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	<description>Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull.</description>
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		<title>By: Fahad G</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/current-adsl-prices-in-kuwait/#comment-489165</link>
		<dc:creator>Fahad G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Goose, you can get consistent speeds (of up to 12 MB/S) through either FastTeleco or Qualitynet. If you&#039;re going to be on the move (with your laptop)you might want to use 3G which is extremely fast and well-covered in Kuwait (all three teleco firms offer 3G).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goose, you can get consistent speeds (of up to 12 MB/S) through either FastTeleco or Qualitynet. If you&#8217;re going to be on the move (with your laptop)you might want to use 3G which is extremely fast and well-covered in Kuwait (all three teleco firms offer 3G).</p>
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		<title>By: SanDMaN</title>
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		<dc:creator>SanDMaN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Goose, it depends on whether you&#039;re gonna have a landline or not, if you do go for DSL .. much more stable and consistent connection, if you&#039;re not going to have a landline then a 3G connection from Viva (that&#039;s one of the cellphoen carriers here) would be best I think (forget about Wataniya and Zain) with a USB dongle that you can plug into your laptop and access from anywhere or a router at home. the 3g connection from ViVa can be 14 or 23 kd per month depending on the speed. 

I&#039;d recommend fasttelco for dsl much better tech support and a more reliable connection than qualitynet. Prices vary they always have promotions but for a year you can pay 149kd for a 1mb connection I think if there&#039;s no promos.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goose, it depends on whether you&#8217;re gonna have a landline or not, if you do go for DSL .. much more stable and consistent connection, if you&#8217;re not going to have a landline then a 3G connection from Viva (that&#8217;s one of the cellphoen carriers here) would be best I think (forget about Wataniya and Zain) with a USB dongle that you can plug into your laptop and access from anywhere or a router at home. the 3g connection from ViVa can be 14 or 23 kd per month depending on the speed. </p>
<p>I&#8217;d recommend fasttelco for dsl much better tech support and a more reliable connection than qualitynet. Prices vary they always have promotions but for a year you can pay 149kd for a 1mb connection I think if there&#8217;s no promos.</p>
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		<title>By: Goose</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/current-adsl-prices-in-kuwait/#comment-489113</link>
		<dc:creator>Goose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am from the US and heading to Kuwait for a year.  I want to stay in touch with my family via the internet &quot;Webcam&quot; as well as continue my online courses with my university.  What is the best way to do this and please tell me the cost per month as I will only be there a year.  Can anyone shine some light on this topic for me?  I read the posts from others, but I really need some expert opinions on the best way to approach this issue.

Thanks,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am from the US and heading to Kuwait for a year.  I want to stay in touch with my family via the internet &#8220;Webcam&#8221; as well as continue my online courses with my university.  What is the best way to do this and please tell me the cost per month as I will only be there a year.  Can anyone shine some light on this topic for me?  I read the posts from others, but I really need some expert opinions on the best way to approach this issue.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
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		<title>By: Hessa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hessa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Qualitynet is the worst ISP. Qualitynet are thieves.</description>
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		<title>By: kami</title>
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		<dc:creator>kami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>300 KD 2Mb???!!!
they are crazys, in spain we have 6 Mb for 15 KD or 40 Mb shared brandwhithd for 20 KD, for that prices better get a movile conection for 24 Kd</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>300 KD 2Mb???!!!<br />
they are crazys, in spain we have 6 Mb for 15 KD or 40 Mb shared brandwhithd for 20 KD, for that prices better get a movile conection for 24 Kd</p>
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		<title>By: Johar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mark do you have the latest</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark do you have the latest</p>
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		<title>By: Moe</title>
		<link>http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/current-adsl-prices-in-kuwait/#comment-457828</link>
		<dc:creator>Moe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dave, Khaled, Ahmad and the rest, 8kd a month for 8mb in usa or europe is based on overbooking, thats called shared bandwidth, QoS is not guaranteed....for ppl to go to these many countires and use the internet and still not understand what is based on.. thats ignorance

btw.. when u read a report ask for references... Kuwait is way cheaper that all of the GCC to be specific and to many other arab countries, compare like to like... understand that ALL GCC excpt Kuwait, they force users to use limited internet access, so many restrictions for torrents voip, streaming and downloads and others use what zain n viva does.. UP TO xxxx mb . who ever got the full speed at wnet or zain or even viva

Ahmad, i think that sales person at qnet was trying to rip u off!.. he misleaded u.. it is ridiculous that u cant downgrade, makes no sense at all and i am almost sure that it wouldnt be a policy an ISP would use! :P

lensman, they have it under the name of SkyDSL but i dont have much info about it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dave, Khaled, Ahmad and the rest, 8kd a month for 8mb in usa or europe is based on overbooking, thats called shared bandwidth, QoS is not guaranteed&#8230;.for ppl to go to these many countires and use the internet and still not understand what is based on.. thats ignorance</p>
<p>btw.. when u read a report ask for references&#8230; Kuwait is way cheaper that all of the GCC to be specific and to many other arab countries, compare like to like&#8230; understand that ALL GCC excpt Kuwait, they force users to use limited internet access, so many restrictions for torrents voip, streaming and downloads and others use what zain n viva does.. UP TO xxxx mb . who ever got the full speed at wnet or zain or even viva</p>
<p>Ahmad, i think that sales person at qnet was trying to rip u off!.. he misleaded u.. it is ridiculous that u cant downgrade, makes no sense at all and i am almost sure that it wouldnt be a policy an ISP would use! :P</p>
<p>lensman, they have it under the name of SkyDSL but i dont have much info about it</p>
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		<title>By: lensman</title>
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		<dc:creator>lensman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, anyone know what are the prices for satellite internet? I heard Qnet is offering satellite services.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, anyone know what are the prices for satellite internet? I heard Qnet is offering satellite services.</p>
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		<title>By: boss</title>
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		<dc:creator>boss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Hey Yo There`s so so damn many Mis-leading info here Especially about Fast Telco !!!

1st of all to the Zain/Wataniya/Viva Subscribers, are you people kidding me ? i`v tried all of these shit and my download will stuck at 220 sometimes if i`m lucky this is just 2MB regular ADSL speed, so the 14.4 Mbps and the 7.2 Mbps is just the Speed of the Line itself not the Actual Internet Speed and don`t forget that you`ll get affected by the Traffic of other Clients connecting at the same time, so if you have the chance/ability to get ADSL connection PLEASE Ditch this stupid fake speed unstable 3G connection :/

For all the people bashing FT did you ever try it first to say shit about it ? sometimes the problems is related to routers, PC`s Firewalls etc. please make sure first before telling us what is not true !! and about the Customers Service with FT i get the Exact Same drama with QualityShit, all are same everywhere you`ll find an experienced customer service representative and a newbie one too !!

ok to get into the ISPs Subject: i had QualityShit Account since 2001 and i got sick of the Disconnect Issues maybe it was related to the their Speed Touch ADSL Modem (Lukhma Modem) !! so i Switched to FT when they Opened dunno the year exactly lol :p but i was waiting for them to open to cancel my QualityShit Account ASAP, anyway since that time i`ve never got Disconnect issues that was with their Arescom Modem too !!! it died on me on 2004 or to be more specific the technician didn`t have the experience to fix the problem and i was in the market to get a new ADSL Gateway so i got the Linksys G Wireless ADSL Gateway it died on me after nearly 4 years and  lateley when i got the Stupid Linksys WA325G ADSL Gateway :/ the Disconnect Drama started again !!! linksys is not like before !! the N Series is nothing but a Bunch of BS Routers i was very very happy when i had my Linksys G Gateway :`( so to you people before judging about how bad is the ISP is always make sure that everything is fine 1st.

And to the people who says that FT is blocking the Torrents this is nothing but a QualityShit Hater BS i get Torrents all night long :) and about the stability of the Connection when i was on the QualityShit i get less KB/sec at peak time, the FT connection was and still Rock Solid it doesn`t matter Peak Time Khermis Time it is always stable.

a friend of mine with 1MB QualityShit connection is getting 65 KB/sec the funny thing is that i get 62 KB/sec with a FT 512 Connection LOOOL

BTW i`m at 2MB now and i`m so so damn Lucky/Happy i did wait until these days.

Conclusion: 

QualityShit Wins by their Offers/Ads.

QualityShit = !!! just Offers/Third Parties Special Discounts they got discounts for nearly all major Kuwait Companies Employees if this thing didn`t exists am sure less people will subscribe with them, when i ask my friends why did you chose it i hear the same answer: 3a6ooni khasom emsawen 3arth ma3a dawami all because of the Dawam thingy this is their main success.
FT = less offers for new subscribers compared to QualityShit but they`re a little bit catching up with QualityShit offers now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Hey Yo There`s so so damn many Mis-leading info here Especially about Fast Telco !!!</p>
<p>1st of all to the Zain/Wataniya/Viva Subscribers, are you people kidding me ? i`v tried all of these shit and my download will stuck at 220 sometimes if i`m lucky this is just 2MB regular ADSL speed, so the 14.4 Mbps and the 7.2 Mbps is just the Speed of the Line itself not the Actual Internet Speed and don`t forget that you`ll get affected by the Traffic of other Clients connecting at the same time, so if you have the chance/ability to get ADSL connection PLEASE Ditch this stupid fake speed unstable 3G connection :/</p>
<p>For all the people bashing FT did you ever try it first to say shit about it ? sometimes the problems is related to routers, PC`s Firewalls etc. please make sure first before telling us what is not true !! and about the Customers Service with FT i get the Exact Same drama with QualityShit, all are same everywhere you`ll find an experienced customer service representative and a newbie one too !!</p>
<p>ok to get into the ISPs Subject: i had QualityShit Account since 2001 and i got sick of the Disconnect Issues maybe it was related to the their Speed Touch ADSL Modem (Lukhma Modem) !! so i Switched to FT when they Opened dunno the year exactly lol :p but i was waiting for them to open to cancel my QualityShit Account ASAP, anyway since that time i`ve never got Disconnect issues that was with their Arescom Modem too !!! it died on me on 2004 or to be more specific the technician didn`t have the experience to fix the problem and i was in the market to get a new ADSL Gateway so i got the Linksys G Wireless ADSL Gateway it died on me after nearly 4 years and  lateley when i got the Stupid Linksys WA325G ADSL Gateway :/ the Disconnect Drama started again !!! linksys is not like before !! the N Series is nothing but a Bunch of BS Routers i was very very happy when i had my Linksys G Gateway :`( so to you people before judging about how bad is the ISP is always make sure that everything is fine 1st.</p>
<p>And to the people who says that FT is blocking the Torrents this is nothing but a QualityShit Hater BS i get Torrents all night long :) and about the stability of the Connection when i was on the QualityShit i get less KB/sec at peak time, the FT connection was and still Rock Solid it doesn`t matter Peak Time Khermis Time it is always stable.</p>
<p>a friend of mine with 1MB QualityShit connection is getting 65 KB/sec the funny thing is that i get 62 KB/sec with a FT 512 Connection LOOOL</p>
<p>BTW i`m at 2MB now and i`m so so damn Lucky/Happy i did wait until these days.</p>
<p>Conclusion: </p>
<p>QualityShit Wins by their Offers/Ads.</p>
<p>QualityShit = !!! just Offers/Third Parties Special Discounts they got discounts for nearly all major Kuwait Companies Employees if this thing didn`t exists am sure less people will subscribe with them, when i ask my friends why did you chose it i hear the same answer: 3a6ooni khasom emsawen 3arth ma3a dawami all because of the Dawam thingy this is their main success.<br />
FT = less offers for new subscribers compared to QualityShit but they`re a little bit catching up with QualityShit offers now.</p>
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		<title>By: SanDMaN</title>
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		<dc:creator>SanDMaN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AbdulKareem: So true about the isps with their offers and not upgrading their infrastructure first, I&#039;ve been with Fasttelco whenever in Kuwait for the past 7 years now almost, and they&#039;ve always had the fastest service, bandwidth wise, Latency, everything pretty much ... compared to what i&#039;d see at my friends&#039; places with other isps. 

Bu every year, and ESPECIALLY this year since the infoconnect offers my connection is crap.. I&#039;m getting pings to yahoo, google, even websites in Saudi, up until 2-3 am then they start dropping .. early morning before going to work.. it&#039;s like 190 something 230 something.. adn the helpdesks... don&#039;t get me started.. pages take 5 seconds or so to start loading, xbox live can&#039;t find games on call of duty 5, 4, or anything else.. arrrrggghhh ...I haven&#039;t had my video crack fix for over 2 weeks now!!! what pisses me off the most is some of their helpdesk staff (some are actually friendly and useful) the rest ......get this...  one actually tried to get me to test my bandwidth by downloading a driver offf of their website today, and then when i started to question whether he knew what he was talking about or doing, he told me &quot;we are only responsible for your connection to us, not to the outside world, you do not have a problem&quot; 

huh? 

Still and this is direct to you NaMmOor they never capped my downloads, or throttled my connection, and they always manage to get their shit together albeit after a while.. they do block the hell out of some harmless sites that are open with other isps though ... but hey that&#039;s what proxy servers and sites are for :P

My connection is 2Mbps by the way...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AbdulKareem: So true about the isps with their offers and not upgrading their infrastructure first, I&#8217;ve been with Fasttelco whenever in Kuwait for the past 7 years now almost, and they&#8217;ve always had the fastest service, bandwidth wise, Latency, everything pretty much &#8230; compared to what i&#8217;d see at my friends&#8217; places with other isps. </p>
<p>Bu every year, and ESPECIALLY this year since the infoconnect offers my connection is crap.. I&#8217;m getting pings to yahoo, google, even websites in Saudi, up until 2-3 am then they start dropping .. early morning before going to work.. it&#8217;s like 190 something 230 something.. adn the helpdesks&#8230; don&#8217;t get me started.. pages take 5 seconds or so to start loading, xbox live can&#8217;t find games on call of duty 5, 4, or anything else.. arrrrggghhh &#8230;I haven&#8217;t had my video crack fix for over 2 weeks now!!! what pisses me off the most is some of their helpdesk staff (some are actually friendly and useful) the rest &#8230;&#8230;get this&#8230;  one actually tried to get me to test my bandwidth by downloading a driver offf of their website today, and then when i started to question whether he knew what he was talking about or doing, he told me &#8220;we are only responsible for your connection to us, not to the outside world, you do not have a problem&#8221; </p>
<p>huh? </p>
<p>Still and this is direct to you NaMmOor they never capped my downloads, or throttled my connection, and they always manage to get their shit together albeit after a while.. they do block the hell out of some harmless sites that are open with other isps though &#8230; but hey that&#8217;s what proxy servers and sites are for :P</p>
<p>My connection is 2Mbps by the way&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: NaMmOoR</title>
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		<dc:creator>NaMmOoR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>please Marc tell me what do you recommend and i&#039;ll trade with you some nice Shawerma&#039;s from Marroosh...

i&#039;ve been with UnitedNetworks 2Mps and was fine, and now im with Zain 7.2Mps router and its fine but the download sucks sometimes and they limit that crap to 30Gbs Download and they kill me

please advice

thanks you guys</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>please Marc tell me what do you recommend and i&#8217;ll trade with you some nice Shawerma&#8217;s from Marroosh&#8230;</p>
<p>i&#8217;ve been with UnitedNetworks 2Mps and was fine, and now im with Zain 7.2Mps router and its fine but the download sucks sometimes and they limit that crap to 30Gbs Download and they kill me</p>
<p>please advice</p>
<p>thanks you guys</p>
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		<title>By: LoudDiskreet</title>
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		<dc:creator>LoudDiskreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;m a crazy downloader n i need fast internet.............but since m leavin kuwait soon i thought i&#039;d go for the viva internet...................sicne it was at a reasonable price..........buh the big ****UP is tht, they claim 7.2mbps but the software they provide in the usb shows the max reaching up to 300kbps n when tested on sevral websites download reaches 2.4 mbps..............still i dont feel the speed while browsing........for example, it took me nearly 10seconds to open up your site! :P

is there anyway i can sue these people for FAKE ADVERTISING?!?!

p.s. i&#039;ve complained to them twice already..........n still teh speed sux......!  so effin pissin offf!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m a crazy downloader n i need fast internet&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.but since m leavin kuwait soon i thought i&#8217;d go for the viva internet&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.sicne it was at a reasonable price&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.buh the big ****UP is tht, they claim 7.2mbps but the software they provide in the usb shows the max reaching up to 300kbps n when tested on sevral websites download reaches 2.4 mbps&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..still i dont feel the speed while browsing&#8230;&#8230;..for example, it took me nearly 10seconds to open up your site! :P</p>
<p>is there anyway i can sue these people for FAKE ADVERTISING?!?!</p>
<p>p.s. i&#8217;ve complained to them twice already&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.n still teh speed sux&#8230;&#8230;!  so effin pissin offf!</p>
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