It does seem to be working better now, but is very, very tinny/bubbly - like the person on the other end is talking via scuba gear. It's too late for me to call anyone now, but will try later.
yesterday I couldn't download utorrent software in my new laptop, the site was blocked... but some kind soul, named Steve, has led me to another site in order to bypass the blockage.. :)
But now the download speed is ridiculous: only 7% of the movie has been still downloaded in 6 hours... and someone is talking about "superhigh speed internet"...
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us."
They told me that they have received a *lot* of complaints over the past two weeks but have not yet found a resolution. I was also told that they have "registered my complaint" and would contact me "within two days" to inform me of the status. Sigh. He said that mgmt has not identified the problem as of yet. I asked him if Vonage had been blocked and he said he did not know.
It does seem the block is targeted at English speakers. Maybe it is just my darn computer? But when I go to google.com and type a search - nothing comes up it states "done" in the lower left of my browser. But if I use a google.qa or .it, .de etc. then it searches. Weird...So I Saw that in 2005 (in an old qatarliving post) there was a problem and it looks like the only way it was resolved was by contacting diplomatic channels.
My Vonage has been not working since Sunday, heard that some folks had it work early in the morning but then it was out in the evening. Kwan thanks for the info, I'll send a note, if that isn't successful I plan to contact the US Embassy next week.
in case you find any of the VOIP services are blocked, sent a mail to [email protected] . They will act fast and you will get the site back in no time.
Rubbish- just a rotten rumour. I can access mininova and gmail and yahoo. Its probably your company server thats playing pranks. Check with your IT support if they have been blocking sites.
Cheers, I have emailed them, been to see them and called them on several occasions but they just seem to ignore my requests...call me paranoid but I don't think they like me..:(Maybe it was something I said)
Website content is definatley not the issue as its strictly corporate based content.Anyway plans have been made and box's have been packed so goodbye Doha may you rest in dust :)
Quickthumbs, if your site doesn't contain anything that should be censored then just email qtel and they'll probably unblock it. They did with my site.
I'm a website owner from overseas who is currently living in Doha...because of the Qatari sensorship laws I can't even access my own sites for maintenance..needless to say I'll be leaving shortly as the sensorship laws are sending me broke..!!
lucky you baldrick! i still have to check again later when i get home if i can REGAIN acces to mininova, but my friend told me his access to mininova at his home is okay, i guess there's just something wrong somwerndmiddle of this! ;p
No, to you and me they may not be "very related", but you missed my point - Qatar feels that some internet sites should be blocked. We may disagree with that, but that's their decision, and to say that they shouldn't bother blocking them because people can get round it if they want to is a little naive. Hence the analogy I gave.
in reply to tallg, you are comparing 2 things completly different !! drugs and free surfing are not very related my friend !!
and using the common sence u are stating then why can i access everything with my blackberry IN QATAR !!!! and not from my home ?? is that common sence to you ???
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Libano - That makes no sense. You don't stop doing something just because people have found a way to get around it. Using your logic, why do countries bother making drug smuggling, human trafficking, etc illegal, when people still find ways to do it?
Guys & Gals its not Qtel who decided what to be blocked or what not, there are higher authorities for that........... but then its the in thing to blame Qtel for everything in Qatar ain't it???
cant understand why they are doing such things !! i mean, every person in the country who really would like to bypass the blockage can find 10000 ways of doing it !! no need to be an IT expert to do that !! but things keeps on getting blocked !!
also i was chocked to find out that my blackberry does not use Qtel and can access EVERYTHING !! and i mean EVERYTHING !! dont believe me ? try it for yourself !!
so whats the use of blocking the sites for home users ??
does NOT make sence, but again, what does?
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Some of us who are mainly vonage clients discussed about this yesterday.
Link to our discussion: http://www.qatarliving.com/node/635819
I think better option is please call QTel's technical services and tell them that your audio streaming are not working from different sites. btw, voip is perfectly legal in Qatar for personal usage (see our discussion thread). I already told QTEL about this issue, it seems they are not aware of this, and gave them "tracert to vonage server" result . That result shows presence of very high latency, that's the reason we get all choppy, distorted voice.
If anybody intersted the command to trace the network activity (command line prompt)
Back around Christmas a cable was cut in the Mediterranean, which severed a good portion of the connection to Qatar. Qtel blocked Vonage and other high-bandwidth internet activities.
It could be that there truly is another cut cable. . .that's what I'm hoping, anyway. I'm not sure what I would do without Vonage. :(
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It does seem to be working better now, but is very, very tinny/bubbly - like the person on the other end is talking via scuba gear. It's too late for me to call anyone now, but will try later.
thanks, Roots.
yesterday I couldn't download utorrent software in my new laptop, the site was blocked... but some kind soul, named Steve, has led me to another site in order to bypass the blockage.. :)
But now the download speed is ridiculous: only 7% of the movie has been still downloaded in 6 hours... and someone is talking about "superhigh speed internet"...
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hello,
Vonage started working. We started a thread exclusively for Vonage issue.
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/635819
You can share your experience there.
Mine is working fine. I just spoke to my wife this morning.
Cheers
I just phoned Qtel.
They told me that they have received a *lot* of complaints over the past two weeks but have not yet found a resolution. I was also told that they have "registered my complaint" and would contact me "within two days" to inform me of the status. Sigh. He said that mgmt has not identified the problem as of yet. I asked him if Vonage had been blocked and he said he did not know.
Anyone else have an update?
It's an email address, not a site.
That site that Kwan put up is invalid.
My 4Mbps connection is currently connected at 1.2Mbps DL, 0.12MBps upload.
what has diplomatic to do with this. and how are they going to solve it.???
It does seem the block is targeted at English speakers. Maybe it is just my darn computer? But when I go to google.com and type a search - nothing comes up it states "done" in the lower left of my browser. But if I use a google.qa or .it, .de etc. then it searches. Weird...So I Saw that in 2005 (in an old qatarliving post) there was a problem and it looks like the only way it was resolved was by contacting diplomatic channels.
to send his complain to pentagon and white house to Obama.
US Embassy?
My Vonage has been not working since Sunday, heard that some folks had it work early in the morning but then it was out in the evening. Kwan thanks for the info, I'll send a note, if that isn't successful I plan to contact the US Embassy next week.
in case you find any of the VOIP services are blocked, sent a mail to [email protected] . They will act fast and you will get the site back in no time.
Blocking- unblocking...looks like they are pretty jobless out there at Qtel. Doesn't the subject read "Qtel is blocking GMail! Vonage! Yahoo!Voice" ?
no one said gmail and yahoo were blocked, just the voip services.
Several sites were blocked yesterday. It seems some are being unblocked now.
Rubbish- just a rotten rumour. I can access mininova and gmail and yahoo. Its probably your company server thats playing pranks. Check with your IT support if they have been blocking sites.
i can access mininova again, just did some deleting in the history of the IE
'SO DARK THE CON OF MAN'
hehehehhe, good decision Quickthumbs, wish I could do thesame right now
Cheers, I have emailed them, been to see them and called them on several occasions but they just seem to ignore my requests...call me paranoid but I don't think they like me..:(Maybe it was something I said)
Website content is definatley not the issue as its strictly corporate based content.Anyway plans have been made and box's have been packed so goodbye Doha may you rest in dust :)
oh hell... its working again, my bad... it was blocked 2 days ago and i couldn't access it...
Life's a bitch and then you DIE! ;)
Quickthumbs, if your site doesn't contain anything that should be censored then just email qtel and they'll probably unblock it. They did with my site.
www.myspace.com seems to work
I'm a website owner from overseas who is currently living in Doha...because of the Qatari sensorship laws I can't even access my own sites for maintenance..needless to say I'll be leaving shortly as the sensorship laws are sending me broke..!!
Its like living in the stone age..!
block Qtel from our lives..
They blocked myspace already... :(
Life's a bitch and then you DIE! ;)
they gonna block everything
next time, they will block vodaphone
translate.google.com still blocked
thepiratebay.org still blocked
mininova.com still blocked
i tried mininova yesterday !! it worked !! dude are u sure you are using qtel ??
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
do vodaphone provide internet access also?
whts goin on here?
qtel hasn't blocked anything.everything works fine.
Don't put blame on Qtel for unnecessary things.
Qtel blocked the "What to Expect When you are Expecting" site last year. Graphic sexual content :)
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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"
I agree with you, I don't know what I would do without VONAGE!!! I LOVE MY VONAGE!!! It's the only way to keep in touch with the rest of the world. :(
lucky you baldrick! i still have to check again later when i get home if i can REGAIN acces to mininova, but my friend told me his access to mininova at his home is okay, i guess there's just something wrong somwerndmiddle of this! ;p
'SO DARK THE CON OF MAN'
yahoo messenger,email, Skype, all are working fine! If torrent is blocked, try DC++ for downloading, this is working!
No, to you and me they may not be "very related", but you missed my point - Qatar feels that some internet sites should be blocked. We may disagree with that, but that's their decision, and to say that they shouldn't bother blocking them because people can get round it if they want to is a little naive. Hence the analogy I gave.
they blocked MININOVA ??????
CALL MY LAYWER NOW !!!!!!!
in reply to tallg, you are comparing 2 things completly different !! drugs and free surfing are not very related my friend !!
and using the common sence u are stating then why can i access everything with my blackberry IN QATAR !!!! and not from my home ?? is that common sence to you ???
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
A lot of companies' networks skip the Qtel filters.
torrent sites are used for legal things as well as illegal :)
Tall: thepiratebay.org
Somewhere: mininova.org
Why not write to Qtel and let them know you are having trouble illegally downloading movies. I'm sure they'll be sympathetic ;o)
BTW, everything is working fine at work. No blockages at all here :P
My replacement copy of Erin Brockovich is d/l'ing nicely :o)
Qtel advertise their ADSL on posters across Doha by saying you can download movies at high speed.
Then they block the torrent sites where those movies are located.
Clever.
no problem at all accessing all usual services I use.
Gmail, gtalk, msn messenger, skype...
what are you all talking about?
War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.
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how about torrent sites, do you guys still have access? i can't access mininova.org since yesterday, alos blocked by qtel
'SO DARK THE CON OF MAN'
Libano - That makes no sense. You don't stop doing something just because people have found a way to get around it. Using your logic, why do countries bother making drug smuggling, human trafficking, etc illegal, when people still find ways to do it?
Guys & Gals its not Qtel who decided what to be blocked or what not, there are higher authorities for that........... but then its the in thing to blame Qtel for everything in Qatar ain't it???
Qtel turned me into a Newt :(
cant understand why they are doing such things !! i mean, every person in the country who really would like to bypass the blockage can find 10000 ways of doing it !! no need to be an IT expert to do that !! but things keeps on getting blocked !!
also i was chocked to find out that my blackberry does not use Qtel and can access EVERYTHING !! and i mean EVERYTHING !! dont believe me ? try it for yourself !!
so whats the use of blocking the sites for home users ??
does NOT make sence, but again, what does?
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
all is working just fine here...
Skype is working.
Qtel have also recently blocked the following websites;
translate.google.com
thepiratebay.org
myspace.com
I'm glad I'm leaving Qatar soon. Things are going backwards here.
What are you using Mandi?
My voip's working ...
Mandi
Some of us who are mainly vonage clients discussed about this yesterday.
Link to our discussion: http://www.qatarliving.com/node/635819
I think better option is please call QTel's technical services and tell them that your audio streaming are not working from different sites. btw, voip is perfectly legal in Qatar for personal usage (see our discussion thread). I already told QTEL about this issue, it seems they are not aware of this, and gave them "tracert to vonage server" result . That result shows presence of very high latency, that's the reason we get all choppy, distorted voice.
If anybody intersted the command to trace the network activity (command line prompt)
tracert "your voip provider's ip"
Cheers
This is utter nonsense. QTEL has not blocked gmail or yahoo voice.......
Back around Christmas a cable was cut in the Mediterranean, which severed a good portion of the connection to Qatar. Qtel blocked Vonage and other high-bandwidth internet activities.
It could be that there truly is another cut cable. . .that's what I'm hoping, anyway. I'm not sure what I would do without Vonage. :(
Come on, fast, download your "GHOSTSURF" beofre QTEL goes more mad and block download links too :D:D
"You can imprison a Man, but not an Idea. You can exile a Man, but not an Idea. You can kill a Man, but not an Idea." BENAZIR BHUTTO
I just entered my gmail inbox and it was all normal. No download or anything new or blocked.
no idea what is going on..in order to access my inbox,i am required to download something...
strange..never happened before...
And the source of this outrageous news is?