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
Internet Usage in KSA
Octavion
24 June 2010 23:49:56
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MadMaz
25 June 2010 00:19:40
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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
25 June 2010 05:21:13
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AWESOME! I'm not too internet-savy. What type of proxies do you use? website addresses?
MisterStretch
25 June 2010 16:16:50
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Be prepared for a SERIOUS drop in speed from Korea.
These people still have mice pedaling the energy wheel.
sawada
03 July 2010 18:46:06
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i can use all the a access no prob. w/ me:P
Nelson17
04 July 2010 19:28:58
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I get 7meg speed with Mobily connect
Mudrinjo
05 July 2010 10:07:22
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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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