Why not 8GB of TRANSFER Quota?!

Kassem

As you can see, I've exceeded my download quota (which happens every month), but the upload quota is effectively intact! Why can't they give us 8GB of transfer quota and we decide whether to consume the quota in uploads or downloads?! Who in the hell needs 4GB of upload? It's not like we're uploading torrents!!

rolf

Hmm... maybe you can sell that ;)

kareem_nasser

my Intro to computers teacher in the university said the same thing at least make it like: 6GB(down) 2GB(up).

rolf

It's probably because they know most people wont use the upload, therefore it allows them to advertize 8GB quota while only having to allocate 4GB download with maybe like less then 1GB upload.
If they were making it 6-2, then they probably would have to allocate 6GB download and still 1GB upload only.
I am just speculating, but if that is the case, then it's a pretty lame trick from the company who already has monopoly on the backbone!

One could take advantage of that by developing an application that lets you upload stuff during connection idle time, then you can "sell" this bandwidth to people and they can give you their data on a CD, and this application will upload it when your connection is idle (so as not to bother you), up to the limit of the quota that you sold this person. Some companies need to upload big amounts of data, and if the 1GB over-quota is billed $10, it can be cheaper to "buy" quota from someone else... although not much cheaper (if you count in the price of transporting the CD!), which makes it a doubtful - maybe risky - project, since Ogero can change their rules anytime and this organization will the fail. There is also the concern of your computer being used to upload illegal data.

Kassem

Actually one of my friends used to work as an uploader for a company in Hamra. His job is nothing but uploading stuff. He used to go to the office only once or twice a week, just to get the data required for upload and stuff like that. He used to have a 512K cable from an illegal ISP close to my house. It used to cost him a bunch but he was making serious money (1200$ per month if I remember right).

kareem_nasser

Simply: Unfair Quota=More Profit.

J4D

The LIMIT is the major reason im still on "unlimited" cable .

pikatore

WELCOME TO LEBANON, ENJOY YOUR STAY, WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF HUMILIATION WITH YOUR SHITTY INTERNET?

chosen2k

Kassem wroteActually one of my friends used to work as an uploader for a company in Hamra. His job is nothing but uploading stuff. He used to go to the office only once or twice a week, just to get the data required for upload and stuff like that. He used to have a 512K cable from an illegal ISP close to my house. It used to cost him a bunch but he was making serious money (1200$ per month if I remember right).

Wow i'll do that. :) where do i sign up ?

Kassem

@ chosen2k: sorry, I cannot remember the name of the company.

julien_saadeh

Let's hope that IMEWE will change something.

rolf

pikatore wroteWELCOME TO LEBANON, ENJOY YOUR STAY, WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF HUMILIATION WITH YOUR SHITTY INTERNET?

Thanks, but I already have the lifetime, super-cheap subscription.

J4D

pikatore wroteWELCOME TO LEBANON, ENJOY YOUR STAY, WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF HUMILIATION WITH YOUR SHITTY INTERNET?

Trust me, you have not seen but the tip of the iceberg !

Georges

jadberro wrote
pikatore wroteWELCOME TO LEBANON, ENJOY YOUR STAY, WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF HUMILIATION WITH YOUR SHITTY INTERNET?
Trust me, you have not seen but the tip of the iceberg !

Mniha Jad... Patriotism ..

kareem_nasser

Yorgi wrote
jadberro wrote
pikatore wroteWELCOME TO LEBANON, ENJOY YOUR STAY, WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF HUMILIATION WITH YOUR SHITTY INTERNET?
Trust me, you have not seen but the tip of the iceberg !
Mniha Jad... Patriotism ..

Patriotism/Nationalism all are created by the human mind to cover the fear of loneliness. There is no pure race.

Joe

Yorgi wroteMniha Jad... Patriotism ..

Funny how Lebanese people living abroad get touchy about Lebanon. I got annoyed at rolf and jad's comments too. Yet again I would have said the same thing if I was still living there.
Yes Internet is bad in Lebanon. Yes the corrupt system makes good service impossible to obtain. Yes Lebanon has a lot to learn in honesty and transparency in the business world.

But I still love that place and hate when people insult it. Especially foreigners.

@pikatore no offense meant mate, I am just sad my country's that way ...

Kassem

On a side note: a few days ago my mum was in the social security institute's building. They are computerizing the whole process which usually takes more than one hour to sign a paper or get some approval and all this crap. Good thing right? But unfortunately, what used to take one hour now is taking 2 hours, why? Because the old obnoxious lazy 50+ years old employees are still the same, and THEY are the ones operating the computers while none of them ever touched a computer in his/her life. lol pathetic...

kareem_nasser

I always say that Lebanon is a Monharef country.(Sorry)

belal

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Flakk

We are just like the African undeveloped countries :( If i would go to somalia i think i would have a better life than here :P
OUR STATE FAILS!