Blue Chi’s

I still did not manage to get over Omantel’s newly announced and ridiculously priced ADSL packages. The operator who answered my phone call this morning gave me wrong information, nobody knows yet if there is a cap or not on any of the new packages. I called again a minute ago and this operator told me that the issue has not settled yet, and that an announcement will be made on the 1st of May. I do not know if what he is saying is true, he might not know what he’s talking about just like the previous one.

However, the Fair Usage Policy hits that the cap is only available for the beginner package (512Mbps) and the Unlimited Package:

How Fair Usage Policy Works
Omantel will continuously monitor network performance and may restrict the speed available to very heavy users. This applies to customers on Home ADSL 512 Kbps and 8 Mbps Unlimited packages who actually reach a certain threshold of traffic. Customer in those situations will be contacted by Omantel and their speeds will be reduced until the next month

How come the FUP is not applicable to other packages, could that be because there is no cap on them?!

I agree with Muscati in that the government is also to blame for not having a strategy to close up the digital divide by forcing Omantel to provide affordable Internet to the public. If you think about it, what do you think will make more people use the internet, the speed or the price? Have ever you heard of someone who does not have a broadband internet connection at home because its too slow? Omantel’s exchange point in Rustaq has no business whatsoever (a fact), will higher speed make people of Rustaq decide to get a broadband connection now? Obviously not. What the people really need is an affordable always-on internet connection that works. Not faster internet that is times more expensive than what we used to have.