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Maybe something bad was in the parcels from ebay?
This morning I had a surprise at Dubai Airport, they block eBay.com. Now why do they do that? Etisalat/TRA does not. And the plot thickens because Souq.com is not blocked!
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Maybe something bad was in the parcels from ebay?
Admin: we don't discuss how to get around proxying/blocking in UAEOriginally Posted by Magnus
This morning I had a surprise at Dubai Airport, they block eBay.com. Now why do they do that? Etisalat/TRA does not. And the plot thickens because Souq.com is not blocked!
Last edited by Magnus; 17th July 2008 at 23:56.
I dont see how this is a huge deal, at my work almost ANY site worth visiting is blocked. only what deals with the company's business is allowed. DCA is an entity that doesnt need people using up their bandwidth on things they dont want them using.
Ohh c'mon lighten up. No ones discusing unblockingbesides airport being in the free zone would have their own rules right ?
P.S who designed that "site blocked" page lol.
EDIT: yikes ultra ur faster than me in posting, btw are companies in abu dhabi allowed to do that ? i thought only govt. org are allowed ?
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Why not, their paying for that connection and they own it.
And, in fact, they ned to protect:
- How much employees use the bandwidth, or Etisalat will charge them.
- How employees waste their time during payroll
- Protect data from leaving in unwarranted ways.
- They are even liable if an employee does something using their connection (though rarely pursued)
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I think a company has every right t block and filter as they like within their company, to control what their employees can and cannot do in a sense. That's fine. What I'm puzzled about in this case is that it's a public, open, wi-fi hotspot, on which they apply additional filtering compared to the government. Sure their employees could use that hotspot too and that's tricky to deal with, but then they'd have to take their notebook or handheld to that hotspot and sit among the public. Perhaps we're making too much out of nothing, all it was was my surprise when that page came up yesterday
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ou wanted to bid on that sweet 77 trans am as well Magnus? It got sold! :-(
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As it is discusses here... its DCA's bandwidth.. they will block it.This morning I had a surprise at Dubai Airport, they block eBay.com. Now why do they do that? Etisalat/TRA does not. And the plot thickens because Souq.com is not blocked!
If we want the internet.... go for GPRS / 3G
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