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Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2012, 5:08 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 4,467
Posted By stufried

Re: Phone/Broadband/TV connection recommendation?

For phone and internet questions, I use:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

for my questions. Telstra is the 300 pound gorilla in this market and has the prices and attitude that comes with this...
Forum: USA
Oct 18th 2006, 7:03 am
Replies: 0
Views: 750
Posted By stufried

UK Mail Forwarding Service

Here in Dubai, I have an account with a company which will give me a UK mailing address and forward all my mail and packages to me in Dubai. Amongst the services that I really like is the fact that...
Forum: USA
Oct 18th 2006, 6:55 am
Replies: 81
Views: 3,860
Posted By stufried

Re: need legal advice

If a UK Court entered a judgment against your wife, a US court would summarily enter a court judgment enforcing the judgment under principles of comity. US Courts routinely will enter reciprocal...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 25th 2006, 8:40 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,395
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in the freezones?

Even with the not so poorly paid. I took a pay cut to work tax free along way from everyone. Every bargain you find disappears. For example, has AD finally gotten rid of the super cheap taxis in...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 22nd 2006, 8:58 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,395
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in the freezones?

According to Vonage Forum, Banks and financial houses in the Financial Centre just lost their VOIP today. While it doesn't address the technical issues of Skype, vonageforum.com has a lot of...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 20th 2006, 12:28 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 677
Posted By stufried

Re: Internet Blocking

I'm not in the freezone and it came up for me.
Forum: Middle East
Aug 20th 2006, 12:13 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,395
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in the freezones?

On the mobile to mobile route, it is only one forward and I'm not sure if the call really would take a different pathway then if you just called the UK SIM roaming in the UAE (remember that is also a...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 20th 2006, 10:40 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,395
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in the freezones?

Since the days of VOIP calls out of Dubai appeared number or even DOA, let me pass on my other approach for cheap calls.

I purchased a roaming SIM from globalsimcard.co.uk. I wind up with a UK...
Forum: Middle East
Aug 20th 2006, 8:52 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,395
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in the freezones?

There are similar complaints about Skype in the UAE going on forum.skype.com. It is hard to tell who is in the free zone and who is not because people are sometimes just saying they are in "Dubai." ...
Forum: Middle East
Jul 18th 2006, 7:29 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 825
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in Dubai

Skype is working again here. It is interesting to compare this thread with the thread about Qatar. From everyone who I've talked to, Etisilat is blocking more stuff that Tecom. Also, apparently...
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2006, 5:06 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,565
Posted By stufried

Re: Need International Driver's License?!

Here is a link to some information on the International Driving Licence. Please note that it expressly says that an international licence must be issued in the country in which your underlying...
Forum: Middle East
May 26th 2006, 3:54 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,565
Posted By stufried

Re: Need International Driver's License?!

With respect to the poster's comments about renting in Dubai and turning the car in Abu Dhabi, who knows whether they would take an undinged car.

My wife's company provides the software used in...
Forum: Middle East
May 24th 2006, 5:00 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,082
Posted By stufried

Re: World's most expensive mobile number sells in Qatar.

No,

Hello Sheik Yamoneymaker? MY NAME IS CHARLES TAYLOR, IV. SON OF DEPOSED LIBERIAN PRIME MINISTER CHARLES TAYLOR, III. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE SUM OF USD$5,000,000,000 TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS. I...
Forum: Middle East
May 24th 2006, 4:10 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,082
Posted By stufried

Re: World's most expensive mobile number sells in Qatar.

And everyone knows this person's mobile. Lovely.
Forum: Middle East
May 24th 2006, 3:16 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,565
Posted By stufried

Re: Need International Driver's License?!

Unfortunately, I drive a little Mitsuibishi. They must have thought I was from the subcontinent.

Honestly, I still don't know why we were pulled over. I wasn't given a ticket and was only 5k...
Forum: Middle East
May 23rd 2006, 6:20 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,565
Posted By stufried

Re: Need International Driver's License?!

In the Dubai airport there is a place that advertises an international licence while you wait, but I'm not sure if that would apply to someone who holds a non-UAE licence.

I would not chance...
Forum: Middle East
May 23rd 2006, 12:58 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 839
Posted By stufried

Re: Changes to Dubai

Watch out for those camels with 3 digit tatoos on their rear.
Forum: Middle East
May 23rd 2006, 9:53 am
Replies: 5
Views: 825
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype in Dubai

I just noticed that today's Gulf News was on all about the improvements Etisilat was introducing and how it plans on launching its own VOIP service. I frankly don't understand why the price of my...
Forum: Middle East
May 23rd 2006, 6:06 am
Replies: 5
Views: 825
Posted By stufried

Skype in Dubai

Last week Skype seemed to stop walking in Dubai. I was wondering whether anyone else is having a problem. Instant messaging works, voice does not. The call gets killed five seconds after going to...
Forum: Middle East
Dec 15th 2005, 1:33 pm
Replies: 90
Views: 12,842
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype banned in UAE

Text speech also works when you are trying to squeeze a long message into one SMS.
Forum: Middle East
Dec 15th 2005, 1:11 pm
Replies: 90
Views: 12,842
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype banned in UAE

Skype is decentralized. It has millions of virtual nodes around the world. NEtwork Administrators hate Skype because users with very good connections donate a little bandwith to help Skype out. ...
Forum: Middle East
Dec 15th 2005, 1:08 pm
Replies: 90
Views: 12,842
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype banned in UAE

Etisilat is negotiation with Bitek for precisely this software. Bitek offers two programs directly targeted at blocking Skype: Bitek Snyper and Bitek Guardian. Bitek claims that it can block...
Forum: Middle East
Dec 12th 2005, 1:13 pm
Replies: 90
Views: 12,842
Posted By stufried

Re: Skype banned in UAE

Yes, at the moment, but I expect it to go down. Vonage stopped working fairly recently. Etisilat is actively working on an anti-Skype solution.

Incidentally, Qatar is blocking more stuff as...
Forum: Middle East
Dec 3rd 2005, 10:42 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,208
Posted By stufried

Re: I need a flight to Israel!

You cannot enter the UAE on an Israeli passport. You CAN enter the UAE with an Israeli stamp in your passport.

According to the NY Times:

While it's true that citizens of Israel cannot legally...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 25th 2005, 3:50 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,288
Posted By stufried

Re: Importing a Car Into the UAE & UAE Paperwork Generally

Remind me to never invite my brother (who is constantly trying to quit smoking) and his wife (a medical doctor) to join me. At those rates, I'll be public enemy number one.

Conversely, there is...
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