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ozel · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 7

Hi

I was wondering if there was any way of getting into some web sites that are blocked in Saudi. This has to do with teaching and not porno. My colleagues have told me that they have tried to select the option of getting it unblocked but never get any response.

Thanks in advance for any information.

Abba · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 97 Location: UK

ozel · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 7

Thanks for the info. Again, my interests are not of a porno nature, I have always found that stuff way too frustrating and would opt for the real thing or a good Arnold Shwarzt action movie.

Thanks again.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

If there was no real reason for it being blocked in the first place just use the unblockkng form. It is a nuisance as they email you and you have to fill it all in again, but they normally unblock within 24 hours.

One thing to bear in mind is that 'generic' sites they don't know the content of , such as Utube, or tinyurl are blocked, and in that case they will do nothing.

Abba · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 97 Location: UK

i_teach_esl · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 15 Location: san diego, CA

hmmm. i have no experience with saudi arabia, but would an annonymiser work? http://www.freeproxy.ru/en/free_proxy/cgi-proxy.htm

Van Norden · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 409

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

الوصول إلى هذه الصفحة غير مسموح به

Cleopatra · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

I've very rarely experienced problems with the notorious Saudi internet censorship. But then, since I don't surf porn sites and Arabic language political or religous discussion pages (their main areas of interest) I guess I wouldn't.

Seriously, unless you want to access any of the above categories of sites, the censorship is unlikely to be too big a factor. As others have said, the censors can be a bit, um, idiosyncratic in what they ban, but generally their main concerns are with politics and porn. IMHO, slow and unreliable connections are a far bigger issue.

nikon · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: surfing freely

try this: it has been recentlty working for me:
http://www.torrify.com/download.php
download the program.
it slows it down but in general reaches its (your) objective

Mr Gohlam · Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 22

Yes I agree with Cleo, if its not pornographic or political its not blocked. I find very little sites that I want to reach and cant reach from KSA.

Tomton · Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 66

For OP

Just curious to know, what are the blocked teaching sites?

Van Norden · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 409

cmp45 · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 1475 Location: KSA

Another alternative is to get orbitsat (internet satellite) 24hour service, no blocked sites; set up is fast and relatively painless. Speed is not as fast as I expected, but is still reliable. It's much better than phone line connection!
I figure the expenditure is worth it since there is very little entertainment to spend one's money in KSA. approx. 120.00 a month; initial set up is approx.about 2300 Riyals, but you get half that back when you quit the service and return the equipment. Best check with the company as I forget the exact details.

If interested you can access orbit sat through www.orbit.net fill out the online application through arabsat link and they call you within one day and can have the satellite dish set up and running the same day or at very least two days.

ntropy · Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 671 Location: ghurba

Van Norden,

With Onspeed, how does simply speeding up the connection get past the censor? Looking at their website, it seems it just compresses and makes the connection load faster. Wouldn't the censor still BLOCK the sites?