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Qatar - small country with a huge problem

Posted in All on January 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Qatar is a country I know nothing about. And whenever I hear the name of a country that I know nothing about, the first thing I want to know is if they have Internet connectivity over there. It appears, that I should have be more careful with my Internet criteria evaluation - via via TechCrunch:

Qatar has a single ISP, Qtel, with a single IP address shared by the entire country.

So, the fact that there is Internet connectivity today does not necessarily imply that there will be Internet connectivity tomorrow…

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3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Vips // Jan 16, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    oh my! that is mind-boggling!

  • 2 Igor // Jan 17, 2007 at 5:19 am

    It was funny news when Wiki blocked Qatar from accessing it. :-)

  • 3 Leonid Mamchenkov // Jan 17, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    I just wish to never be in the situation, where my IP is shared by the entire country. No matter how small it is. :)

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