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Communication breakdown
by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Friday, 9 January 2009
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Posted on Tuesday, 27 January 2009
communication breakdown
Posted by hiro bachani at 17:49 UAE time
Mr. Corder has hit the nail on the head. It is really unfathomable why Dubai- which has the best of most everything- is not being served very well as far as internet broadband and speed capability is concerned. Is it something to do with monopolies. Even in a bureaucratic country like india - they have several competing operators- so india has better services in this category, and in telecommunications overall. Let us hope things will improve soon here too. regards- hiro bachani- mg. director- http://www.merlin-me.com -
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Posted on Monday, 12 January 2009
I agree. Faster web at lower prices.
Posted by Val at 13:04 UAE time
If the new shift is towards online marketing and rich media, they definitely need to make the web much faster and more accessible to everyone. Increase the speed, lower the prices or else interactive advertising will fall flat.
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Posted on Sunday, 11 January 2009
true that
Posted by iPaw at 18:30 UAE time
its just a very sad case.
My sis uses 20mbps in london at half the cost. I got upgraded to the 4mbps package, so i could see her on video cam without any jitters. But the wireless is still too slow. Not to forget the random disconnections.
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internet city with handcuffs
Posted by paul at 12:01 UAE time
As a business owner in Dubai Internet City, I have become really frustrated by the costs and poor performance of the telecoms sector in the UAE. The Du/Etisalat situation is still a monopoly as both carve up areas for internet provision between themselves.
The costs are outrageous - we run two DSL connections in our UK office, both at twice the speed of our Du connection, and in total it works out as a quarter of the cost. And there is no bandwidth cap. And we came to Dubai to save costs!?
The filtering and blocking is disruptive for business; we occasionally find customers sites that we need to work on inexplicably blocked (for example, one selling ladies underwear which you can see the same items in windows of Mall of the Emirates lingerie shops).
Now that the economy is slowing rapidly, the UAE really needs to review its policies and get provision into the 21st century.
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Posted on Saturday, 10 January 2009
telecom
Posted by ahmed at 16:17 UAE time
is this what they call 'sadism'?
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Posted on Friday, 9 January 2009
I agree too!
Posted by Ralf at 23:44 UAE time
Absolutely, in most european countries 20 monthly Euros buy you up to 20 MBit/s DSL connections and 80 euros (400 AED) will buy you 50 MBit down- and 10MBit/s upstream.
Look at Korea (!!!!) having 100 MBit/s at home is normal.
I am paying 50 Euro per month for 1 MBit/s, including filtering and poor response times.
Come on TRA: Let the guys compete, bring in competitors, open the market, please.
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Communication breakdown
Posted by Salem Mohamed at 21:04 UAE time
It is spot on, we used to sms from email on our PCs but shortly afterwards were blocked. SMS cost for carriers is zero yet it is a multibillion industry for telecos.
We thought 3G means we could have video calls but in reality we can not or can not afford it. Interent performance is as fickle as the weather. Youtube? forget it most of the time it is not working even for those paying more than 500 per month. How come a company like Etisalta who were once at the cutting edge of telecom technology offer such inferior services is a mystery. Is it that the marketing and the finance departments having their say in the policy of the company at the expense of comon sense and higher decision makers? you tell me
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I couldn't agree more.
Posted by Bhavishya Kanjhan at 18:07 UAE time
I couldn't agree more. Dubai boasts of advancements in a variety of fields and yet its communication bone remains weak. du has only recently introducing a 12Mb connection - that too at a whopping 750 AED per month. Etisalat charges 460 a month for data package on your phone.
Reduction in these prices will see increased adoption of them and increment in the use of online services which will eventually benefit the tech industry of Dubai.
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