Internet in Lebanon - General Questions

samer · 2011-08-23T21:02:43+00:00

Questions about Internet in Lebanon will be gathered here. Other topics have grown so much that they have become unmaintainable. Please limit yourself to pos...

new_user

Moudimadi wroteHello all, the reseller im taking from isn't giving me a website to check the speed and the quota available. i asked him he said he's stopping it i can't see it. I have the PPPOE username and password and when i go to speedtest i get the company he's taking from Energy Bridge Sarl. i went to their website and i did put my username and password but it didn't open. Can anyone help me please?

Try this: When your subscription expires do not renew it. When you open any webpage you might get automatically redirected to the website of your provider.

new_user

Why have ISPs not mentioned their new DSL prices yet? (I have checked IDM, Sodetel and Terranet) I think we have the right to know the new prices ahead of time to be able to plan on any changes we need to make to be able to accommodate the new pricing. I know Ogero have already mentioned their new prices but other ISPs are usually more expensive so we can't use Ogero as a benchmark.

Also IDM are now charging 10% extra for online payments. The only way to find that out is at the last step of payment. Couldn't they at least state that more clearly?!!

yourlocalfbiagent

Do you know if the 10% also applies to bank domiciliation payyments?

new_user

yourlocalfbiagent wroteDo you know if the 10% also applies to bank domiciliation payyments?

No idea

ahk40a

Hello, I am having an issue in the mountains. Does anyone know how much is the cost of cable internet and how much is the daily cap? I am trying to understand how much we will be consuming. Thanks.

dg-1618

Not sure if this post should be under "Feedback for 4G LTE".
Anyway, just wanted to check if there's a problem currently with Alfa and/or MTC in Lebanon? I'm in Canada and I have relatives in Lebanon with whom I chat on Whatsapp.

Moudimadi

Hello, i have a problem. I'm having few request timed out when pinging to 8.8.8.8 . My internet is thru a reseller. He's taking from IDM. I always tell him there is a problem from your side. He's like no i dont have a problem. try another router. i did that. same. Requests to 8.8.8.8. On rush hours specially. What could be the problem? Not alot of requests but every 20 30 reply i get 1 request timed out. Anyone having that issue too? Thank you

GeorgeN

Moudimadi wroteHello, i have a problem. I'm having few request timed out when pinging to 8.8.8.8 . My internet is thru a reseller. He's taking from IDM. I always tell him there is a problem from your side. He's like no i dont have a problem. try another router. i did that. same. Requests to 8.8.8.8. On rush hours specially. What could be the problem? Not alot of requests but every 20 30 reply i get 1 request timed out. Anyone having that issue too? Thank you

IDM suffers from packet loss during peak times, especially on weekends, so it could be on their end and not the resellers. I notice it because I play online games. I would get internet from them directly, if it gets bad you can call them and they eventually fix it. (But be sure it will happen again lol)

Space

Does farahnet have a website to check the quota?

fadijm

Hey everyone,
I’ve been dealing with an annoying issue lately and wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar or has advice.

My phone line keeps disconnecting, and I’ve had to replace the DSL splitter multiple times. Each one works for a few days, then either stops working completely or the connection gets unstable again. It’s starting to get both frustrating and expensive.

What’s weird is that sometimes the internet starts working again only after I call the landline from my mobile, like something gets reset in the system. The exact same issue happened on my second phone line too, which makes me suspect there's a voltage or power stability problem coming from the Ogero box itself.

Has anyone faced something like this? Could it be a faulty Ogero box or something with the external line? How can i get them to fix this issue?

ahk40a

Hello All, based on the meeting held yesterday between the ministry of telecom and the DSP, do you think that they will revise their packages and speeds soon?

fadijm

ahk40a i am not sure can you share some sources?

ahk40a

fadijm

This happened 13 days ago. LebanonFiles

kareem_nasser

Elon Musk expresses interest in Lebanon’s telecoms and internet sectors

ahk40a

As now Starlink has been licensed to work in Lebanon, I wonder how the local ISPs will react to this.

As a comparison, the said starting plan of 100$ with speeds reaching somewhere between 300 to 450 Mbps, compared to 25Mbps costing 100$, would the ISPs do something about it? For example, Terranet has WDSL relying on CableOne infrastructure. These nodes allow only 50 to 60Mbps. Are they going to invest in upgrading their infra? Another example, FWA are quite expensive in the country, excluding Ogero*. For example, Unlimited FWA costs 36$+VAT with a ridiculous speed of 5Mbps.

If someone has some insights, please do share it with us, or we have to wait and see.

Note: Ogero's FWA offers the best prices among all. It has the same pricing as xDSL and Fiber. But it lacks the stability of fiber and has high latency at high download rates (limited to 50Mbps). Latency sometimes reaches 2,500 ms.

Kareem

It's too early to tell but Starlink in general is meant to be a backup/ failover/ mobile solution where internet access isn't reliable or unavailable. We still don't know how much they are going to charge for the hardware and how expensive the plans are going to be. This was part of the negotiations ongoing as far as I understood.

Ogero is upgrading the infrastructure in Beirut and FTTH is now available in places such as Ras el Nabeh and Sodeco.

The latency part is also not clear yet. We're talking about a 30-60ms just for the link. Port forward is not possible.

The average joe doesn't need more than 50mbps so yeah I guess paying for the hardware and monthly subscription won't be tempting for the majority.

Another problem is link fluctuation and weather...

Will the MOT allow unlimited plans? and by unlimited plans I mean not the unlimited deprioritized home plan.

Again it's too early to tell before doing a side by side comparison between starlink and ie. W-DSL or other FWA.

But I can guarantee you that the mafia in Lebanon has as usual a backup plan to screw us....

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