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If any one can recalls the "Become the Minister of Telecommunications for a Day" competition sometime ago, well I won. But not to become the minister, I got an E-mail from alfa that I won a 4G sim with a LTE dongle. I picked them up this Monday, and yesterday at 18:00 I got an E-mail telling me that the 4G pilot phase started, and I can access the network.
At home, I can get a minimal signal enough to let me access the internet, I live in the suburb anyway. In the LU-Hadath the signal is weak, I was able to connect once for a minute, enough to let me access speedtest.net and take a test, before the connection was lost again, and couldn't connect afterward. But from where I'm living, inside my room, I can assure that the service is accessible(-99dBm) and with an acceptable speed.
My current location (HOME):
Speed tests
Before I went to college this morning, I installed the dongle driver and directly tested the speed:
(-99dBm)
The test I managed to do in my faculty's library :
(-103dBm)
Couple of minutes ago:
(1) On the balcony:
(-99dBm)
(2) In my room:
(-101dBm)
(3) ALFA's 3G via dongle in my room:
(-87dBm)
I'm really not into this domain, for me personally, I can live till the rest of my life with the 3G service, I'm subscribed to the 3G 150MB plan, and every month my usage never exceeds 50-60 MB, since I have ADSL at home. Anyways it's still a good step forward, but I think we're stretching ourselves too thin concerning the mobile data sector, and the whole internet sector. Focusing on the DSL services is a lot more important, and can deliver a lot more satisfaction for the Lebanese user, than expensive battery draining LTE services.
Just to change the custom nagging Lebanese tradition, I will say: I'm really happy with what the telecommunications ministry is providing for us, and with the huge leap that we made in these couple of year. I'm grateful that now we can enjoy video calls, high HD video streaming, and so much more with our 3G and 4G services. I want to thank the minister Sehnaoui, alfa, mtc, and every worker who helped installing or managing or providing any telecommunication service for the Lebanese population. Just trying to be positive ;-)
Edit(16-May-13 21:14):
Latest speed test at home:
(-91dBm)
Ping bbc.co.uk:
(-93dBm)
Best Regards
At home, I can get a minimal signal enough to let me access the internet, I live in the suburb anyway. In the LU-Hadath the signal is weak, I was able to connect once for a minute, enough to let me access speedtest.net and take a test, before the connection was lost again, and couldn't connect afterward. But from where I'm living, inside my room, I can assure that the service is accessible(-99dBm) and with an acceptable speed.
My current location (HOME):
Speed tests
Before I went to college this morning, I installed the dongle driver and directly tested the speed:
(-99dBm)
The test I managed to do in my faculty's library :
(-103dBm)
Couple of minutes ago:
(1) On the balcony:
(-99dBm)
(2) In my room:
(-101dBm)
(3) ALFA's 3G via dongle in my room:
(-87dBm)
I'm really not into this domain, for me personally, I can live till the rest of my life with the 3G service, I'm subscribed to the 3G 150MB plan, and every month my usage never exceeds 50-60 MB, since I have ADSL at home. Anyways it's still a good step forward, but I think we're stretching ourselves too thin concerning the mobile data sector, and the whole internet sector. Focusing on the DSL services is a lot more important, and can deliver a lot more satisfaction for the Lebanese user, than expensive battery draining LTE services.
Just to change the custom nagging Lebanese tradition, I will say: I'm really happy with what the telecommunications ministry is providing for us, and with the huge leap that we made in these couple of year. I'm grateful that now we can enjoy video calls, high HD video streaming, and so much more with our 3G and 4G services. I want to thank the minister Sehnaoui, alfa, mtc, and every worker who helped installing or managing or providing any telecommunication service for the Lebanese population. Just trying to be positive ;-)
Edit(16-May-13 21:14):
Latest speed test at home:
(-91dBm)
Ping bbc.co.uk:
(-93dBm)
Best Regards