Help with which Internet Service to get!

nicksy

Hi geeks!

I wonder if you can offer some advice.

I need to know which internet service is the best in this country.

I know not to expect anything near what I had in the UK (20Meg cable....ah the memories!) but whats the best to go for.

I got a connection at home from the person who "sorted" the TV and am paying $60 a month for the 512k connection.

The most I have ever got was around 200k, but my normal speed is around 40k!!!!!

Surely there is something better out there.

Aidez-Moi :-)

Cheers

nicksy

kareem_nasser

Simple: You have Ogero with best latency and speeds but no double speeds after 8pm or unlimited internet after 11pm while all the others are the same with much higher latency(even though Sodetel offers a gaming package same quality as Ogero and you got all the other extras) it all depends on your post.

nicksy

Cheers Kareem!

Hmmm...

Basically I use Skype a lot, and I actually host a radio show from here to the UK, which involves sending audio files each day...so really could do with a pretty generous or unlimited quota.

I also need to download my TV shows during the night, so the unlimited thing there sounds good.

The net has been painfully slow tho for the past few weeks

J4D

Same shit , different brand names ....

GN90

well I'm with sodetel and i have that unlimited night thing (the most important thing), 512K that doubles to a 1MB at night (it never reaches 1MB but around 800k). Just make sure that those plans are available in your area.
with this plan form sodetel my dl speed is around 60k/s during the day, 100k/s at night and the upload is between 20 and 30k/s.

sometimes (once or twice every two week) at 11 the internet gets slow maybe due the traffic cause its the hour when everything gets free :P but when all the dudes go to sleep approx at 12-12.30 the internet gets fast. watching youtube without waiting, downloading movies , ..... . so you will have to do you work form 1am till 7 :P

but as jad said : SAME SHIT :P . its not the internet we want in the 21st century !!!!! :P

kareem_nasser

nicksy wroteCheers Kareem!

Hmmm...

Basically I use Skype a lot, and I actually host a radio show from here to the UK, which involves sending audio files each day...so really could do with a pretty generous or unlimited quota.

I also need to download my TV shows during the night, so the unlimited thing there sounds good.

The net has been painfully slow tho for the past few weeks

Check the gaming package of Sodetel check this for more info.

Aly

Get Ogero for gaming and low latency. (if Cash is not a problem)
or IDM for downloading.
or WISE for low pings and portability.
or Terranet for headache.
or Cyberia if you don't know what the word FUP means.
or VISP if you want play "outdated" games with Lebanese players.
or Search for another cable guy if any of the above options fulfill your needs ;)

WizaRd

Aly wroteGet Ogero for gaming and low latency. (if Cash is not a problem)
or IDM for downloading.
or WISE for low pings and portability.
or Terranet for headache.
or Cyberia if you don't know what the word FUP means.
or VISP if you want play "outdated" games with Lebanese players.
or Search for another cable guy if any of the above options fulfill your needs ;)

HAHAHA, so true ^^

elchebib

Aly wroteGet Ogero for gaming and low latency. (if Cash is not a problem)
or IDM for downloading.
or WISE for low pings and portability.
or Terranet for headache.
or Cyberia if you don't know what the word FUP means.
or VISP if you want play "outdated" games with Lebanese players.
or Search for another cable guy if any of the above options fulfill your needs ;)

LOL :D Good summary of the whole Lebanese ISP.... See! We have a very wide selection of crappy options :D

nicksy

I am assuming for Skype usage the lower the ping the better?

I just tested it and the ping was 1251ms which ends up in a huge delay.

Also in order to get these services like ogero, do I have to get a phone line installed?

Is that an expensive thing in this country....like most things :-)

Thanks for all ur help!

N

samer

Nicksy! Nice to see you here (context)
Aly pretty much summarized how things are around here. I believe there are SOHO packages that are a little more tolerant vis-a-vis bandwidth.