How gmail notifier is helping me at work?
Whenever the exclamation mark (!) comes on, something is wrong.
So as you can see, this is a snapshot, from my work PC, our ISP disconnected us again Internationally. wAllah, I don’t know if they’re doing it on purpose or not, at home my KEMs 1Mb account, is slow, I’m not sure if they are throttling traffic or not, but when I go to testing sites, it shows 800Kb/sec, but the browsing is slow and no downloads at all. Are they prioritizing these sites, maybe …
What’s with these International fiber cuts?? It’s reported 6 STM-1 lines are down, the data rate of each one is 155Mb/sec, so that’s about near 1Gb … How long has this been going, I believe since three weeks …
These are simple utilities that might be taken for granted but are useful for on the spot detection and troubleshooting. Sij ena once, I got the (!) mark and it turned out that the application itself got corrupted and I had to uninstall it … ya3nee salfa … but it’s a nice way to keep your eyes on things in a simple way.
#1 by MBH on March 9, 2009 - 9:45 PM
I have a strong belief that these cuts are intentional.
I’m almost always stuck on the desk surfing so I’d know when we get an Internet issue :q
Why not hook up a 2nd ISP line?
#2 by Bloggylife on March 10, 2009 - 12:34 AM
yeah but why would they do it on purpose ??
Well a 2nd ISP won’t do us good in this situation, since it’s affecting the gulf region, thus all ISPs in Kuwait, except united probably since they go by satellite, though last year we were cut off for a day …
#3 by MBH on March 10, 2009 - 8:09 AM
Too many reasons. Could be to disrupt businesses in the Middle East (thus crash economy). Could be installing intercepting equipment to sniff private traffic. Could be those cable fixing companies wanting to show their importance and need. The list goes on…
There are companies from Europe that have satellite coverage in the Middle East. If you’re willing to squeeze the cash for it…
#4 by Bloggylife on March 10, 2009 - 3:55 PM
wAllah too many theories .. makoo illa we move somewhere else
Satellite is not a choice when you’re using the connection for video and voice. Haven’t actually felt the difference personally, but from technical feedback.
#5 by Bashar on March 10, 2009 - 10:46 PM
LOL. Nice way to track Internet
#6 by Bloggylife on March 11, 2009 - 6:02 AM
I know ;P one has to work with what they have