Mazraa CO in Beirut. Yes, it should be large. However, till last week, it wasn't fully upgraded to support more than 4 Mbps. I think now it isn't the case
They changed my plan yesterday to 2mbps 50gb, even though I chose the 6mbps 60gb plan.

Lets do the math a bit:
2mb 50gb costs 25$
2mb unlimited costs 50$

So far I spent in total 31gb, I have 19gb left till the end of the month, which are more than enough for me. This way, IDM scammed 25$ easily from me.

The internet yesterday was perfect, exactly the same speed I had before this shitty upgrade thing. Today the speed dropped to 1mbps. Download speed is around 120kb/s.
m0ei wroteThey changed my plan yesterday to 2mbps 50gb, even though I chose the 6mbps 60gb plan.

Lets do the math a bit:
2mb 50gb costs 25$
2mb unlimited costs 50$

So far I spent in total 31gb, I have 19gb left till the end of the month, which are more than enough for me. This way, IDM scammed 25$ easily from me.

The internet yesterday was perfect, exactly the same speed I had before this shitty upgrade thing. Today the speed dropped to 1mbps. Download speed is around 120kb/s.
That's very odd. Limited plans have no FUP. And the speed upgrade should begin 1st of August given your CO supports the chosen plan. They need to do feasibility studies first. That's how they found out that my CO cannot handle more than 2mbps (Beit Merry).
It seems there is an awful trend. Speedtest shows speeds less than 1 Mbps (on a 4 Mbps plan) from noon till 6 or 7 pm where it will be back to normal! The reason is congestion! My upload is faster than my download lol
0.56/0.8
wollyka wroteIt seems there is an awful trend. Speedtest shows speeds less than 1 Mbps (on a 4 Mbps plan) from noon till 6 or 7 pm where it will be back to normal! The reason is congestion! My upload is faster than my download lol
0.56/0.8
I told you do not trust the Speedtest.net site, it's inaccurate. It now shows me this as always but reality of the matter is that I cannot watch YouTube in 240p. Also I am now on 2mbps 45gb plan so FUP shouldn't be.



After careful testing, I have noticed the following. After using nearly 1.7gb during peak hours ISP, in this case IDM, starts limiting all single threaded downloads, video/audio streaming services to a crawl.

Therefore, when I set IDM to 16 threads download goes at 2mbps stable, anything from single thread to 8 varies between 0.8mbps to 1mbps for me that is. For some reason it has to be 16 threads. May vary per user.
This is something that IDM is doing. I don't think it's because of speed test.. Then again when i turn on VPN, I sometimes get 17 Mbps which is highly inaccurate!
Techxero, I know. Downloads using accelerators or torrents are not affected. However, IDM is doing that anyways during peak hours. I used 300 Mb all day yesterday so it is not based on your download. By doing that they are affecting browsing /using apps on your mobile and streaming. Maybe I have to stream something for work during the peak hours what to do? Sorry I can't do that since I have a 4mbps connection but in reality it is 512 kps!
wollyka wroteTechxero, I know. Downloads using accelerators or torrents are not affected. However, IDM is doing that anyways during peak hours. I used 300 Mb all day yesterday so it is not based on your download. By doing that they are affecting browsing /using apps on your mobile and streaming. Maybe I have to stream something for work during the peak hours what to do? Sorry I can't do that since I have a 4mbps connection but in reality it is 512 kps!
Same issue here. I am trying to learn Ubuntu via live Courses. But sadly single threaded so peak hours when the live courses take place IDM limiting us. Just coz they decided to.

It's kinda illogical, as usual in Lebanon they do things backwards. Why? Coz peak hours as they decided is from noon to 6/7pm exactly when everyone is busy at work and will not be using the Internet. Very clever.... NOT!

I hate this place!
True, you have to apply for a 8 Mbps plan to get 1, of course only if you live inside a CO!
wollyka wroteTrue, you have to apply for a 8 Mbps plan to get 1, of course only if you live inside a CO!
Lol yeah. Terrible just terrible
wollyka wroteTrue, you have to apply for a 8 Mbps plan to get 1, of course only if you live inside a CO!
I sent you a pm if you didn't notice
aliessayli2 wrote
wollyka wroteTrue, you have to apply for a 8 Mbps plan to get 1, of course only if you live inside a CO!
I sent you a pm if you didn't notice
Didn't see it from my phone. :) sent you a reply
Hey peeps.

Funny fact I discovered, dunno how long it will last, but, since switching back to limited, I haven't suffered any FUP, my connection been rock solid day n night.

The funny thing I noticed, is that, ever since switching back, IDM ain't counting the time I stream in. For example, yesterday, I have streamed 2 hours on Comedy Central app on my iPad, in 480p, my mom streamed 3 hours on YouTube too. That must have totaled at least a gig or more.

And when we weren't streaming I downloaded like 980mb on my PC. I wake up today, check consumption, they only counted the 980mb I downloaded on my PC not the streaming. To make sure, I did the same today and so far they have not yet included my 4 hours of streaming.

Weird eh?
Weird, because here they count the streaming as normal.
wollyka wroteWeird, because here they count the streaming as normal.


As you can see what am saying is true. The 1.4gb you see for today is PC only not streaming. I got the OSX Yosemite update and other crap.
Check your consumption tomorrow. I've noticed a 2 day delay on their website.. I'm sure you will see it tomorrow!
andrew55 wroteCheck your consumption tomorrow. I've noticed a 2 day delay on their website.. I'm sure you will see it tomorrow!
I will do just that. Hope they don't fix it lol.
Online games are unplayable after 11pm...just because consumption is free at that time does not mean that it has the gaming experience for the rest of us.
If it does not get better soon , i'm changing to ogero...and i don't care if i have to wait 2 months or even 3, i'm paying 50$ per month , i expect a stable connection.
speenxya wroteOnline games are unplayable after 11pm...just because consumption is free at that time does not mean that it has the gaming experience for the rest of us.
If it does not get better soon , i'm changing to ogero...and i don't care if i have to wait 2 months or even 3, i'm paying 50$ per month , i expect a stable connection.
just wait a week or so as for Ogero users to finally get their new plans(unlimited included) activated as we're planning to put the "unlimited" word to the test and see if there will be a FUP or not so to give other users who want to join feedback on this.
well it's got nothing to do with FUP , its been like that since before the update too , but it happened less frequently. the latency is good , but getting too much spikes and jitters. Hope it would get fixed.