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...

xazbrat

Flakk wroteIm just hoping we will get improved latency. Below 150ms to European servers.
Does anyone know what will happen to Pescotel, Mobi and similar services ? Will they get an increase ?

From what I have read, some of the hardware used has a limit of 1 mbps and they are trying to resolve it now. Even if the speed isn't increased that much, my guess is that quotas will go up and even prices may come down.

yasamoka

Nemesis-301 wrotewhy not? you can watch 240p videos on a 512 connection, so:
512 * 4= 2mb
240p * 4 = 960p

320 x 240 becomes 1280 x 960 so it's x16...and it doesnt work that way either due to compression. Check what Megacool said.

Sami27

1- Is it true that pricing for ISPs other than Ogero, such as IDM in my case are to be substantially lower than Ogero's? For example, Ogero 2Mbit 20GB is 75,000LL while IDM 2Mbit 20GB is 55,000LL

2- Will ISPs such as Cyberia and IDM keep offering double speed from 8PM to 8AM and unlimited nights from 11PM to 7AM?

Appreciate any input.

hussam

you have to call and ask Cyberia or IDM sami27. the only ISP representative we have here in forums is Nuclearcat from VISP.

jsaade

From what I understand the 6-8mbps is capped at 30GB down and 30GB up.
What about upload speeds?

belal

At what time is the Official Gazette going to come out?
Where can we check it out online? I found this website but I doubt they'd upload it instantly.

xazbrat

ZeRaW wroteFrom what I understand the 6-8mbps is capped at 30GB down and 30GB up.
What about upload speeds?

Upload speeds are 20% of the download speeds--so depending on what the actual connection speed is--- anywhere from 1.2 to 1.6 mbps up.

bilal-ghalayini

belal wroteAt what time is the Official Gazette going to come out?
Where can we check it out online? I found this website but I doubt they'd upload it instantly.

This is the official website of the Official Gazette: http://jo.pcm.gov.lb/j2011/

pak90

At the moment i have a DSL connection of 256 kbps, and according to my ISP it's the maximum they can give me. The question is when the new speeds are offered how are they going to provide me with the speed? I mean i think the reason why they can't give me more is because of the distance ... does that mean i'm screwed?

nuclearcat

pak90 - yes, new offers just will drop for you price and will increase quota

pak90

Nuclearcat, I'm sorry but i don't think i understood what you said. Did you say i'm just going to get an increase in quota but no increase in speed?

vic

If you can't actually get the increased speed because of the distance/infrastructure, you will get the maximum speed your connection can handle [which might remain 256k in your case], with the new quotas/prices.

imadthemad

Thanks for the response xterm

additionally i called terranet customer support and got some information

it seems they cant apply the decree yet as visp already has because there are still some issues that are unclear
Bandwidth cost doesnt seem to have been set, and i think by that he was talking about cost of the government selling bandwidth to the isp.
And I asked him about user bandwidth if it was going to be 4$ per extra gb he said that isnt 100% yet.
I asked about cost of packages and he confirmed prices will be cheaper than ogero's prices.
I asked if unlimited night and double speed will still apply and he confirmed that if you currently have it, you will still have it when the new packages arrive.
Lastly he said changes will most likely take effect beginning of october so don't hold your breath come september 24.

Sami27

I emailed IDM support and they said they will implement the new speeds on October 1st. But didn't answer the other 3 questions that I asked along with the date...

Nemesis-301

pak90 wroteAt the moment i have a DSL connection of 256 kbps, and according to my ISP it's the maximum they can give me. The question is when the new speeds are offered how are they going to provide me with the speed? I mean i think the reason why they can't give me more is because of the distance ... does that mean i'm screwed?

just wondering, whats your isp and where do you live?

pak90

damn i'm doomed to slow internet forever! I live in nahr ibrahim above the french lycee, isp is idm.

belal

Thanks Bilal.

pak90 check This then This.

kfc

I subscribed with Ogero 2-3 years ago for a short period then switched back to an illimited cable subscription. If I want to subscribe again now with a private ISP, will they oblige to buy a new modem from them or I can use the one I got from Ogero (there is an Ogero label on it and it supports a speed up to 8 Mbps)?

trophyhunter

wait so all ISPs will have the fast internet to offer in about a month ?plus,how can i know up to what speed my modem handles? i have a thompson tg585 v7 modem

ILIA_93

kfc wroteI subscribed with Ogero 2-3 years ago for a short period then switched back to an illimited cable subscription. If I want to subscribe again now with a private ISP, will they oblige to buy a new modem from them or I can use the one I got from Ogero (there is an Ogero label on it and it supports a speed up to 8 Mbps)?

I called Sodetel for the same issue ( I'm with Ogero now ) they told me that i can keep my modem, but they'll need to reprogram it or something. You'll just pay the subscription fee.

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