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

Tue Jun 16 18:44:08 +03 2009

I think VIVA is so good now because of less load on it. Once it gets loaded
they will suffer the same.

There is a blog dedicated for submitting Kuwait ISPs speed tests:
http://kuwaitisps.wordpress.com/

Try to share your experience there.

2009/6/16 Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar at kuwaitnet.net>

>  off-topic yal 7abeeb :D
>
>
>  back to the subject, i heard on some areas like Mishref E-go hits 700K
> download rate
>
>
>  lots of screenshots been done over blogs here and there
>
>
>  but never the less people are saying amazing things about Viva including
> upload speed which is WAY better than Zain's E-go
>
>
>
> bashar abdullah wrote, On 06/16/2009 02:26 PM:
>
> 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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