11, 2007
gtmash wrote:Because I can't access it since yesterday.


Does it come up with the 'site blocked' warning? Otherwise it's just network problems.
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May 11, 2007
Is it same as Metro ? Tube is a lot success in UK !
When have they strated it in Dubai? :roll:
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May 11, 2007
I've just tried and got straight in!! :?
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Re: Did they block YouTube again? May 11, 2007
^ian^ wrote:
gtmash wrote:Because I can't access it since yesterday.


Does it come up with the 'site blocked' warning? Otherwise it's just network problems.


No, I get a " Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" or some such error. Last year, Etisalat quietly blocked Metacafe and made it appear like the "Network Error" problem was on Metacafe's side, so that Etisalat did not have to take the backlash for blocking it. Went on for several months. I'm wondering if they are doing the same thing again, since my internet works perfectly fine for everything else. I am guessing a lot of you guys are in TECOM-serviced areas.

Edit: On that note, I can't access Metacafe either.
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May 31, 2007
Youtube ok for me but internet was painfully slow today, ok now.
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May 31, 2007
I can watch the videos just few sec or min and then it stops.

That is since few days.
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Tropic23 wrote:I can watch the videos just few sec or min and then it stops.

That is since few days.


Agreed, my system is running at about 1/4 speed these days bills will be full speed though :cry:
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sage & onion wrote:
Tropic23 wrote:I can watch the videos just few sec or min and then it stops.

That is since few days.


Agreed, my system is running at about 1/4 speed these days bills will be full speed though :cry:


True. Cable internet is amazingly slow nowadays. Did some ship cut an underwater cable in LaLaLand waters again?
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May 31, 2007
gtmash wrote:
sage & onion wrote:
Tropic23 wrote:I can watch the videos just few sec or min and then it stops.

That is since few days.


Agreed, my system is running at about 1/4 speed these days bills will be full speed though :cry:


True. Cable internet is amazingly slow nowadays. Did some ship cut an underwater cable in LaLaLand waters again?


Methinks you hit it on the head GT
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Jun 01, 2007
The have blocked nearly every fav video of mine. How do they judge on the valediction of each video blocked? Nudity? Sex? There are worse videos and still unblocked. I wish I could know how Etisalat people think.
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Jun 01, 2007
EyeCandyDiva wrote:The have blocked nearly every fav video of mine.

The only ones I've seen blocked are of a certain, ah, genre ---- I think I would like to meet you :wink:

sage & onion wrote:Agreed, my system is running at about 1/4 speed these days bills will be full speed though :cry:

You bet :mrgreen:
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