Apart from the rising skyscrapers in the midst of sand dunes, a booming economy fueled by tourism and trade the U.A.E also offers visitors a view which you may not get to experience in many parts of the world. Reporting live from the scene, here is a view of the Internet from the U.A.E. (click for larger view)
There is a new company called Du, which is offering internet services proxy free. So far the U.A.E filters don’t apply to them, it seems, so you can possibly access the above blocked sites. Currently Etisalat has the monopoly on the market.
I guess I’ll have to wait till I get back to Europe to upload photos to Flickr. I’ll try and do some real sightseeing next week and post some better views for you all to see here.
About the author
Hyder has been blogging for the past two years on this blog. He started Weborithm, his web company, in 2007 and along with designing blogs and websites also releases various web related products.
Joe Anderson on January 4th, 2008
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Why on Earth is last.fm banned?
Hyder on January 4th, 2008
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Joe, I have no idea. It doesn’t bother me about that though, what bothers me worse is flickr not being accessible. Aargh!
Jason on January 7th, 2008
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It does suck a lot here, doesn’t it. Use a proxy and you’ll be fine
Hyder on January 7th, 2008
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Jason - got any suggestions?
Rafi Jaffari on January 10th, 2008
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yo pad man! how hangs it in the u.a.e.? Insane wheel huh dude??