IMEWE cable launching in Lebanon this summer

MegaCool · 2011-06-26T09:12:16+00:00

Quote from Samer Karam - Flip the Switch. BREAKING NEWS: sources have informed me that the lighting of the IMEWE cable HAS BEGUN! a TIER 1 contract has been...

mr-anderson

What about the wireless wise box, mobi, wigo prices and speeds?

xterm

obviously those have nothing to do with the ministry's pricing schema. You'll have to contact the respective companies for information about those.

Abou7meed

So...there is no unlimited package for heavy user downloader ?!
Any speed / any price for unlimited download !! not even 256 or 512 ( when 8 Mbps exists !! )

2 Mbps for : 10 GB Down / 10 GB Up
1 hour downloading in 2 Mbps speed is approx 800 MB
So you need around 13 hours straight downloading .... and then all your quota GONE

Guys its the same when you have high speed above 1 Mbps, its faster to consume your quotas since your speed is already high.....
So, we are now happy with our new fast speed...lets try watching YouTube peacefully now with no more waiting/loading times.....couple of days watching YouTube HD clips....No more quotas available !!

More Quota is needed !!

xterm

The ministry has nothing to do with unlimited packages, that's up to the ISP to define.

Do not mix the ministry's role with the ISP's role.

bearhog

Correct me if I am wrong, but the quota is for both up and down. Note than when DSL was first introduced, the quota at the time was for both up and down, and then they changed it later on to become X GB up and X GB down.
Thus, we should assume that the current prices are for both up and down which makes the deal so much worse.

IMEWE

Actually after being accepted by ministry this tuesday there is a maximum period of 6 months for the changes to take effect.

The-MMMs

Guys a tech question here

when i first applied to Ogero DSL, i requested the 512kb/s plan and they only gave me the 256kb/s and they told me : el 5tuuut bil manta2a 3andak ma bi yahmillo aktar min heik

is that complete BS ? since i get exactly 256kb/s, the MAX, it's as if my line can take much more.

My Ogero Center is Khaleh, and i live in bchamoun. My neighbor a few building up where i live and he can only get 128kb/s (but he applied months later so i believe that was just because all the connections finished)

anyway my concern here is that am i safe to conclude as a result that the maximum speed i will be able to get is the 1mb i.e the minimum standard ? No hope for 2mb or 4mb or will they upgrade lines or was Ogero just giving BS in the first place. I guess its hard to tell but still any ideas ?

nuclearcat

If your line cannot do more than 256k, it will remain 256k even with new services.

mr-anderson

6 month for the changes to take effect is a very long time, i hope they can do it in a month

xterm

nuclearcat wroteIf your line cannot do more than 256k, it will remain 256k even with new services.

What if I have 1Mbps already, does that indirectly mean that I can go up to 8 ?

Khaled

xterm wrote
nuclearcat wroteIf your line cannot do more than 256k, it will remain 256k even with new services.
What if I have 1Mbps already, does that indirectly mean that I can go up to 8 ?

u cant generalize, its a personal condition here. When the thing happens, each and everyone of us will have to see if his region and connections can support the new connections. if u have a 1 MB u MAY be able to handle 8 MB and maybe not. so you will have to check with your isp

hussam

nuclearcat wroteIf your line cannot do more than 256k, it will remain 256k even with new services.

VISP wireless/pppoe thing can handle more than 256k, correct? I do get boost to higher speeds sometimes and it's upgradable to 512 according to customer panel.

cedarcomnews

We will hopeful have the bill addressed tomorrow !
More and more confirmations are coming in to indicate that it is very likely that the bill will be passed tomorrow.

At a meeting August 19 with the LTA, Sodetel and TRA, Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui announced he has forwarded the draft bill to reduce fees for Internet services -- E1s and DSL packages -- to the Cabinet for consideration.
Although Telecom Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui did not reveal details of the draft bill he has sent to Cabinet, the private sector sees it as an “excellent move.” However, leaks of the draft bill seem to have surfaced in the last few days so let us wait and see what the Cabinet finally decides.

Read more at our new blog post at http://cedarcomnews.mobi/2011/08/good-news-from-sehnaoui/?utm_source=lebgeeks&utm_medium=lebgeeks-replyimewe&utm_campaign=sehnaouimtng

Padre

check the possible "attainable rate" from your modem's statistics

Downstream Upstream
SNR Margin (dB): 33.8 34.3
Attenuation (dB): 8.0 0.8
Output Power (dBm): -1.4 -5.5
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 14294 1371
Rate (Kbps): 1020 254

Mhmd

Mr. Nicolas Sehnaoui on his official page

We are receiving plenty of questions concerning a recent article posted in one of the Lebanese Newspapers. The assertions done in that Newspaper are false, everything has been done according to laws and regulations. Let's not waist time on political accusations but on tangible results. We have been waiting for too long. Cross your fingers a 1st Step towards digital democratization will be taken tomorrow in God's will. Hopefully another one will follow in a few months.

kdawg4-956

On fast lebanon's home page they said that the fourth list is for Ogero end users and the 6th is for ISPs, while others are saying the 3rd is for Ogero end users and the 6th is for ISP end users! Help me, I'm confused :S

Khaled

kdawg4.956 wroteOn fast lebanon's home page they said that the fourth list is for Ogero end users and the 6th is for ISPs, while others are saying the 3rd is for Ogero end users and the 6th is for ISP end users! Help me, I'm confused :S

i will ease yr confusion ... as simple as this : wait for tomorrow's conference, all will be clear then . easy ..

shant

the new plans STILL SUCK
20 up and down? REALLY??
its a joke!
i swear i know someone from pakistan(you know how that country is like) and he has 10mbps with unlimited, seriously now, anyway, still waiting for upgrades

kdawg4-956

@Khaled that would've been a great idea if I could wait :P

Aly

shant wrotepakistan(you know how that country is like)

Pakistan is a Nuclear country, Lebanon is struggling to have electricity.

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