Internet Connection Problem

I am posting from my iPhone since I have a problem with my Internet connection at home. I just renewed my connection with Qualitynet with an upgrade to 2MB and although everything was working fine now its not. I had a problem last year where my line couldn’t handle 2MB but it was supposedly fixed. Earlier today I was downloading perfectly fine at around 255KB/s but now its acting up again. Sucks to be without Internet.

Sep 15, 2008

Related Entries

31 Comments, add your own...

1. FAH-Buzberry | September 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am

iPhone Rocks!! Yup the Internet is so slow lately!! I don’t know what’s wrong! BTW is it the new iPhone that you have?
2. moose | September 16th, 2008 at 12:04 am

iPhone sucks! overrated man! qualitynet : slow and expensive, and never works!
3. P-Ella | September 16th, 2008 at 12:06 am

who said quality net is that expensive? @@
4. Mark | September 16th, 2008 at 12:09 am

I am paying KD30 a month for 2MB, thats not expensive at all. Actually I think its the cheapest 2MB connection you can get in Kuwait.
5. moose | September 16th, 2008 at 12:18 am

i mean compared to the US.. its like 9 kd a month for a 3MB connection
6. Mark | September 16th, 2008 at 12:20 am

sadly we can’t order that from amazon
7. moose | September 16th, 2008 at 12:25 am

LOL :D!
8. falconpunch | September 16th, 2008 at 12:37 am

its true :(
we can’t
is it fixed yet?
9. Adrenaline | September 16th, 2008 at 12:38 am

Go FAST
10. Laziale | September 16th, 2008 at 12:48 am

Mark how did you fix it and upgrade to 2MB ?

i went with the 2MB deal from Qnet , but my line couldn’t handle it , so i ended up lowing it to 512 ! they did everything they can ( i spouse ) , there technical team went to the maqsam , and came to my house twice to sort it out . but i had No luck .
11. Jacqui | September 16th, 2008 at 12:53 am

3G iPhone? Or the previous one?
12. Frankom | September 16th, 2008 at 1:02 am

See, you are paying KD30 for 2mb but ur not happy or satisfy thus coz they (qnet) playing around. on the other hand you can pay an extra KD10 or 20 but with a decent connection and stable service & server.
13. festiq | September 16th, 2008 at 1:40 am

i had the same problem, quality deals with a company called space something, they come to your house change a couple of cables and it’ll be all good .. ask tech support for the company’s number
14. Bohanwa | September 16th, 2008 at 1:56 am

looks like you jinxed yourself from the sue quality net topic in the forum…loool

anyways happy downloading again!
15. PUX | September 16th, 2008 at 4:13 am

You guys are luck ! , i live in 3adan and the only connection my line can handle is 265 KB !!!!

Anyone has the same problem ?
16. Lucky_Boy | September 16th, 2008 at 4:43 am

moose, 9kd in us but think about download cap and their nasty torrent throttle..
17. The Archer 62 | September 16th, 2008 at 4:51 am

Fasttelco is the best man!!! CHANGE IT NOW!!!
18. Musaed | September 16th, 2008 at 5:00 am

Pux,

I remeber in the early days in Saudia Arabia when there was no internet at all and they have to call an internet provider in Bahrain with a long distance call for a dial up !!
19. Mark | September 16th, 2008 at 9:30 am

Frankom a hicup once a year come renewal time is not a big deal, I would rather stay with Qualitynet than move to FT or anything else. I am very satisfied and happy with Qualitynet.

I am using the original iPhone, can’t stand the E71 or any other phone now. With the upgrade to 2.0+ and appstore combined with unlimited internet with Zain the iPhone is an extremely practical internet device. Yeah I can’t forward SMS’s and I cant send MMS anymore but the pros outweigh the cons for me.
20. Musa'ad Haider | September 16th, 2008 at 9:43 am

Mark, when you say earlier they resolved the issue with your line, does that mean that they did the loop test and results were clear for 2Mbps?
21. Mark | September 16th, 2008 at 9:45 am

I mean the problem turned out I couldn’t have an upload speed of 1MB only a little less than 512KB. So now my download speed it like 2MB but my upload is like 384KB.
22. snake | September 16th, 2008 at 10:10 am

i got both fast telco and qnet . both 1mb . fasttelco is faster some how more stable plus you get a static ip !!! but for gaming qnet kicks ass. plus

payed 220kd qnet and 195kd for fast. around 18kd a month for 1mb .

in the past 3 month qnet was very bad . thats why i switched to fast telco and found out that qnet is still faster in gaming 300-280ms for fast and qnet is 220-230ms on the server i play in .. its not much but it means alot when u play.
23. DeReD | September 16th, 2008 at 10:26 am

Marko, what exact firmaware version do u have on ur iphone1 now?
24. Adrenaline | September 16th, 2008 at 10:58 am

For 5 euros u can have SMS forwarding iRealSMS, U can also have MMS for free Flutter, or pay $8 for Swirly MMS am not sure if they updated it to work with FW 2
25. nxman | September 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am

There are Internet problems all over Q8 for the past few days meanwhile have to say that I Phone sucks big time!
26. Mark | September 16th, 2008 at 11:03 am

I used to say the iPhone sucks but once I connected unlimited internet to it plus got some cool apps I have to say there is no other phone that can compete with it (considering my needs that is)

I am using firmware 2.0.1 at the moment, still need to upgrade to 2.1
27. SanDMaN | September 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am

Google with funding and in collaboration from HSBC will be launching a number of satellites, to provide internet coverage to the entire world, I dunno how true this is, but this was coming from someone who works in the telecom industry…
think about it, in two years time when that project is complete, you could be getting decently priced internet from google, and much .. MUCH better speeds..
28. SanDMaN | September 16th, 2008 at 11:26 am

here’s a link to an article about my previous comment, on forbes nonetheless, so this is the real deal, just a matter of time..

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/09/09/hsbc-google-internet-markets-equity-cx_je_0909markets18.html
29. moe80s | September 16th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Same problem with Zain!! when download through limewire or torrentz every now and then the connection stop… they don’t have the right to do that!!!
30. BoBader | September 17th, 2008 at 2:46 am

Mark

You remember what I told you before? Even with the iPhone short comings it still feels like going back to the stone age if you use other phones :P

If you have apps crashing problems then you should upgrade to 2.1 if you can.
31. Mohd | September 19th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Mark,
i’m also running 2.0.1 iphone,
install BiteSms and you will be able to forward messages, lot better than the native SMS App,
BTW, how did you manage to get Zain to work with an unlimited Plan on the iphone ?
appreciate your help,

Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed

Contribute

If you have anything you think would be interesting to post on this blog send me an email.

Who posts here?

Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in television.

Previous Projects

Some of the previous blogs we've worked on

Our friends

Here is a list of some of our favorite local blogs.

2by4