Comments on: Internet speed slows down despite growth of industry http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html Flip Media is the largest interactive agency in the Middle East with offices in Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar (Middle East), Bombay, Trivandrum (India), Leipzig (Germany), London (UK) and Cape Town (South Africa) providing online advertising, website design, streaming broadband video, ad server tracking, digital marketing, online advertising, online media buying and interactive campaigns. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:41:38 +0000 http://flipcorp.com/cms/?v=3.1 by: Chris http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5828 Sun, 27 May 2007 12:23:34 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5828 Martin, did you try the reset? Seems to me it would make more sense to just reset the system power internet/tv/landline at the head end where these come into the house. Mine is located in the maids room outside....I might try that. I am so frustrated. I wouldn't want to be stuck behind the puritanical proxy filters at etisalat though. The gov't. has been hinting that TECOM/du will have to flip the censorship switch soon though. Martin, did you try the reset? Seems to me it would make more sense to just reset the system power internet/tv/landline at the head end where these come into the house. Mine is located in the maids room outside….I might try that. I am so frustrated. I wouldn’t want to be stuck behind the puritanical proxy filters at etisalat though. The gov’t. has been hinting that TECOM/du will have to flip the censorship switch soon though.

]]> by: Martin Diessner http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5825 Sat, 26 May 2007 20:46:20 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5825 TECOM - this is a bloody nightmare weekend - I can't even browse properly and I only have one computer connected straight to your LAN connection. I was instructed by your service team via phone to SHUT THE WHOLE MAIN POWER SUPPLY IN MY HOUSE to reset my lines - that is incredible advise if it would work. I am sick of having my line shared with people when I need to work. Can I please have an Etisalat line in the Meadows? *argh* ! TECOM - this is a bloody nightmare weekend - I can’t even browse properly and I only have one computer connected straight to your LAN connection.

I was instructed by your service team via phone to SHUT THE WHOLE MAIN POWER SUPPLY IN MY HOUSE to reset my lines - that is incredible advise if it would work.

I am sick of having my line shared with people when I need to work.

Can I please have an Etisalat line in the Meadows?

*argh* !

]]> by: Chris http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5814 Tue, 22 May 2007 13:59:54 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5814 Martin, I live in Meadows 6 and have noticed in the past 2-3 months a substantial drop in speed. I have the 1M connection and my upload speed has dropped to practically nil. Frustrating! I've tried all kinds of tweaks to my client, but not much improvement. Too bad there isn't a satellite internet provider available. Martin, I live in Meadows 6 and have noticed in the past 2-3 months a substantial drop in speed. I have the 1M connection and my upload speed has dropped to practically nil. Frustrating! I’ve tried all kinds of tweaks to my client, but not much improvement. Too bad there isn’t a satellite internet provider available.

]]> by: Joe http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5777 Tue, 15 May 2007 06:09:10 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5777 You're right Martin. If they're actually saying that, they're creating the false illusion of a 2 Megabyte connection. tsk tsk tsk. Bad Tecom. You’re right Martin. If they’re actually saying that, they’re creating the false illusion of a 2 Megabyte connection. tsk tsk tsk. Bad Tecom.

]]> by: Haytham M. http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5776 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:37:55 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5776 I've got the 512MB connection at home on Sheikh Zayed Rd. I always have torrents running in the background, my brother surfs the wireless LAN at the same time, and the results seem to be ok. The only problem is when we're both using P2P software. Otherwise I can't complain much. I’ve got the 512MB connection at home on Sheikh Zayed Rd. I always have torrents running in the background, my brother surfs the wireless LAN at the same time, and the results seem to be ok. The only problem is when we’re both using P2P software.

Otherwise I can’t complain much.

]]> by: Martin Diessner http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5775 Tue, 15 May 2007 02:57:52 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5775 Hey Joe - totally agree. However TECOM is advertising 2.5 sec download time for 5 MB file that is clearly a 2048 kb per sec connection, no? Hey Joe - totally agree. However TECOM is advertising 2.5 sec download time for 5 MB file that is clearly a 2048 kb per sec connection, no?

]]> by: Joe http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5771 Mon, 14 May 2007 10:04:43 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5771 I think one of the main misconceptions here is the difference between a 2MB Line and a 2Mb line. If this is not communicated properly to the consumer, such requests will always come up. On Etisalat's website, all packages are advertised as Mbps which corresponds to MegaBITS not MegaBytes. That's what people seem to forget reading. I have a 2Mbps line at home which provides me with 215KB/s 24/7. If I was to expect a full 2000KB/s (2 Megabytes), my line would have to be a 2MB line which is equivalent to (in Etisalat terminology) a 20Mbps line. Just a thought. Etisalat's service has been great lately. Full time online gaming with Emule and Torrents running in the background has been quite a breeze. I think one of the main misconceptions here is the difference between a 2MB Line and a 2Mb line. If this is not communicated properly to the consumer, such requests will always come up.

On Etisalat’s website, all packages are advertised as Mbps which corresponds to MegaBITS not MegaBytes. That’s what people seem to forget reading.

I have a 2Mbps line at home which provides me with 215KB/s 24/7. If I was to expect a full 2000KB/s (2 Megabytes), my line would have to be a 2MB line which is equivalent to (in Etisalat terminology) a 20Mbps line.

Just a thought. Etisalat’s service has been great lately. Full time online gaming with Emule and Torrents running in the background has been quite a breeze.

]]> by: Mazen Abou Hatab http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5766 Sat, 12 May 2007 01:38:08 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5766 Very pathetic indeed. I got a 1 MB, and i got 700 kbps as a result to the test at 6:00 AM in the morning on a weekend (when everybody is asleep). By the way, Egypt has been offering free internet connection as well since 2002 (Dial Up, however it is a good initiative). Very pathetic indeed. I got a 1 MB, and i got 700 kbps as a result to the test at 6:00 AM in the morning on a weekend (when everybody is asleep). By the way, Egypt has been offering free internet connection as well since 2002 (Dial Up, however it is a good initiative).

]]> by: Imthiaz http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5763 Fri, 11 May 2007 13:13:50 +0000 http://www.flipcorp.com/en/read/blog/net-stuff/internet-speed-slows-down-despite-growth-of-industry.html#comment-5763 I was checking the same after reading you post. Etisalat is much better in speed. I have a 1 Mbps line this is my result 670.9 kilobits per second Communications 670.9 kilobits per second Storage 81.9 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 12.5 seconds I am able to download to redhat iso files 2.4 GB of data in a single day :-) I was checking the same after reading you post. Etisalat is much better in speed. I have a 1 Mbps line this is my result

670.9 kilobits per second
Communications 670.9 kilobits per second
Storage 81.9 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 12.5 seconds

I am able to download to redhat iso files 2.4 GB of data in a single day :-)

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