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Yes, the idea of torrents is slowly spreading @Twist. I'm surprised to see a few of my cousins with torrent programs.

But they got it from us qurbo, so if it'll keep spreading that's good.

I'm tired of seeing bollywood flicks on people's screens !!!!!!!!

(Though it's ethically wrong AND illegal) I think it is better than those shitty old VHS cassettes & CD-Rom disks they were running around with, plus the fact they'll get HD movies (including Bollywood as well). The only other thing left after that is to import Khat trees and plant them back home & the public will save millions of dollars every year.

lol I honestly don't mind 'pirating' and advocate for it.

lol @ khat home production. No thanks!

Oh, I forgot you were a gamer chick after all. lol

About the khat production at home (though I don't chew it), think about all the money that is going to waste for buying and importing that shit per day. I couldn't believe when I first read on the net the money Somalis spend on khat import every day for no returns at all (in khat business, money goes overseas and you get leaves in return with no financial gain in return at all).

You are absolutely correct. I vehemently hate anything regarding that garbage, so forgive me if I think they should chew themselves broke and that I don't want to profit off addiction. ♡

For us who don't chew in the first and don't trade in it, it wont directly effect our pockets that much whether the status quo is in place or not but in the event an alternative to the current importing method is found (like planting the trees in the country hypothesis), it will save a lot of money and hence improve the local economy immensely, I think.

Check this link from Daily Mail 2 years ago and how much only Kenya's Khat industry was worth (doesn't include Ethiopia):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive ... orism.html

The khat industry in Kenya alone employs 500,000 farmers and dealers – and is worth nearly £80 million a year

That's like $125 million Dollars only from Kenya's Khat industry a year (and they have to make profit from it so all of that cost and more will have to come from the sale of it). What do you think the Ethiopian one is worth? And where does most of that grass go to? To us, the grazing animals of the Horn.

Inaba caadi maha. Sometimes i wish i studied IT instead of what i am studying currently. The opportunities in that field is unimaginable, huge potential in somalia.

Twist wrote:I wonder, are Somalis back home into torrents and movie/music piracy yet

Every time I am in xamar, I use torrents to download my fave tv shows. I haven't seen many people who use torrents except for the diaspora. And you know not everyone in xamar can afford these high speed Internet as they are way expensive.

does it cost more than $50,deeqa?

they can watch porn now. is that a good thing?

DeeqaDagan wrote:

Twist wrote:I wonder, are Somalis back home into torrents and movie/music piracy yet

Every time I am in xamar, I use torrents to download my fave tv shows. I haven't seen many people who use torrents except for the diaspora. And you know not everyone in xamar can afford these high speed Internet as they are way expensive.

Since there is no copyright law in Somalia (yet)

I may start a cinema over there which runs purely on Kickass torrent

latest Hollywood/Bollywood movies in 1080p HD

jamal9 wrote:they can watch porn now. is that a good thing?

No, biggest somali telecommunication companies are owned by jimcaale, a former alqaida linked albarakaat CEO, I am not living there but I know they dont tolerate porn watching.

BeyondQabil wrote:Those speeds are only available to white people, and the few Somalians that can afford them.

Namibia came second in the Africa rankings and 81st globally with 10.32 Mbps, making Seychelles and Namibia the only two African nations to place in the top half of the global rankings.
African economic powerhouses ranked poorly in the ratings, with South Africa and Nigeria faring dismally in the speed tests at 5.34 Mbps and 4.6 Mbps respectively, while Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana fared much better with speeds of 7.30 Mbps, 7.23 Mbps and 7.16 Mbps respectively, making the list as 3rd,4th and 5th in Africa.

- See more at: http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/art ... KFnfb.dpuf

I agree most somalis can not afford .
I am not technology mate, but I have seen Somtel launched first Somali 4G LTE last week with up 100 MB/S . I dont think those countries have 4G yet. This is the new Somtel advert Check it out.

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Warsheikh, $50 is the slow one but good for those who haven't seen what a high speed Internet looks like. I mean for them it's fast. But the one I use back home costs me $200 from Somalia Wireless Internet company and it's unlimited.

Anzaloti, that is a good idea lol

anzeloti wrote:
I may start a cinema over there which runs purely on Kickass torrent

latest Hollywood/Bollywood movies in 1080p HD

had this idea already

go check out the price of cinema projectors