Comments on: URGH! http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/ 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. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Basel http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-480453 Basel Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:54:46 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-480453 Punch of idiots...... Punch of idiots……

]]> By: Q80Warlock http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472962 Q80Warlock Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:57:09 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472962 Qualitynet's biggest problem is not their infrastructure, it's the low grade tech support and networking employee's that don't even have the slightest knowledge of networking basics. Also the 2 third party companies that do configuration/Home support suck so bad. My friend had one come to his house imagine when he didn't know how to fix the problem he told my friend to cancel his account and go to another ISP ! Qualitynet’s biggest problem is not their infrastructure, it’s the low grade tech support and networking employee’s that don’t even have the slightest knowledge of networking basics.

Also the 2 third party companies that do configuration/Home support suck so bad. My friend had one come to his house imagine when he didn’t know how to fix the problem he told my friend to cancel his account and go to another ISP !

]]> By: aaa http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472939 aaa Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:37:52 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472939 when i switched from united networks to qualitynet they also gave me the free thomson router. and they refused to install my old linksys router with the other repeaters in the house saying they dont know how. so i threw out the thomson and read the manual and reconfigured the linksys, which automatically reconfigured the range extenders. this is when i realized they were unprofessional, which coinicided with the first day into my yearly subscription. a few months to go and then its KEMS . when i switched from united networks to qualitynet they also gave me the free thomson router. and they refused to install my old linksys router with the other repeaters in the house saying they dont know how. so i threw out the thomson and read the manual and reconfigured the linksys, which automatically reconfigured the range extenders. this is when i realized they were unprofessional, which coinicided with the first day into my yearly subscription. a few months to go and then its KEMS .

]]> By: Exile http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472921 Exile Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:02:45 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472921 Mark. Have you ever thought that maybe since they read your blog, they are messing with you.. Mark. Have you ever thought that maybe since they read your blog, they are messing with you..

]]> By: Hammour http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472920 Hammour Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:55:38 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472920 @Marvix, Sharing ratios? Overbooking? that is misleading and absolutely incorrect, not a single ISP does that in Kuwait except of course for Zain, Viva, Wataniya & probably show time satellite internet but those again are not ISPs now are they :) @Marvix,

Sharing ratios? Overbooking? that is misleading and absolutely incorrect, not a single ISP does that in Kuwait except of course for Zain, Viva, Wataniya & probably show time satellite internet but those again are not ISPs now are they :)

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472918 Burhan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:45:30 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472918 Mark: Yeah, as long as its running some (any) flavor of Linux. Its a 2 minute job to install it and have it running. Mark:

Yeah, as long as its running some (any) flavor of Linux. Its a 2 minute job to install it and have it running.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472877 Mark Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:16:57 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472877 Akbar: I am a Mac user so I use either Firefox or Safari. No anti phishing, identity theft, virus scan software installed :) Akbar: I am a Mac user so I use either Firefox or Safari. No anti phishing, identity theft, virus scan software installed :)

]]> By: Akbar http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472876 Akbar Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:03:34 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472876 Mark, Maybe its not your ISP but the browser itself? Which browser are you using? And does it have anti phishing, identity theft, on access virus scan enabled? The new browsers come with so many hidden plugins enabled, you wonder what is wrong with the internet...Try using a different browser, Firefox is a quick download and install...There are many cheats and fixes for browsers to reduce the page load time. Mark,

Maybe its not your ISP but the browser itself? Which browser are you using? And does it have anti phishing, identity theft, on access virus scan enabled? The new browsers come with so many hidden plugins enabled, you wonder what is wrong with the internet…Try using a different browser, Firefox is a quick download and install…There are many cheats and fixes for browsers to reduce the page load time.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472870 Mark Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:03:58 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472870 Hey Burhan, I've got a dedicated server with Rackspace thats running this blog. Could I run my own proxy on that? Hey Burhan, I’ve got a dedicated server with Rackspace thats running this blog. Could I run my own proxy on that?

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472869 Burhan Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472869 Mark: Forgot to add, all of that might still not fix your problem -- since all the tweaking and 5,000 KD gadgets can't do shit if the backend is working on equipment from the 1980s. Mark:

Forgot to add, all of that might still not fix your problem — since all the tweaking and 5,000 KD gadgets can’t do shit if the backend is working on equipment from the 1980s.

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472868 Burhan Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:01:31 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472868 Mark: 1. Change your DNS, QualityNET (and FT) have some of the worst DNS caches in Kuwait. KEMS is okay, but no better. I guess lesser of the three evils. Try 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3; that might resolve your lookup problems; especially if your actual connection is working fine. 2. The cache that they use tends to get overloaded easily. I recommend using an external proxy. One of the best investments I ever made was to get my own dedicated server in the US, on which I run my own proxy. That way, when everyone is having 'browsing' issues, my browser works fine. Since this cache is only for HTTP, it will also explain why you are having problems browsing and not actually downloading. I'd love to meet this "IT Manager" that's giving such informed advice on contention ratios. Mark:

1. Change your DNS, QualityNET (and FT) have some of the worst DNS caches in Kuwait. KEMS is okay, but no better. I guess lesser of the three evils. Try 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3; that might resolve your lookup problems; especially if your actual connection is working fine.

2. The cache that they use tends to get overloaded easily. I recommend using an external proxy. One of the best investments I ever made was to get my own dedicated server in the US, on which I run my own proxy. That way, when everyone is having ‘browsing’ issues, my browser works fine. Since this cache is only for HTTP, it will also explain why you are having problems browsing and not actually downloading.

I’d love to meet this “IT Manager” that’s giving such informed advice on contention ratios.

]]> By: lunardream http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/urgh/#comment-472865 lunardream Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:07:18 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=8123#comment-472865 dude, already got my full refund from them and screw qualityshit,...no more, I'm heading straight to KEMS!! hope that 3000 KD gadegt that they brought ya helped !! dude, already got my full refund from them and screw qualityshit,…no more, I’m heading straight to KEMS!! hope that 3000 KD gadegt that they brought ya helped !!

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