Broadband in Lebanon - Latest Updates

jadberro wrote

al_jamal wrotewho will be the lucky 25%

Tripoli

OK class check this out , few of you know that the cellular communication networks in Lebanon and world wide rely on the internet to function . the cells forming the cellular network each is connected to the landline (dsl) connection . so if I with a cell phone want to call bin-laden on his land-line what will happen is that first a connection will be established between me and the cell post wirelessly , then from the cell post via "Intranet" wired or wirelessly to Ogero . from Ogero it goes to Pakistan "internet" then to bin-laden.voice calls are nearly functioning now, but with the coming fiber networks each cell post will be capable of an internet connection in excess of the 15Mb/s connection , so expect video calls and the package to come soon after fiber has been established ;) 3G connectivity is soon to be active in Lebanon .

babum wrote

jadberro wrote

al_jamal wrotewho will be the lucky 25%

Tripoli

OK class check this out , few of you know that the cellular communication networks in Lebanon and world wide rely on the internet to function . the cells forming the cellular network each is connected to the landline (dsl) connection . so if I with a cell phone want to call bin-laden on his land-line what will happen is that first a connection will be established between me and the cell post wirelessly , then from the cell post via "Intranet" wired or wirelessly to Ogero . from Ogero it goes to Pakistan "internet" then to bin-laden.voice calls are nearly functioning now, but with the coming fiber networks each cell post will be capable of an internet connection in excess of the 15Mb/s connection , so expect video calls and the package to come soon after fiber has been established ;) 3G connectivity is soon to be active in Lebanon .

That won't be happening anytime soon, for videocalls to work properly you would need a minimum of 1 mbps constant or more for each cellphone involved in the call. Maybe 3G will be made available but don't expect to have gigantic speed improvements as the quantity of bandwidth the lebanese government has bought won't be enough for having such high speeds. Also, videocalls won't be cheap either.
What you can expect is to have more quota made available to your regular connection and less restrictive FUP.

jadberro wrote

babum wrote

jadberro wrote Tripoli

OK class check this out , few of you know that the cellular communication networks in Lebanon and world wide rely on the internet to function . the cells forming the cellular network each is connected to the landline (dsl) connection . so if I with a cell phone want to call bin-laden on his land-line what will happen is that first a connection will be established between me and the cell post wirelessly , then from the cell post via "Intranet" wired or wirelessly to Ogero . from Ogero it goes to Pakistan "internet" then to bin-laden.voice calls are nearly functioning now, but with the coming fiber networks each cell post will be capable of an internet connection in excess of the 15Mb/s connection , so expect video calls and the package to come soon after fiber has been established ;) 3G connectivity is soon to be active in Lebanon .

That won't be happening anytime soon, for videocalls to work properly you would need a minimum of 1 mbps constant or more for each cellphone involved in the call. Maybe 3G will be made available but don't expect to have gigantic speed improvements as the quantity of bandwidth the lebanese government has bought won't be enough for having such high speeds. Also, videocalls won't be cheap either.
What you can expect is to have more quota made available to your regular connection and less restrictive FUP.

Im not expecting , im telling you what will happen . Video calls require no external bandwidth :) only mobile internet and external calls require that ;)

jadberro wrote

al_jamal wrotewho will be the lucky 25%

Tripoli

OK class check this out , few of you know that the cellular communication networks in Lebanon and world wide rely on the internet to function . the cells forming the cellular network each is connected to the landline (dsl) connection . so if I with a cell phone want to call bin-laden on his land-line what will happen is that first a connection will be established between me and the cell post wirelessly , then from the cell post via "Intranet" wired or wirelessly to Ogero . from Ogero it goes to Pakistan "internet" then to bin-laden.voice calls are nearly functioning now, but with the coming fiber networks each cell post will be capable of an internet connection in excess of the 15Mb/s connection , so expect video calls and the package to come soon after fiber has been established ;) 3G connectivity is soon to be active in Lebanon .

You are right on that point which I totally forgot, lets hope it happens then.

Flakk wrote

jadberro wrote

Flakk wrote Cells are also called Base transceiver stations (BTS) and are wirelessly connected to base station controllers (BSC) which themselves are wirelessly connected to a mobile switching center (MSC). Now that MSC is connected to to the Telephone Centrals and to Ogero and its DSL lines.

Note: The BTS and BSC belong to the BSS (Base station subsystem) and the MSC belongs to the NSS (network station subsystem).

Flak, Not in Lebanon . our system relies on landlines to function , minimalistic and cheap design .I have been to many countries and as i have seen only Lebanon uses this method . All other countries use the method you are talking about mostly , and rarely the Lebanese method . they use wireless to be self sufficient from the governmental landlines .

Oh never knew that it is that way. But for internal calls who acts as a Mobile switching center here ?

Samer99 wroteCharbel Nahhas said that a maximum of 16 months and the 15 mbps connection will be available for most people (at least for me, because my house is less than 50 meters away from OGERO's central).

Raficoo wrote

Samer99 wroteCharbel Nahhas said that a maximum of 16 months and the 15 mbps connection will be available for most people (at least for me, because my house is less than 50 meters away from OGERO's central).

Hmm this is some good news(well atleast indicating there's something being done) and i'll try to be optimistic Since it's been almost 3 years since i've been with this "DSL" 3GB/month nonsense... hmm i wonder how much speed lost with me since the Central i'm connected to is 1.6KM away(straight line).. actually.. i thought that with Fiber-optics the speed lost is much less than with Copper(am i right?)


o well... let's just hope for the best and maybe one day this NightMare will end..

mmk92 wrotewhat about brandwidth limits? im guessing with a 15mb/s connection a monthly qouta limit would be pointless..right?

Flakk wroteGood to know that everything in Lebanon is FUBAR. :P

anyways, a new cable coming from Jordan will be connected to beirut and was called JADI and with the addition of Beirut its now Called JADBI. :D We just added the B to JADBI very nice! :P