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Old 28th Aug 2004, 15:37
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Riyadh - 'Net Access

Riyadh..... exciting place, not.....

Do any Pruners know of somewhere close to the Sheraton with even half-reliable / half-speedy internet access? The system in the hotel doesn't like my email provider (& is painfully s-l-o-w).

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Old 28th Aug 2004, 15:51
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Have you tried the conenction in the crew-lounge? Careful of viruses but it normally works. Or walk out the door, turn left, walk up the service road (towards town), past the school to the building with the yellow logo on the blue sign - Al Jeraisy - you can buy a dial-up pay-as-you-go connection there.

Good luck.
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Old 30th Aug 2004, 15:05
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Thanks

Hi 4HP,

Many thanks........

We're operating out of the exec terminal so (presuming its in the main terminal) the crew-lounge might not be accessible.

Will give Al Jeraisy a try.

Thanks for the info.

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AfgAirOps

I would hazard a guess that 4HP was talking about the crew lounge in the Sheraton and not expecting you to stay at the airport

From a personal point of view, i would like to ask what do you think of the capital city......


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Old 31st Aug 2004, 04:35
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Hmmm, a loaded question if there ever was one...

At one time, the welcome for US citizens at the Marine club was very nice, don't know about now.
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I would hazard a guess that 4HP was talking about the crew lounge in the Sheraton and not expecting you to stay at the airport
Given the (probably sensible) complete lack of notice / advertisment of such a facility by the hotel I didn't know it existed. However...... access to my email appears to be blocked by the Sheratons ISP (according to them it's blocked 'cause Tiscali supposedly have porn on their site (really?? must look harder when I'm logging on in future ))

From a personal point of view, i would like to ask what do you think of the capital city......
As 411A says, a loaded question if ever there was one.

Suffice to say, I was in Baghdad for about 5 months, late 03 / early 04, I preferred that.

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If your name's on the list you're still welcome. Still a good crowd there.

I trust you came right with the Netaccess, AAOps. There was a bunch of dial-up options available a few months ago & I haven't heard that they've been restricted.

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Why not try one of these http://www.cybercafe.com/country.asp...tep=10&symbol=
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