Light at the end of the tunnel ????
Perhaps it isn't a train........
from "7 days"
At last! The news that 7DAYS readers have been waiting for: Etisalat have finally decided to unblock a number of hugely popular web sites that, over the last few months have not been accessible to the public. And you, our readers, fully played your part. The ongoing campaign, through our letters pages, and through complaints to etisalat themselves, to get these web sites back on our computer screens has paid off, common sense has prevailed and the public is once again free to enjoy sites such as Myspace.com, Youtube.com, Piczo.com, Metacafe.com and Hi5.com, among many others.
Despite taking a seemingly disinterested stance for a long time, etisalat is to be congratulated for finally acknowledging the wishes of their customers and the fact that these web sites offer harmless fun without threatening the security or culture of the UAE.
One 7DAYS reader summed up the mood of the relieved UAE web surfers with this message: “Finally! We are able to "Broadcast Ourselves". Well done Dubai, we have gotten Youtube unblocked! I think etisalat finally realised that Youtube actually was a lot of harmless fun, where people can be creative, and the government can now try to reach its viewers to combat all sorts of problems such as drug abuse. Thank you etisalat, finally, a satisfied customer.”