The Day When Maxcom Went Against Books… Attention Maxcom Users!

It started as a happy Saturday. . . the day with no classes to attend this semester for the first time in Szabist. I started of with an assignment that needed nine references which means nine books and yes Google happens to be the best friend when it comes to skimming through relevant books or even plagiarism depending on how you use it.

After all this time of good service one might not expect a flaw from Maxcom. However, just like people, services too give up when you need them the most and you can become prey to errors beyond the scope of your most horrendous imagination possible. This was the day when I felt like co branding Maxcom with our most beloved organisation, KESC.

It was a desperate hour for book references and I couldn’t gain access to Google Books which Google forbade from, thereby relying on euphemism to apologise for this situation. It was ‘ERROR 403′ which still lands on my face as a punch when I try to go to Google Books.   “We’re sorry…

… but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now,” says the search engine whenever I try to plead it to show up.

Well,  I tried to recall the last time I downloaded songs . . . July it was, however, this was the time period I had used illegal downloading during my internship with the help of the office pc. Hmmm, then there was a possibility of getting bugs from school computers facilitated through the use of my usb.

With the deadline of my assignment approaching me as a nooze and becoming tighter and tighter “I’m doomed !!!” I thought and tried three different spywares to ease me out of trouble. Whether it was spyware doctor, anti trojan, spyware veterinarian, none had been of any help in solving my access issue.

I found out a wonderful website that helped me gain access to Google Books illegally !!! Hail the online illegality and piracy ! One should always aim for it when needed and should be practiced as a right. Yes it was www.ninjacloak.com that came up as a blessing in disguise and is literally disguised because of which you can get access to websites without them knowing maybe . . . well that’s how it works.  Try recalling the time when your institute blocked Face Book or MSN and you would have tried different websites to get back to them . . .

I tried to tell Google that I’m  human but Maxcom has been causing trouble in letting the search engine recognize me as one. Therefore, I found out that it’s not just me but all Maxcom users are facing this issue while they claim that it’s a problem from Google itself.

If the issue happens to be residing with Google, how come there isn’t such an access  problem with other internet service providers.  So . . . Maxcom users, try living without Google Books for a while if you have been accustomed to using them.

After delivering good service for quite some time, however denying their own fault since the past three days, Maxcom fits well to the definition of ‘post purchase irritation’ rather than ‘post purchase dissonance’ . . .

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