Google isn't working for some STC subscribers

Update: More people are having problems (here and here). The problem is apparently caused by using any external DNS (Google DNS for example). This is very weird.

This is not surprising. Some STC customers (including me, Muneeb in Dhahran and Abdullah in Riyadh) are having problems accessing Google. This appears to be random because others told [...]

STC AFAQ DSL Shamil modem passwords

Here are the STC Afaq DSL Shamil modem passwords. Thanks to Aly in the comments of this post for posting these.

This will hopefully help frustrated users who can’t change the settings:

Sagem – F@st 1201 (Sagem Firmware) admin admin
Sagem – [...]

Access Denied by security policy

Something odd is appearing to Internet users in Saudi Arabia, random sites for no reason give the following error:

ERROR. Access Denied. Access Denied by security policy.
The security policy for your network prevents your request from being allowed at this time.

Other people on twitter reported they have the same issue and all of them are subscribers [...]

STC doesn’t pay it’s bills

On some STC Afaq DSL connections you may encounter an error message on some websites combined with a lot of DSL disconnections. The error is:

Access Denied (license_expired)

A license has expired on the Proxy, and your request is not permitted: “The SGOS license has expired”. A new license must be obtained.

For assistance, contact your network [...]

Problems with STC Afaq DSL Shamil

Strange problems are happening with some STC AFAQ DSL Shamil servers. It used to happen on some websites depending on your IP address. But now there is a problem with all HTTP connections on some of STC servers. You can still ping but no HTTP access.

Check your IP address from your DSL modem admin page [...]