Sat internet
Do you guys use any Satelite(sp?) internet server like Direcway. I think upload speeds are much slower than download speeds, and like all things sat it will be subject to wx issues/sand storms and cloud cover.The skyscrapper between you and it won't help either.
But, it completely bypasses any copper or DSL and goes straight out to the mother ship somewhere. That seems to me to be unblockable unless the local gov starts emitting some serious ECM. I think in Singapore its illegal, but do not know the rules in Dubai or the mid east.