just closed the phone with a batelco personal and i have been told this

[Kraigoth]

well it started off when i went to open my laptop to do what i do evry day for the past 6 months watch and trade in the american stock market . evry thing went fine untill 20 mins ago where my internet just shuted down for no reason so i called the batelco guys with an angry tone in my voice and here is what happend .

bateclo personal : hello this is hussain how can i help you sir ??

ME : well are you guys experinceing any problems with the internet because im having a hard time logging in ??

BP : no sir , but we are upgrading the packages and if you try again in 5 mins evry thing will be fine .

ME : upgraing the packages ?? can i have more feed back on this please ??

BP : didnt you get the msg sir ??

ME : no !!!

BP : well , you have the 512 Kbps package so we upgraded you to 1Mbps and lowered the rate to 40 bds insted of 50 bds and for a limited use of 15 gega bite per month , which means there is no more flat rate for unlimited use per monthe .

ME : 15 gega ??? so what if i over use my 15 gega ??? cant i get a flat rate like b4 for more money ???

BP : no sir , our studies showed that the average use of internet in bahrain per person is alot less than 15 gega so the rate should be fine . and about the extra use you pay 10 fils per 1 MB if you want to keep it the way it is untill the end of the month other wise we will down grade you speed to 64Kbps and you dont have to pay more than 40 bds or you can credit 10 bds and use them for as long as they can last you .

ME : * not really happy with this * well this is good so what other upgrades did you do * with a not really happy voice *

BP : well sir we now have 1Mb and 2Mb for 60 bds and the same rules i told you b4 apply on the 20Mb package but insted of 15 gega you get 20 gega .

ME : aha , so when is it activated and if i want to change to the 2Mb package when can i do that and how ???

BP: the rates will be activated on MAY 25th this means you can use the flat rate for 21 more days and to upgrade you have to wait untill the 25th to do so and you can do it on the phone or go to any of our branches .

i thanked him and closed the phone , im happy with the speed its pretty kool but not really sure about getting a fixed amount of useage and then charged extra or get slower speed . so what do you guys think about this

[ED]

man, it was in new papers for a while,i thought every one knew about it.

i think this is good (for me) haha, ill have fast INTERNET at home and I can do all the downloads I want from work.

but i cant really rely on batelco man, the sharing rate is 25:1 and thats alot.

Davide 1mbps/25 (1024/25) so the guaranteed bandwidth that u get is 40.96Kbps which is not even half what you pay for, or best effort.

so U might get 1mbps, but only when no one around u and a radius of I don't know what is not using their connection.

[f won]

yeah i seen that at the site today. this is so like them. jacking it up like idiots when the new guys come and then losing it all. i know hundreds of ppl who are ready to change at one more thing batelco did and this was it.. now no matter what new isp comes as long as its flat rate unlimited bandwidth il take it... i even know someone who works for one of em maybe il get a good deal.

15GB? as if thats enuff to handle any home... and they a$$-holingly made the bandwidth more and reduced what u can do with it. go to the batelco site the way they suggested the use of bandwidth is a very funny bloody read

[Kraigoth]

thats the thing i cant afford to lose the internet connection for 1 sec between 2:30 and 1:30 am at any cost because this means alot of mess in what i do and Fwon here is talking about other ppl , what other ppl dude do u know of them or when are they coming or thats just a word of hope ??

and is it true that 15 gega is enough because i use the net ALOT in those 8-10 hours evry day but satday and sunday and do u think that 10 fils per 1Mb is good . coz when i said that i will go to orbit for the internet package they have alot of ppl said dont . so its very risky here now or am i over worrying about this

[ED]

thats the thing i cant afford to lose the internet connection for 1 sec between 2:30 and 1:30 am at any cost because this means alot of mess in what i do and Fwon here is talking about other ppl , what other ppl dude do u know of them or when are they coming or thats just a word of hope ??

and is it true that 15 gega is enough because i use the net ALOT in those 8-10 hours evry day but satday and sunday and do u think that 10 fils per 1Mb is good . coz when i said that i will go to orbit for the internet package they have alot of ppl said dont . so its very risky here now or am i over worrying about this
if u are the only person using it, and not a big fan of downloads u will be fine.

15 geg is alot btw, but not enough for a family of 4-5 ppl who are using the internet for alot fo things.

Browsing, eamils, and chatting wont go anything over 2gigs if u dont down load the vedios in everythread u see.

u should be fine man.

[Kraigoth]

if u are the only person using it, and not a big fan of downloads u will be fine.

15 geg is alot btw, but not enough for a family of 4-5 ppl who are using the internet for alot fo things.

Browsing, eamils, and chatting wont go anything over 2gigs if u dont down load the vedios in everythread u see.

u should be fine man.

im the only user here since its my own line the family has a different internet line for them , about downloading i download alot of things but not evry day so i hope i would be fine coz i really dont feel like cashing out alot of cash for internet here where alot of ppl around the world are paying WAY less money for it . thnx for the info guys really helpfull

[ZOSicK]

the hell with them what about us the play online games ???


i depend on that big time and having an unlimited offer should be an option they forced this just to stop the illeagel sharing that they cant control in buildings and residential areas .. idiots if u want ppl to sto psharing then reduce the prices to a reasonable sense

now im really pissed i rather go for orbit then waste my money on them

[ADM]

FInally they realised that if they did what the companies in the UK do, they would make more money.

[Kraigoth]

ADM , its ripoff in your face .

they should have made choices of faster internet yet with unlimited useage not limit our use to 15 or 20 gega and then charge us more .

[JonnybravoM3]

hahaha You suckers! Ive got 10MBps here in the UK and I ain't afraid to use it!

---T1 pwns j00---:laf:

[ED]

the whol eworld is going this way, the P2P madness is killing the intenet and defeating the porpuse of it, I dont like it, but its a true fact.

I love P2P, peering is the bomb.

[Kraigoth]

sarz , i seed for others around the world like nothing else for weeks sometimes if the file is hot in the market .

but i guess now bids will turn over leaching untill done then seeding for an hour max

[Z28 Girl]

:grrrr: batelco make me feel mad along time ago

guyz i think i'm ganna move to orbit just i need info about it

i think its the time to say bye bye to batelco :angry:

[Kraigoth]

contact them Z28 girl , its the best way to get info

[ED]

if u think batelco is bad, I advice u not to go with Orbit.

you are better off waiting for another 3-4 months, and real ISP's will enter the residential Field and give u a real INTERNET service like batelco and better.

[ADM]

Maradkum la Batelco. Kelekum. Whether you like it or not.

[Kraigoth]

ADM , that is kinnda lame man . if we had better ISPs we would use them the same day they open but untill then :damnit:

[ADM]

Kraigoth, you know that every word i said was a fact. You cannot compete that easily with Batelco. They were the 1st here. They know how to play the game. Because they understand the Bahraini community more than foriengn providers. How Many years will it take another provider to wire up the whole kingdom? ok, so they will make wireless networks. Not everyone can afford a wireless modem. Its just the simple rule of Batelco being supreme and staying supreme.

[Z28 Girl]

if u think batelco is bad, I advice u not to go with Orbit.

you are better off waiting for another 3-4 months, and real ISP's will enter the residential Field and give u a real INTERNET service like batelco and better.

when ... kela wait wait till when 3aaad :motz2:

[66266_ROYALE]

BAAAAAAAATEEEEEEEELCOOOOOOOO :afro:

[Kraigoth]

Kraigoth, you know that every word i said was a fact. You cannot compete that easily with Batelco. They were the 1st here. They know how to play the game. Because they understand the Bahraini community more than foriengn providers. How Many years will it take another provider to wire up the whole kingdom? ok, so they will make wireless networks. Not everyone can afford a wireless modem. Its just the simple rule of Batelco being supreme and staying supreme.

dude im a batelco hardcore , i have sim sim , GSM and land line numbers like crazy and all from batelco i tried vodaphone but didnt like the servies at all . but this whole internet thing is a pissoff 9ara7a in your face , u like us stay and pay u dont then bug off and u wont have internet thats sick man :angry:

[Hider]

check out that !!

http://www.batelco.com/news.asp?ArticleID=1223

[BeNZi]

guys whats the deal with the other isps....and wats orbit? ive heard of one called 2connect or something, anyone know anything about them?

[ZOSicK]

orbit gives u 256 or 512 unlimited satelite connection amazingly fast data transfers upto 500k

upload is kinda slow at 25k but the browsing and file download is really cool

[ZOSicK]

this sucks how should we know how much of that so called 15GB is left in a month ???? they are always ripping us

40BD per-month and still no unlimited access ?????????????????

[f won]

kraigoth sorry for the late reply. the there are actually 9 new ISPscoming to contend like 2connect and the new orbit something that offers homeline but their prices are too high. 2connect is supposedly going to offer 1,1.5 and 2 unlimited access for a 40 or50 pm package and u get a wireless receiver not a lanline

[ADM]

kraigoth sorry for the late reply. the there are actually 9 new ISPscoming to contend like 2connect and the new orbit something that offers homeline but their prices are too high. 2connect is supposedly going to offer 1,1.5 and 2 unlimited access for a 40 or50 pm package and u get a wireless receiver not a lanline
Exactly what i said. Batelco will remain supreme since it has dug up Bahrain and wired it up herself through all these years. There is no way in hell the other isp's will afford to do that,or even attempt it. They might rent cables from Batelco. But even then, Batelco will still benefit. A majority of the Bahraini community cannot afford to to buy wireless modems. We have to think of that issue as a priority. Guys, give it up. This is a battle that is one sided. Batelco will remain supreme no matter what happens. And nothing government funded will ever go broke.

[f won]

the TRA htat is supposed to hewlp everyone is now backing batelco by giving the new guys probs with getting set up and imposing unrealistic conditions

[ADM]

7abeebi. The govenment rules. In every way and form. Like it or not.

[Kraigoth]

ADM , we are talking about phone companies here so if its owned by the country or not its not our prob here , the porb is the new rates

[f won]

my bro called and was told now there are three packages for the bd 40

1mbit capped to 15 GB then after that it goes down to 64k till the end of the month no penalty

1mbit capped to 15 gfb then u apy BD 10 for an extra 10GB and thne 64 no penalty

1mbit capped to 15GB thenh the regular 40 fils for every mb extra

[ZOSicK]

this sucks im calling orbit today :motz2:

[f won]

they are even more expensive and they dont even have 1mbit

[Kraigoth]

my bro called and was told now there are three packages for the bd 40

1mbit capped to 15 GB then after that it goes down to 64k till the end of the month no penalty

1mbit capped to 15 gfb then u apy BD 10 for an extra 10GB and thne 64 no penalty

1mbit capped to 15GB thenh the regular 40 fils for every mb extra

dude i said that already , shows that you read what i wrote :laf:

and 1 mb is for 10 fils not 40

[ADM]

ADM , we are talking about phone companies here so if its owned by the country or not its not our prob here , the porb is the new rates
you cant escape it. batelco will remain supreme as long as it is government backed. and you will pay them more for less.

[f won]

i got mizxed up with the bd 40 and 10 fils :pat:

and ADM, just like batelco got jacked on mobiles thye will get jacked here no amtter how much govt support they pour in. they tried to help in the mobles but yet vodafone racked up 200000 customers

[ADM]

No company can compete with Batelco in Bahrain. Are all the 200000 still using Vodafone? When it was first out, ppl were mad bout it. And now?
el ba7rain 6arba ya 5ook. e7eboon el shey youm,o yensoona sena

[Black Z]

:banana: Orbit :banana: Orbit :banana: Orbit :banana:

[Z28 Girl]

this sucks im calling orbit today :motz2:

yo aswadss provided us with the info if u call them .... :help:

[4ced]

i was gonna go for orbit a while ago... its bd38 and bd48 for the 256kb and 512kb per month...

but the setup will cost you something like 250bd or so