Depends on how you interpret “penetration” when it comes to Batelco! But hold on to your horses, don’t get too excited yet: click for larger image The TCCM shows the extent of connectivity of individuals in a certain country whether via fixed lines, cellular lines and/or Internet. What about broadband I hear you ask? The …
Do you guys (in Bahrain) have a problem connecting normally to Flickr? I can connect no problem through a proxy but straight through just takes ages. Have they (or are they) blocking or at least proxying/throttling that in Bahrain (hence the slowdown) I wonder? I’m not raising alarms, but just want your feedback, maybe it’s …
update 9 Apr, ’07: I am told that Batelco has started to block the sites again, but rather than blocking them at the proxy servers (which are in a sad state, it seems) they are blocking them directly at the router, which means it is going to be harder to bypass that block. I’ve checked …
أعلن العضو المنتدب لشركة (2 كونيكت) Ùهد الشيراوي أن شركته ستبدأ بتوÙير خدمة الإنترنت مجاناً للأÙراد ÙÙŠ البØرين اعتباراً من مايو/ أيار المقبل كمرØلة أولى، على أن يتم تغطية مناطق البØرين كاÙØ© مع الربع الأول من العام المقبل 2008 بØيث تكون خدمة الإنترنت المجانية متواÙره للجميع ÙÙŠ البØرين. وقال: إن †اختيار هذه المناطق تم …
In the spirit of National Day and bountiful makramahs, can Your Majesty put some pressure on Batelco and get them to suck just a little less blood from us technophiles who cannot live without the Internet? I implore you to do something about this Your Exalted Majesty, as no one of us could do anything …