Kuwait ISPs

Internet users as percentage of population

3baid — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:30:07 +0000

From Google’s public statistics: Click here for the graph.

UAE is far ahead of the curve, but at least 1 in 3 Kuwaitis have internet access.

Google DNS vs Kuwait DNS

3baid — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:56:37 +0000

With the launch of Google’s public DNS, here are some response time comparisons with Kuwaiti ISPs:

Google
Query time: 316 msec (8.8.8.8)

Qualitynet
Query time: 12 msec (195.226.228.72)

FastTelco
Query time: 22 msec (62.215.6.51)

Wa6aniya
Query time: 28 msec (217.69.178.34)

United Networks
Query time: 26 msec (194.54.222.220)

KEMS
Query time: 206 msec (196.1.69.98) — can someone verify?

Note these results may be bias since they were made from one ISP:

FastTelco offers Triple Bandwidth

3baid — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:46:27 +0000

Link

Qualitynet hosts Ubuntu official country mirrors

Nasser — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:19:46 +0000

The official country mirrors kw.archive.ubuntu.com and kw.releases.ubuntu.com are now officially hosted by Qualitynet.

More info here:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/ubuntu.qualitynet.net-archive
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/ubuntu.qualitynet.net-release

Added Ping Test for Fast Telco 1024 kbps

3baid — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:34:16 +0000

Link

KEMS Cable Issues

3baid — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:08:58 +0000

Link

A Better Blocked Page?

Nasser — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:23:18 +0000

The people over at Qualitynet are planning to revamp their blocked page, you know, the page that you get redirected to when you try to access blocked content? If it was up to you how would you design it? Would a simple, “Blocked by Qualitynet” suffice, or would you go for something more interesting? Leave us a comment, or tweet and mention #kuwaitisps. All suggestions are welcome.

Ramadan Update

3baid — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:58:24 +0000

During Ramadan, the best time to download content would be between 6:30 AM – 2 PM.

KEMS Summer Offers

3baid — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:35:18 +0000

Link

Crawling Internet

MBH — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:49:01 +0000

The Internet has been crawling on its knees, again, lately due to rumored cable cuts (yet to be confirmed). The following ISPs have been reported to be affected:

Quality Net: Slow
FastTelco: Crawling/Timeouts
United Networks: Slow
KEMS: Slow

It seems that users are able to browse at decent speeds except FastTelco users where they are getting page time outs.

This is gonna stink as I (and many others) won’t get our weekly TV series episodes in time…