Yes, we have no choice, but when they blatently start spamming us with all this crap it's ridiculous.
Just like when in late 2006 they said that they were going to block all VoIP services (yes, they even printed it in the Gulf Times) then when they actually did it a couple of months later there was a big uproar in the community. Then when people started complaining their corporate bigwigs said that they didn't block any VoIP which was bull (unless they reduced the bandwidth allowance for VoIP to something like 1kps for all of Qatar so that they wouldn't be technically lying).
What they didn't count on was all the people that actually work in IT for other businesses in Qatar that were able to determine that they did block it...plus they blocked (perhaps by accident because of the level of competency we have come to expect) all VPN and SSL access until midday the next morning because no one could access online banking, log into their corporate networks, etc. Perhaps they just think we are stupid...or maybe the reality is that they are for thinking that.
I can just picture Qtel having a department that meets each week to discuss new ways to fleece the expats...while they can.
Yes, we have no choice, but when they blatently start spamming us with all this crap it's ridiculous.
Just like when in late 2006 they said that they were going to block all VoIP services (yes, they even printed it in the Gulf Times) then when they actually did it a couple of months later there was a big uproar in the community. Then when people started complaining their corporate bigwigs said that they didn't block any VoIP which was bull (unless they reduced the bandwidth allowance for VoIP to something like 1kps for all of Qatar so that they wouldn't be technically lying).
What they didn't count on was all the people that actually work in IT for other businesses in Qatar that were able to determine that they did block it...plus they blocked (perhaps by accident because of the level of competency we have come to expect) all VPN and SSL access until midday the next morning because no one could access online banking, log into their corporate networks, etc. Perhaps they just think we are stupid...or maybe the reality is that they are for thinking that.
I can just picture Qtel having a department that meets each week to discuss new ways to fleece the expats...while they can.