With the opening of Emirates Tower station, I can literally take the metro to work if the weather gets really hot! Usually, I would take a 10 minutes walk to work. Not sure if this is sustainable during summer. But with the metro, it should not be a worry anymore!
The Airport Terminal 1 station is also open today. So for people who do not take Emirates flights, they can still take the metro straight to terminal 1. In the past, they had to take to terminal 3 and change to the airport shuttle which runs every half hour. Quite a pain if the shuttle has just left and you're there stranded with your heavy baggage and waiting under the hot weather!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Internet service is very slow!
I know I can't blame the ISP for the slowness but I can't even use the net to listen to web radio or make calls back! This is quite frustrating!
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UAE internet traffic stuck in slow lane for now
The damage to an underwater cable that has slowed the country’s internet access to a crawl this week will not be repaired until next week, Etisalat says.
The country’s biggest telecommunications company said repair ships would arrive at the site of the damage on Saturday and it was likely to be fixed by next Tuesday.
The operator previously said the cable would be repaired by today. Etisalat said it was actively rerouting internet traffic to ensure the country’s users stayed online.
The cable,called Sea-ME-We 4, was damaged last week in the Mediterranean. It provides most of the UAE’s internet access, supported by two small connections.
“After a sudden Sea-ME-We 4 cable breakdown … Etisalat customers did not face major slowdowns in internet browsing, owing to its robust network with multiple redundant links to major global internet hubs in Asia, Europe, and USA,” the operator said.
The UAE’s second-largest telecoms operator, du, said its internet service was not affected by the cable break. The company only uses the Sea-ME-We 4 for a small percentage of its internet connection and has already diverted its bandwidth to other connections.
Etisalat said its rerouting strategy would improve connections to bandwidth-intensive websites such as YouTube, but online video streams were still suspended.
The UAE should gain access to five more underwater cables by the end of this year, which will reduce the chance of a major internet cut, said the telecoms research company TeleGeography.
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UAE internet traffic stuck in slow lane for now
The damage to an underwater cable that has slowed the country’s internet access to a crawl this week will not be repaired until next week, Etisalat says.
The country’s biggest telecommunications company said repair ships would arrive at the site of the damage on Saturday and it was likely to be fixed by next Tuesday.
The operator previously said the cable would be repaired by today. Etisalat said it was actively rerouting internet traffic to ensure the country’s users stayed online.
The cable,called Sea-ME-We 4, was damaged last week in the Mediterranean. It provides most of the UAE’s internet access, supported by two small connections.
“After a sudden Sea-ME-We 4 cable breakdown … Etisalat customers did not face major slowdowns in internet browsing, owing to its robust network with multiple redundant links to major global internet hubs in Asia, Europe, and USA,” the operator said.
The UAE’s second-largest telecoms operator, du, said its internet service was not affected by the cable break. The company only uses the Sea-ME-We 4 for a small percentage of its internet connection and has already diverted its bandwidth to other connections.
Etisalat said its rerouting strategy would improve connections to bandwidth-intensive websites such as YouTube, but online video streams were still suspended.
The UAE should gain access to five more underwater cables by the end of this year, which will reduce the chance of a major internet cut, said the telecoms research company TeleGeography.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Long absence
Apologies to all who's following my blog (not sure if anyone actually does). It's a long story for the period of continued absence over the last 1.5 to 2 months. To cut it short, the few main things account for it:
1) The Internet service in my apartment was only up at the end of March. It was antagonising to live without the Internet, especially more on weekends as I'm at home all day buried in my CFA books (which again, I don't have any confidence to pass despite mugging for 11 consecutive weeks liao).
2) I had prepared a word document of all my updates for February and March, hoping to upload these posts as soon as I had my Internet access up. Holy cow! The document can't be found when I needed it most!!! I wasn't sure if I had accidentally deleted it when I cleaned up the stuff on my Windows desktop. :-(
3) I tried to recall the posts I had written over the past 2 weeks. Much as I tried to recall a little each day, I had to painstakingly give up this exercise as I don't wanna develop a headache for that. Hence, I have no choice but to announce that my updates over the last 2 months have vanished into thin air!
Nevertheless, I shall start to update again from now onwards..
1) The Internet service in my apartment was only up at the end of March. It was antagonising to live without the Internet, especially more on weekends as I'm at home all day buried in my CFA books (which again, I don't have any confidence to pass despite mugging for 11 consecutive weeks liao).
2) I had prepared a word document of all my updates for February and March, hoping to upload these posts as soon as I had my Internet access up. Holy cow! The document can't be found when I needed it most!!! I wasn't sure if I had accidentally deleted it when I cleaned up the stuff on my Windows desktop. :-(
3) I tried to recall the posts I had written over the past 2 weeks. Much as I tried to recall a little each day, I had to painstakingly give up this exercise as I don't wanna develop a headache for that. Hence, I have no choice but to announce that my updates over the last 2 months have vanished into thin air!
Nevertheless, I shall start to update again from now onwards..
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