Goodbye Ananda
As of April 1st evening, Ananda, Ooredoo, and other broadband internet networks that are 4G based have joined Sim2Fly in heaven. RIP.
Tags: censorship, internet, coup
An ode to Sim2Fly
Alas, my beloved Sim2Fly
Your days come to an end
I bought you for a handsome some
Second-hand from a not-close friend
The nights of information
And extra chatting time
The speediness of roaming data
Brought memories sublime
In an age of throttled packets
And blocked IP-addys
You let me close my VPN
To browse the web at ease
And when the nation's LTE
Was gagged and bound one day
You were always there beside me
To give another way
Another way to tell my folks
That I've survived the night
A way to douse myself in YouTube
When the loud booms gave me fright
But all good things must soon pass
And I knew this day might come
It started with a throttle
And ended with a mum
Indeed, I doubt it a hard task
To disable Ooredoo's tower
I was suprised we got this far
And took until this hour
So, now we're limited to broadband
And nothing in-between
It seems there's no workaround yet
At least, not one I've seen
But this is a minor setback
We'll figure something out
After all, we jumped on this bandwagon
For more than just pure clout
Indeed, we seek to find a channel
To broadcast our hurt voices
At this point all they can do
Is try to limit our choices
So, go on, brick my SIM
It's not stopped me before
But you'll have to do a lot more than that
To win this civil war.
-- Tyler Davis, 31 March 2021
Tags: censorship, internet, Gen-Z