anoopcosmos Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Mine are also dead.Lets watch and wait for bestAnoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdtester Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Its UP in sharjha .....Still almost all trackers and offline DHT is up and running thats what i'm using Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoopcosmos Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 It is downloading sometimes at very low speed of 5.0 Kbs/sec and downloding only one torrent.and going to as inactive many times !!!!!!!!!!!But why problem only in dubai ?Waiting anxiosly for everything to be allright.Anoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack187 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hi everyone,I can confirm that utorrent has been blocked in UAE. The issue is related to the submarine cut, but it's not caused by it as one of the members suggested at the start of this thread, leading to pointless discussion instead of looking for a solution. It's funny when someone calls another person an idiot only to be wrong themselves.Anyway, there are two ISP's in Dubai, Du and Etisalat. Because the uplink bandwidth has decreased after the cut, Etisalat have decided to block bitttorrent and youtube. Du is running at full speed, and have resorted to backup links through FLAG to Japan and satellite uplinks to tier 1 ISPs.Youtube is blocked by dropping the DNS requests. It's a very dodgy way to do things because they already have a blocklist filter which shows an Etisalat warning page, but they are just pretending the server is not available so nobody can blame them.Torrents are blocked by preventing communications with the trackers. That is, if you have protocol encryption on and a list of peers, you can continue downloading normally. However, if you are downloading a new torrent, then you won't be able to get a list of peers from the tracker, and DHT is blocked as well.Also, there are a number of users not effected by this, as they are selectively blocking by regional areas. Dubai seems to be highly targeted, and also all business customers.I don't know if this is permanent, but obviously the only reason for it is greed. Etisalat could have paid for extra bandwidth through alternative routes like Du did. And now that the cables are almost fully restored, they could drop the ban, but I guess they are enjoying paying less for a lower uplink.Sources: My buddies who work in Etisalat and Du, and a regional FLAG manager in another GCC country.Solution: Can somebody figure out how they are blocking trackers only? I tried different tracker ports and sites, and there's no way they have a list. Are tracker communications encrypted? I've got wireshark running in the background so let me know what to look for.Alternative Solution: Screw Etisalat, and move house to an area services by Du! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdtester Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ive hated etisalat from the VERY beginning but since my mothers company pays for my internet connection i get 4mbit/sec connection for freeDu is new and wants gain a class over etisalat who enjoys a monopoly over all telecommunicationsDu has had some network problems but their internet connections are good and cheapDo you know that in the UK one would get a 10mbit/sec connection for dhs. 70 But Etisalat gives a 256 kbit/sec connection for dhs.149 512 for 2891 mbps for 3894 mbps for 489All they want is MONEY............Screw them and take du net connections----TxDtester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C00pers73 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I am running at very low speed 20kb/s, running it through a proxy (proxy1.emirates.net.ae). I'm searching out Du at the moment to see if I can change over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakata07 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 thanx for that jack187 and that gives me a very strong feeling that torrenting here in dubai is doomed. i'm surprised though that they managed to block bittorent communication and in my opinion they won't unblocked it after the cables are fully fixed.EDIT:causing a network timed out error for youtube is a absolutely dodgy. they have blocked it before around late october for like 15 minutes, i think they're doing a test or something and they managed to block google.com along with that, it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoopcosmos Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thanks Jack for proper update.It is really very sorry that etisalate has blocked torrent upload.It is really not easy to leave etisalat and shift to Du immidiately.Expecting some help from torrent experts, if they can able to bypass this restriction.Any torrent expert like to comment on this ?Anoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakycool Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok guy I just spoke to a etisalat hot line and a guy there told me that the internet problem is still there and they are not running @ 100%. So looks like there is still hope. Any way when the media announces that the net problem is fixed and if the tracker blocking is still there, I think we should all call up the hot line and tell them to stick the net up their a#@ and we are moving to du..................in France 100mbps line is only 140dirhams (with HD-TV) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoopcosmos Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Some of my torrent start downloading but at very low speed @ 5kb/sec.I have also calle etislate and they told that due to cable cutout there is problem.I have asked for expected date and they replied that they don't have any fixed date to resolve this problem.Hope for bestAnoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Opesa Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Baaaah :/No torrent, neither YouTube! :/I live in Sharjah and having the same problem, if we turn on proxies/etc, we can download from torrents, but i heard they can catch us easily and give us fine so beware.. I simply hate Etisalat. Hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalanched Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Wooow, you guys in U.A.E really need to be grateful for gettin internet for such a cheap price, here in Kuwait i'm paying 1980 Dirhams for a one year 512kbps line.. ;] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakata07 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 ^ dude a 512 kbps here in UAE (Etisalat) is 189 dirhams per month that's 2268 dirhams per year and yeah plus the substantial internet filtering, i'm grateful that i could at least send emails but for the price?and i don't see Kuwait in the list of countries where internet is filtered, i could move over there or to Bahrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Is du available in Mirdif? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un234567 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 guys what jack187 said is true and i think i figured out how it is blocked, but i need confirmation. most probably etisalat is blocking utorrent's useragent and therefore it will stop all http connections done by utorrent, including connections to the trackers. Moreover, etisalat blocked other bit torrent clients useragents. If somebody can confirm what i am saying is true, then we have to use an unblocked bit torrent client until the cables are fixed or find a way to change utorrents useragent or maybe encrypt connections to trackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Opesa Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 If un234567 is right.........Lets try some other clients then?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_softwareAnd also how do we encrypt connections to trackers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 youtube is working with ultrasurf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakycool Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 I did try out some other clients which had encryption feature but no luck.. utorrent was working with proxy last week, but it don't any more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Opesa Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Guys do something........................................... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retah Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 well...the tors r workin fine now...(for me at least..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoopcosmos Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 No, not yet working.I am missing my torrents.Hope somebody will find the way soon.Anoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilith Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Today in Khaleej's newspaper there was an article about the cable being fixed and everything is restored. However, they also mentioned that there're two other cables which need fixing which will be done in January 2009.I live in Dubai, and have the same problems as you guys (torrent and youtube).I'll keep checking this page for solutions. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lj007 Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 hi all thanks for responding .It was working with proxy from the day first i raised the question.But all of you must know its illegel and risky.Any way i am not so techy .thanks to all and wishing all of you and your families happy new year 2009thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Opesa Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Okay, thats great. :|Happy new year. ^^Regards,Ex-Opesa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoopcosmos Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Ij007,How to use Proxy to get torrent download.Can you help ?Anoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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