Internet Usage in KSA

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Octavion New member

Member since 15 October 2009

OctavionNew member24 June 2010 21:49:56

Hello everyone,

It looks like I'll be moving to Saudi Arabia in September to teach English. I've done a good amount of research and I think I'm as mentally prepared as I can be, but still very excited and anxious.

One question I do have is about the internet. I hear that they censor a lot of things there, but to what extent? To be specific: could I still use facebook, expat-blogs, skype, yahoo freely?

Thanks for any and all information!

See you in the sand dunes soon!

M

MadMaz EB member+

Member since 20 May 2010

MadMazEB member+24 June 2010 22:19:40

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Yes you can use all of these normally, and even if you need to use one of the blocked sites you can still use proxies to access it, I personally use them to access file sharing websites and they work fine...

Welcome to KSA

Octavion New member

Member since 15 October 2009

OctavionNew member25 June 2010 03:21:13

AWESOME! I'm not too internet-savy. What type of proxies do you use? website addresses?

MisterStretch ViP

Member since 07 January 2010

MisterStretchViP25 June 2010 14:16:50

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Be prepared for a SERIOUS drop in speed from Korea.

These people still have mice pedaling the energy wheel.

sawada Active member

Member since 28 June 2010

sawadaActive member03 July 2010 16:46:06

i can use all the a access no prob. w/ me:P

Nelson17 Contributor

Member since 17 April 2010

Nelson17Contributor04 July 2010 17:28:58

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I get 7meg speed with Mobily connect

Mudrinjo Active member

Member since 01 July 2010

MudrinjoActive member05 July 2010 08:07:22

MadMaz wrote:
Yes you can use all of these normally, and even if you need to use one of the blocked sites you can still use proxies to access it, I personally use them to access file sharing websites and they work fine...

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