xazbrat
m_zeid wroteChup wrotethen your best bet is Ogero.
There are a couple of members here who live there with ogero subscriptions.
Speed isn't good but at least latency is.
thank you Chup for your time.
But no no no no
Ogero?! are you kidding me?
I tried them before, and many friends are subscribed with them and it's hell
if there is a problem, and you call them for tech support they will not answer, if you repeat the call for many times, they will open and shutt it. or they open and leave it open and no one answer.
Also, 3 homes, get 10~20kb from ogero on the 1mb plan.
HELL NO
I'm very satisfied with Wise and I recommend it for every one in Tripoli. But I want to upgrade,Sodetel's plan gives me speed upgrade and little quota, and thats exactly what I want.
What I was asking, again, are:
1- How is the ping?
2- The speed, is it less than 100kb? is it constant or it may drop sometimes?
3-Free night traffic, is it true? what about the FUP? will they black list me?
thank
Here's the deal--customer service isn't going to be something that will determine whether or not you will pick the ISP. All of them are cr@p--check out the 24+ page thread on Sodetel for yourself and see how great they are about that and ask the questions you want if you want to go that route.
If you don't want Ogero, you are left with Sodetel or IDM. I haven't seen anyone recommending Cyberia here for whatever reason. You could also try VISP--don't know if they have DSL up and running in Tripoli though.
Good Luck
neonsun
hi all
i m currently using terrasmart ( wise cpe modem thing ) 1mb , 80 ms ping but very soooo unstable
for less than 120 $ a month whats the best connexion i can get for low STABLE PING
i currently live in the middle of ashrafieh
Also read my thread here about questions regarding starcraft2 and online gaming
http://www.lebgeeks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12098
bahaa-k
I wanna change from sodetel to ogero, they told me they need around 60 days; my question is, do I have to cancel my subscription with sodetel now, or I can wait for ogero to come then cancel it ?
chosen2k
Cancel now (especially before the 25th) and then wait.
bahaa-k
chosen2k wroteCancel now (especially before the 25th) and then wait.
Why before the 25th ?
neonsun
from the forum i get it that dsl is the way to go , but what provider ?
whats ur ping on ogero sodetel or idm ( only ones i see referenced in the forum ) what about teranet ?
Draguen
@ bahaa.k , i don't know about other providers, but ogero is very reliable, when ( about once or twice a week) the connection crashes, it never stays down for long, max 3-4 mins, i live in sodeco (but my central is aadlieh for some reasons that are not relevant here), ping is arround 120 to 220 all day long ( AND during unlimited nights) expect to have about 50 ms less than me if you go with them (because your central will be closer to your home)
N.B: 1M plan
so as a personal advice, i don't think you can get anything better, when i see how sodetel are doing with their fixed IP plan.... (and how much it cost...)
neonsun
Funny thing is i get a better ping with terrasmart but the problem is the stability , before noon its 80 ms barely any disturbance.
But come 4 pm and my need for blood pressure meds appears ....
Seems i ll be switching to ogero in the next ... Lets just say soon with the way things are so slow.
Thanks for the info thou , much appreciated.
@draguen i live around spinneys ashrafieh do you happen to know where would be my central if i were to get dsl ?
romel
Do not even go near sodetel lol, just dont!!! your better of with idm/ogero or even your local cable internet guy ,sodetel is currently the worst isp in Lebanon ,QOS is crap,customer service is well here is an example(me:alllo leik khaye l ping 800+ well download 0.22 ana 3ande 2mbs plan shou l ossa??? sodetel guy:haha ,ehh hayda 3ade 3adeh...) trust me dont go near them you will regret it and you will be stuck with them because they don't let you cancel your contract for 1 year .
bahaa-k
Sodetel is definitely the worst; 500+ms, 0.41 down and 0.2 up for a 4MB plan!
I'm definitely changing to ogero but if i have to stay 2 months with no internet during the finals week, thats hard!
Can't I subscribe with ogero without informing sodetel, and cancel subscription with sodetel when I get ogero ?
Kassem
bahaa.k wroteCan't I subscribe with ogero without informing sodetel, and cancel subscription with sodetel when I get ogero ?
No, you have to get your cancellation paper before you can apply to Ogero.
rhmaidan
@neonsun, the Central Office for DSL in Achrafieh and for all the Achrafieh Area is at the Ogero Office in Sassine, you are, i guess, less than a 1 Km away you should have excellent connectivity, but it also depends on the cabling they have to your building.
zheavy
If i'm doing a speedtest to paris server, what should be my normal ping there? i'm always getting 300ms+ , i'm using 2mb plan with terranet, and in the past few weeks my gaming life has become hell, and even the download speed at night is super bad, is the problem on my end or theirs? i'm using the Zhone modem they gave me and added an access point for wireless, but since i sent my laptop to repair i can't test this on 2 different computers, just on my desktop, i changed my ethernet card, last one wasn't working well anyway but i'm still having problems and it's getting worse by the day especially at peak times till at least 2am in the morning, sometimes the entire night. I'm a gamer so this is making me seriously unhappy.
Dirol
zheavy wroteIf i'm doing a speedtest to paris server, what should be my normal ping there? i'm always getting 300ms+ , i'm using 2mb plan with terranet, and in the past few weeks my gaming life has become hell, and even the download speed at night is super bad, is the problem on my end or theirs? i'm using the Zhone modem they gave me and added an access point for wireless, but since i sent my laptop to repair i can't test this on 2 different computers, just on my desktop, i changed my ethernet card, last one wasn't working well anyway but i'm still having problems and it's getting worse by the day especially at peak times till at least 2am in the morning, sometimes the entire night. I'm a gamer so this is making me seriously unhappy.
OK: I'm with terranet and we are alike so don't worry. It is fine. Read the following:
amkahal wroteSpeedtest ping is higher than the cmd ping is because the packets used on the site are http, and the http at Terranet is routed via satellite, ICMP via fiber.
So anything except HTTP then your ping is what you see in the CMD.
Question: I'm on 1 Mbps and i feel that youtube loading is slow. Are you experiencing similar issue?
zheavy
Dirol wrotezheavy wroteIf i'm doing a speedtest to paris server, what should be my normal ping there? i'm always getting 300ms+ , i'm using 2mb plan with terranet, and in the past few weeks my gaming life has become hell, and even the download speed at night is super bad, is the problem on my end or theirs? i'm using the Zhone modem they gave me and added an access point for wireless, but since i sent my laptop to repair i can't test this on 2 different computers, just on my desktop, i changed my ethernet card, last one wasn't working well anyway but i'm still having problems and it's getting worse by the day especially at peak times till at least 2am in the morning, sometimes the entire night. I'm a gamer so this is making me seriously unhappy.
OK: I'm with terranet and we are alike so don't worry. It is fine. Read the following:
amkahal wroteSpeedtest ping is higher than the cmd ping is because the packets used on the site are http, and the http at Terranet is routed via satellite, ICMP via fiber.
So anything except HTTP then your ping is what you see in the CMD.
Question: I'm on 1 Mbps and i feel that youtube loading is slow. Are you experiencing similar issue?
well although i don't understand much from what you said, it does make sorta sense but in this past week, my game ping has been really bad as well and i'm talking about 2 or 3 times more, i'll try to test it during the day[at non-peak hours] on different sets of games which is only thing i haven't tested yet, although i just called them earlier and they said they're doing some sort of upgrade on ogero's end and it will take 3 days[i hope i heard that right, he was speaking very low, as they always do and makes it hard for me to "guess" their words]
As for your question, during the day youtube loads fine, but after 6pm the connection becomes SERIOUSLY bad, to be honest i wouldn't recommend anyone taking terranet after what i'm experiencing lately, my gaming life has been been deteriorating for awhile now but it's completely ruined since 2 weeks now especially that diablo 3 just got out :(
amkahal
I'm with Terranet, and i can say that DSL with terranet before unlimited decree is no the same after that, youtube is horrible after 6 PM, and speed test stick at 512k for a 1M account.
zheavy
amkahal wroteI'm with Terranet, and i can say that DSL with terranet before unlimited decree is no the same after that, youtube is horrible after 6 PM, and speed test stick at 512k for a 1M account.
yeap experiencing same thing after 6pm for a couple of weeks now, i managed to fix my connection last night, i've no still clue what was wrong, if i turn off my modem now i'm sure everything will go wrong again, so i'll just leave it at that and i'll wait for tonight after 6 and see how the connection evolves till midnight, if it's still wrong then surely it isn't on my end anymore.
neonsun
Terranet is an unstable ISP.
I ve been with them for 5 years and i tell they modify somethingnto their connection when summer comes.
Now i ve been told (never could verify this) that terranet has "several networks" and the user is rotated on those networks every so and so. I m not sure the term of backbone at that level could be used.
Its seems its your turn in the slow zone Because its been 1week plus that my terrasmart has been party rocking , ping 80-120ms most of the day BUT it becomes unstable after 8pm
zheavy
i'm not 100% sure, i called them last night and said they had no problem on their end, they checked my line and said i'm fine, and told me to call them today. After that, i started messing around with my modem and access point and cables, i kept switching things, i turn off/on the modem, i get bad connection, i turn off/on again, and i get good connection, i don't think the problem has been on their end but on mine but i still don't know how to fix it, even if i turn off/on the modem now i'm 100% sure i'll get bad connection, i did several tests on cmd and speedtest and even tried out a few games each time i did this, and since then i haven't touched my modem or access point and my internet is better then ever now i'm just afraid to touch one cable now. There's also something, that when i unplug our phone from the other room, i DC and i have to reset my modem each time, is this normal or might this be a problem that's causing all this?
Dirol
zheavy wroteThere's also something, that when i unplug our phone from the other room, i DC and i have to reset my modem each time, is this normal or might this be a problem that's causing all this?
Try putting additional filter for that wall phone socket and make sure your ADSL Modem/Router is connected through the Main/Mother wall phone socket and through a filter, for sure.
My connection is good until the evening where sometimes the connection goes bad and youtube is often slow. Anyway, a tech guy told me today that it is currently slow because they're renewing to a new system and that it will make the connection better starting the first of June, so let's wait and see...