[General] "دو" الإمارات تطلق أسرع إنترنت للمنازل - Du launches fastest internet connectivity for home users

[bashar abdullah]

There goes WAR!

/me geting popcorn and pepsi and watching it goes :)

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't be dissing Counter Strike or you'll go on my hit-list buddy! Did
> you try CS-Source 1.6?
>
> 2009/6/16 Saleh Al-Saffar <saleh_rambo at hotmail.com>:
> > I highly recommend using Viva's 3.5G connection. I've been using it for
> > almost 6 months now and I'm really satisfied with the service. During
> peak
> > time my download speed is around 200kbps minimum and other times can go
> up
> > to 800kbps if not more. That's I think due to the number of customers
> they
> > have which is much less than Zain's customer using the E-Go service.
> >
> > I'm not going to wait for the fiber thing to come and cover my area.
> Kuwait
> > government is known to take ages in doing any project. The E-Gov project
> is
> > still far from being done and we've been talking about it since early
> > 2000... that's like 9 freaking years! Other countries have done it in
> half
> > that time!
> >
> > And regarding gaming, if the host is from Kuwait and other players are
> from
> > Kuwait, you'll be automatically playing as fast as WAN can go or close
> > enough. At least that's what I experience when playing with players from
> > around the Gulf on Call of Duty 4. Actions in the game happens
> > instantaneously with like 0.2sec delay if not less which is almost like
> > playing on LAN. By the way, why on earth do you still play Couter
> > Strike? The gameplay suck, the graphic suck, it is old and it is not even
> > fun to play.
> >
> >
> > - Saleh AlSaffar
> >
> >> From: majedb at gmail.com
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:41:09 +0300
> >> To: general at oskw.org
> >> Subject: Re: [General] "دو" الإمارات تطلق أسرع إنترنت للمنازل - Du
> >> launches fastest internet connectivity for home users
> >>
> >> I'm not happy with e-Go but it's the only viable option for the time
> >> being for me, and Zain's network is getting crappier by the month.
> >>
> >> Do you know how frustrating it is to get disconnected every 10
> >> minutes? This happens often between 11:30 PM and 12:30 AM. -- Just
> >> right when you're in the middle of a serious discussion or catching up
> >> with friends abroad.
> >>
> >> I was talking to a friend a while back regarding the fiber project,
> >> and told him that to boost local traffic and the whole e-Gov festival,
> >> ISPs should make their links' speed about 10 Mbps (or more), but cap
> >> Internet bandwidth in accordance to the user's subscription. This
> >> means that users have 10Mbps (or more) for traffic inside Kuwait.
> >>
> >> Of course, as I'm using e-Gov as an excuse, I also have Kuwait-wide
> >> WAN gaming :D (imagine 300 people playing Counter Strike! LOL!)
> >>
> >> OK OK .. I'm getting too excited here... must cool down...
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM, bashar
> >> abdullah<bashar.abdullah at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I share your feelings :)
> >> >
> >> > I never tried e-Go, some people seem happy though never mentioned 7.2.
> >> >
> >> > Fiber project... last thing I heard is they stopped installing fibers.
> >> > If
> >> > thats old news, please someone update.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Manar is a pretentious blob. I hate her. And with the news you just
> >> >> brought in, I hate her even more!
> >> >>
> >> >> As for Zain's 7.2 Mbps network speed, they should be sued for false
> >> >> advertisement, because 7.2 Mbps is the speed of the connection
> between
> >> >> the e-go device and the cell tower. It has nothing to do with the
> >> >> Internet speed.
> >> >>
> >> >> Heck, the average speed I get is between 50-80 KB/s. Only once it
> >> >> jumped to 410 KB/s. Never saw that number again.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyone knows how long it would take them to finish the
> >> >> fiber-to-the-home project?!
> >> >>
> >> >> Japan is providing 1Gbps to the home...
> >> >> --
> >> >>       Majed B.
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