Comments on: Down in the City http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: foti http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-88197 foti Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:37:52 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-88197 t t

]]> By: Marie http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25936 Marie Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:24:36 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25936 gghh... urgh... uh, yeah, maybe we'll get service back downtown before I have to start getting Bluetooth dongles for my older iBook and trying to find q8techdrive to get things set up right. But thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know. Employer needs to buy me a new phone and enable my SIM, in short, if this lasts. Tomorrow a.m. I reckon it's back to the Wi-Fi. For now, just stumbled over an internet place in a hotel while I was walking home from work. gghh… urgh… uh, yeah, maybe we’ll get service back downtown before I have to start getting Bluetooth dongles for my older iBook and trying to find q8techdrive to get things set up right. But thanks, that’s exactly what I needed to know. Employer needs to buy me a new phone and enable my SIM, in short, if this lasts.

Tomorrow a.m. I reckon it’s back to the Wi-Fi. For now, just stumbled over an internet place in a hotel while I was walking home from work.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25926 Mark Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:11:39 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25926 hehe its ok, i am just worried you scared her away now lol hehe its ok, i am just worried you scared her away now lol

]]> By: q8techdrive http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25925 q8techdrive Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:09:00 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25925 hahhahha Mark! I just love what you said! Thats all I wanted to say also, but went tooo deep. Sorry for being a mouthy! hahhahha Mark! I just love what you said!
Thats all I wanted to say also, but went tooo deep. Sorry for being a mouthy!

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25922 Mark Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:39:47 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25922 Marie to summarize what q8drive just said.. If you have a laptop with bluetooth (like an ibook or powerbook) and you have a phone that has bluetooth, then for a price of only KD10 a month you can have unlimited internet access (wataniya and MTC). Marie to summarize what q8drive just said..

If you have a laptop with bluetooth (like an ibook or powerbook) and you have a phone that has bluetooth, then for a price of only KD10 a month you can have unlimited internet access (wataniya and MTC).

]]> By: q8techdrive http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25920 q8techdrive Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:28:49 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25920 You can create a dialup connection with the GPRS bluetooth modem delected by your laptop with following parameters. 1. Dialout number is *99# 2. Leave Username and Password Blank. You can create a dialup connection with the GPRS bluetooth modem delected by your laptop with following parameters.

1. Dialout number is *99#
2. Leave Username and Password Blank.

]]> By: q8techdrive http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25918 q8techdrive Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:16:00 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25918 Salmiya / Surra and some other Area's DSL services are still down. My Friend, A Senior guy in FT told me that they will restore things hopefully by tomorrrow evening. Marie - If you cant wait until the phone works again, get an unlimited EDGE/GPRS subscription(10 KD / month - unlimited) from Wataniya. Get a USB Bluetooth dongle(5 -8 KD?) if your laptop doesnt have BT inbuilt. Configure your phone with wataniya GPRS parameters(If you are lucky, Wataniya has settings for some common phones, which you can receive by SMS by calling 121 or by visiting http://configure.wataniya.com:9000/frontoffice/index.jsp)Once you pair your phone with your laptop, you will see that your laptop has detected a modem (GPRS modem in Phone)...then you can create a dialup connection to connect to internet. Wataniya guys can help you out if you dont want to do it all yourself. Salmiya / Surra and some other Area’s DSL services are still down. My Friend, A Senior guy in FT told me that they will restore things hopefully by tomorrrow evening.

Marie - If you cant wait until the phone works again, get an unlimited EDGE/GPRS subscription(10 KD / month - unlimited) from Wataniya. Get a USB Bluetooth dongle(5 -8 KD?) if your laptop doesnt have BT inbuilt. Configure your phone with wataniya GPRS parameters(If you are lucky, Wataniya has settings for some common phones, which you can receive by SMS by calling 121 or by visiting http://configure.wataniya.com:9000/frontoffice/index.jsp)Once you pair your phone with your laptop, you will see that your laptop has detected a modem (GPRS modem in Phone)…then you can create a dialup connection to connect to internet. Wataniya guys can help you out if you dont want to do it all yourself.

]]> By: Marie http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25915 Marie Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:12:11 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25915 We don't even have phone service so can't get dial-up. I never got around to enabling my phone SIM for tethering plus I didn't bother bringing my data cable to Kuwait... shit, isn't there some other way besides spending a lot of time at Starbucks? We don’t even have phone service so can’t get dial-up. I never got around to enabling my phone SIM for tethering plus I didn’t bother bringing my data cable to Kuwait… shit, isn’t there some other way besides spending a lot of time at Starbucks?

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25910 Mark Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:30:38 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25910 well the IT guy mentioned something about them coming over today afternoon to fix something here in the office. Don't know if that makes any sense, what is there to fix here? well the IT guy mentioned something about them coming over today afternoon to fix something here in the office. Don’t know if that makes any sense, what is there to fix here?

]]> By: KtheKuwaiti http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25909 KtheKuwaiti Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:21:43 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25909 Qualitynet is fine (they did'nt lose any equipment, just power); Fasttelco is still working on its network .. it will take a bit longer to bring back dialup and DSL links being served by the main facility. Qualitynet is fine (they did’nt lose any equipment, just power); Fasttelco is still working on its network .. it will take a bit longer to bring back dialup and DSL links being served by the main facility.

]]> By: Vineeth Menon http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25907 Vineeth Menon Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:53:35 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25907 I stay in sharq, & my number starts with 24... I was using qualitynet dialup all evening yesterday... I only'd problems early morning yesterday... I stay in sharq, & my number starts with 24… I was using qualitynet dialup all evening yesterday… I only’d problems early morning yesterday…

]]> By: KtheKuwaiti http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25906 KtheKuwaiti Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:40:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25906 The other cities/towns are connected throught their local MOC Branch (Maq'sam); one link between FT and them. As for Kuwait City, its going to take a bit more time to rewire all the telephones, because there are alot more cables involved. If the damage on the cables is simple, it would be a matter of extending new cables. Otherwise .. your screwed, redoing a whole city's DSL connections is a very time consuming process. The other cities/towns are connected throught their local MOC Branch (Maq’sam); one link between FT and them. As for Kuwait City, its going to take a bit more time to rewire all the telephones, because there are alot more cables involved. If the damage on the cables is simple, it would be a matter of extending new cables. Otherwise .. your screwed, redoing a whole city’s DSL connections is a very time consuming process.

]]> By: fractal00 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25905 fractal00 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:22:54 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/down-in-the-city/#comment-25905 I feel for you man, really i do :S .. I feel for you man, really i do :S ..

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