Internet in Lebanon - General Questions

samer · 2011-08-23T21:02:43+00:00

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rain_walker

So they didnt have time to read half a paragraph again?!

Adlouni

infiniteloop wroteIs it finished?
Looks like we won't get new plans before September

I doubt. This country is making us hopeless.

InVader

No luck again! The decree wasn't on the agenda of the CM meeting today.

kfc

Imad Kreidieh@ikreidieh 45m45 minutes ago
The decree was not rejected it was not on the agenda. It required the validation of the finance ministry.

chassis

meh stopped caring after he announced the packages on twitter... i'm sticking with the 2mb unlimited package as all the others are a joke

ahmad-toutounji

rip ogero, welcome privatized ftth

nuclearcat

i doubt it will pass like that, why GDS(pocket DSP of IDM)? Why not other DSP? Why not one of 100s ISPs with whom GDS competing?
With pricing scale that was made up for IDM as well, all this stories smell VERY VERY fishy.
If it will pass as is - it means it is a graveyard for Lebanese telecom. As was mentioned before, when there is monopoly of private company, it means MUCH worse than state monopoly.
State telecom, Ogero, still interested in customers satisfaction, but private company without competition will do it's best to cash their monopoly and milk citizens to latest penny they can pay.

infiniteloop

The more there are companies the best for us, competition between them will give us good deals, also without the government to dictate prices meaning a sort of hidden monopoly like Alfa/MTC.
This country is frozen with this old system and as long as it's like that we will see a very limited evolution of internet, Lebanese are capitalists lovers so why not let the telecom industry be ruled by competitive companies without ties to the government? Of course they will still have to pay a small fees as taxes but without having politicians dictating internet plans.

EzikMezik

Ahmad Toutounji wrote rip ogero, welcome privatized ftth

Well, a market ruled by private companies is still a bad thing, a balance need to be made between ogero and the other private companies to have a healthy market.

nuclearcat

EzikMezik = absolutely agree with you

Raficoo

Anyone got an English article for that? or explain briefly what the article means?

edit: nvm, found this http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/d/316411/report-private-company-plays-role-of-lebanese-stat/en

nuclearcat

http://www.lebanondebate.com/news/334066
Is anything interesting there? Seems more detailed, but google translate can't help me much.

dg-1618

So when Imad Kreidieh says "I am confident the decree will pass next week"... any idea on which day we should expect this to happen ?
Moreover, will the prices be immediately adjusted (on the day the decree is approved) or will we have to wait many days and/or weeks ?

ManOwaRR

Is there a cm session announced for the next week

ahmad-toutounji

DG wroteSo when Imad Kreidieh says "I am confident the decree will pass next week"... any idea on which day we should expect this to happen ?
Moreover, will the prices be immediately adjusted (on the day the decree is approved) or will we have to wait many days and/or weeks ?

we need to wait for next month

Khalil7

ManOwaRR wroteIs there a cm session announced for the next week

There's a cm next wednesday

kfc

On Thursday, I emailed thepeople@ogero.gov.lb to request a speed test for my DSL line and I got positively surprised by two things:

- First, they replied very fast within 24 hours!
- Second, they told me that I am 800 metres far from the central (knowing that i live at least 4km away from it) and that therefore my line can handle a speed up to 23 mbps!

Does this actually mean that an active cabinet was installed in my neighborhood? In this case, shouldn't the speed reach at least 50mbps as Ogero chairman said before?

ahmad-toutounji

it should reach like 70mb because imad said 70 is the max speed

Khalil7

kfc wroteOn Thursday, I emailed thepeople@ogero.gov.lb to request a speed test for my DSL line and I got positively surprised by two things:

- First, they replied very fast within 24 hours!
- Second, they told me that I am 800 metres far from the central (knowing that i live at least 4km away from it) and that therefore my line can handle a speed up to 23 mbps!

Does this actually mean that an active cabinet was installed in my neighborhood? In this case, shouldn't the speed reach at least 50mbps as Ogero chairman said before?

As far as i know, ogero have only one active cabinet in service at sharhbil till now.. 2 new active cabinets will be in service next week at aramoun and bshamoun

kfc

Khalil7 wrote
kfc wroteOn Thursday, I emailed thepeople@ogero.gov.lb to request a speed test for my DSL line and I got positively surprised by two things:

- First, they replied very fast within 24 hours!
- Second, they told me that I am 800 metres far from the central (knowing that i live at least 4km away from it) and that therefore my line can handle a speed up to 23 mbps!

Does this actually mean that an active cabinet was installed in my neighborhood? In this case, shouldn't the speed reach at least 50mbps as Ogero chairman said before?
As far as i know, ogero have only one active cabinet in service at sharhbil till now.. 2 new active cabinets will be in service next week at aramoun and bshamoun

well this is what Ogero told me!!!! knowing that i live very far from the central!

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