Comments on: Kuwait takes on VoIP

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:54:48 +0000

Sounds like MOC is lining their pockets. At the expense of people.

By: kurye

kurye — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:32:16 +0000

thank you

By: Bashar

Bashar — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:15:40 +0000

Well, I used it several times. I don’t think they will charge you for it as an individual, but they see it as an evil thing and in co-ordination with Yahoo Kuwaiti accounts seems to be getting blocked.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:29:39 +0000

A number of residents here use Yahoo! Voice. Does that violate the VoIP ban?

By: Bashar

Bashar — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:41:05 +0000

Thanks for the complement.

By: Arab Women

Arab Women — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:01:05 +0000

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By: Bashar

Bashar — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:40:41 +0000

Well here is a start. Go to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ and download Firefox. If it works, you can tell me how you came to post your question here then.

By: sheliaonlineme

sheliaonlineme — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:35:23 +0000

Hi there

I need help with my crappy computer! It is always freezing when i open IE and going to MSN? What do you think?

Wow, I’ve found the same to be true too! How did you find that?

Bye, – Shelia!

By: Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:25:15 +0000

Thanks for the update. Clear message from MOC as you said.

By: DeadEye

DeadEye — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:20:47 +0000

Update:
Another news article from Al-Watan newspaper:
http://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=466269&pageId=26

The philosophy M.O.C is following is simple:
” Either we get it or no one else will. ”

By *it* they mean our money spent on International calls.

I’m sorry but: …..M.O.C Sucks!

By: Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:47:48 +0000

Your comment is as twice as good as the post. Thanks a lot

By: DeadEye

DeadEye — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:15:55 +0000

From Blocking non-pornographic sites to opposing the VoIP I find MOC doing nothing other than holding back this country from advancing in the telecommunications field.
They’re doing a poor job providing phone lines to the relatively new areas (such as South Surrah) and doing nothing about the obviously over-priced fees we pay to the ISPs. (Oh by the way: Fiber Optics-based Infrastructure was laid in most South Surrah and people finally cheered when their lines got connected after a long wait, but wait! the catch is ISPs currently can’t provide broadband Internet connections to some of them at the meantime for the fact that they are too fat away from the exchange? (DSL rules still apply on Fiber-Optics based connections? I am asking cause I am really not sure, I have to look it up sometime!)

I agree with Qwaiti that we ARE using the MOC wires and equipment but isn’t the MOC’s main rule is to provide a robust communications Infrastructure? I also agree when someone says we pay almost nothing for using ground lines compared to other countries but to be frank I wish we can PAY a bit more to get a much better service! For example, Anybody else finds that our Postal Services is as good as using a slingshot to send your mail? (Unless it is Registered or Premium Mail of course!)

When I was in the UK on training I ordered an Item from a trader on Amazon.co.uk and asked him to send it to my hotel via Royal Mail Next day service (that was 5 days before Christmas eve there so you can imagine the mail traffic) it still reached me even though a British lady in the training center I went to claimed that they have the worst mail service ever! I wish she would come and see ours where mailmen toss the mail bags on the side of the highway if they don’t feel like delivering!

At the end, sorry for a reply that is almost as long as the blog post itself, I just hope that M.O.C will improve or step aside and allow the private sector to compete in favor of the consumer.

By: Qwaiti

Qwaiti — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:13:59 +0000

I am a VoIP user in Canada where internet speed is not a big factor. I also know people who talk to their family in Q8 using VoIP phones from the States/Canada.

I think the MOC should regulate the VoIP use by asking for a fee for Digital Internet Lines (as is the case in Saudi). This should be the maximum they do. After all, we ARE using the MOC wires and equipments.