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  • New internet speeds in Lebanon in the coming months

So Many of you have noticed that this image is fake, part of April's fool.

I tried to make the plans as realistic as possible, this is currently possible. A single FTTC cabinet can support up to speeds over 20mbps to a distance up to 1KM from the cabinet.
While FTTH/B is superior to FTTC, the implementation of FTTH is a time consuming process that in some cases requires new infrastructure.

FTTC can cover large area using existing copper wires making it very cost effective, and it's used all over the world.

One damning thing about the 20 mbps package is that the 200 gig quota would be gone in about 20 hours. And that would be just the download.

Anyhow, well played. :)
I would rather have 2 MBit unlimited than 20MB with 200GByte quota. I don't want the headache of measuring my internet usage.
NuclearVision wroteGood but whats the point if 70% of lebanese internet clients won't benefit of this since the central is too 'far' or their line can't handle speeds beyond 256,1mbps etc...
I'd rather see an announcement where they declare upgrading the existing the infrastructure instead of overusing it.
I concur.
xazbrat wroteOne damning thing about the 20 mbps package is that the 200 gig quota would be gone in about 20 hours. And that would be just the download.

Anyhow, well played. :)
Well you are looking at it wrong.

you are looking at like this, 20 Mbps/8=2560 KBPS = 9GB/H = 216GB/Day. If everyone looks at it this way, we would have no internet. Even US/Europe. There simply isn't enough bandwidth to go around, whether if it's the Physical connection level, ISP bandwidth level, or even the server where you request the data from. There are around 3.5M internet users in lebanon if each person gets 200GB we would need more than 2.2Tbps international connection some 22X of what lebanon is currently using, and around 60% of the full capacity of IMEWE cable, the cable is shared by 8 countries at the moment. That's why internet can not replace TV at the moment regarding live streaming. This also how ISPs work, the actual bandwidth ISPs have much less than what they are selling, but since not everyone using the internet at the same time there is enough bandwidth to go around, and when ISPs force a quota users become even more cautious about data, thus making the network more available to everyone.

200GB gives you 6.6GB a day, on average that is good for 2 hours of HD youtube, 2 Hours of HD Netflix, plus the usual, web browsing, app downloading, updating... you will encounter some large downloads from time to time, such as game download say 30-40GB. that's where you might take a hit. but then again how many AAA titles games are you going to download a month.

ISP design their plans for the average user. 99% of the people will be content with 200GB a month, heavy users on the other hand might not.
Why are you assuming that everyone would go for the biggest plan, i think just around 10% of users can afford it, and 5% would subscribe to it.
haidcar wrote
xazbrat wroteOne damning thing about the 20 mbps package is that the 200 gig quota would be gone in about 20 hours. And that would be just the download.

Anyhow, well played. :)
Well you are looking at it wrong.

you are looking at like this, 20 Mbps/8=2560 KBPS = 9GB/H = 216GB/Day. If everyone looks at it this way, we would have no internet. Even US/Europe. There simply isn't enough bandwidth to go around, whether if it's the Physical connection level, ISP bandwidth level, or even the server where you request the data from. There are around 3.5M internet users in lebanon if each person gets 200GB we would need more than 2.2Tbps international connection some 22X of what lebanon is currently using, and around 60% of the full capacity of IMEWE cable, the cable is shared by 8 countries at the moment. That's why internet can not replace TV at the moment regarding live streaming. This also how ISPs work, the actual bandwidth ISPs have much less than what they are selling, but since not everyone using the internet at the same time there is enough bandwidth to go around, and when ISPs force a quota users become even more cautious about data, thus making the network more available to everyone.

200GB gives you 6.6GB a day, on average that is good for 2 hours of HD youtube, 2 Hours of HD Netflix, plus the usual, web browsing, app downloading, updating... you will encounter some large downloads from time to time, such as game download say 30-40GB. that's where you might take a hit. but then again how many AAA titles games are you going to download a month.

ISP design their plans for the average user. 99% of the people will be content with 200GB a month, heavy users on the other hand might not.
Man i download about 220 gigs/month on my 5mbps connection. Imagine what would happen if i get 20mbps, but anyway you are right. My friend in Belgium has a 60mbps connection and he receives only 300 GIG/month and then he would be throttled back to 5mbps if he uses up his quota. But if these speeds go live would need unlimited nights again. Also like a side note, some people just download to download, they have this 2 pages of torrent queues and just download because they want to milk the connection they are paying 30,000lbps for, and they do not think about other people and how it might affect them.