Feedburner, one of the leading RSS feed providers is experiencing some problems with Saudi Arabia users. Almost all of the podcasts on the Internet are using feedburner’s services. But now when you try to load a feed you will get the following error “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable”. This error usually happens when a server is down.
I have verified that the feeds are working on a Mobily connection so this problem is specific to STC Afaq DSL shamel. STC’s telephone support have no idea what I am talking about as well.
It should be noted that although Saudi Arabia have multiple DSL providers all of them go through STC’s landline and you still need to pay STC a subscription fee in addition to what you pay to the ISP.
Update: I have just verified from a friend living in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia who is also an STC subscriber that he is getting the same error “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable”!
Update 2: although this problem happens with STC customers (DSL and Jawalnet) reconnecting (changing your IP address) fixes it. Apparently one of the STC servers is messed up, not all of them.
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SALAM,
I am Muzamil.And i want DSL.
Please help me
I am online.
If yau want talk me you can talk.
Hi Khaled.
I have been experiencing a problem with STC Afaq DSL Shamel in which many websites are being re-directed to generic search sites when you try to open them. STC has denied there is a problem.
http://cubicledenizen.blogspot.com/2009/09/saudi-net-afaq-dsl-dns-redirects-valid.html
Have you ever experienced this problem?
no not really, are you using internet explorer ?
No. I’m using Safari 4 on OS X 10.5.8; however, the same problem exists under FF and IE on other computers. (This just the latest in a long stream of problems with my Afaq DSL Shamil service.) I think I may have managed to work around the problem by switching to OpenDNS instead of the STC DNS servers.
Anyway, no worries. I just thought I’d ask a fellow STC sufferer.
Keep up the great blogging.
If there is a problem then try to disconnect your DSL connection, that will change your IP and hopefully you will connect using another server
You are right Khaled this is a problem and i don’t this that Stc customer service or event the IT stuff will understand this as well.
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