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...

kareem_nasser

@Chup: In uncharted 2 multiplayer when i get green bars on other gamers it means that the latency is good?

Chup wroteIDM's response :

Dear Mr

Thank you for your email.

Kindly be informed that we are still waiting the approval from the ministry of telecommunications to fulfill the process below .

Looking forward to serve you better

This is a fair reply.

Chup

In uncharted 2 multiplayer when i get green bars on other gamers it means that the latency is good?

bad: red bar, ~350ms, playable if addicted to the game
moderate: 2 bars, yellow, ~250ms noticeable lag , but playable
good: 3 bars, green, ~150ms , you can't notice the lag
very good : 4 bars, green, ~50ms, usually the game hosts , no comment

This goes for 90% of games, it's kind of a standard when playing online

Mhmd

أعلن وزير الإتصالات نقولا صحناوي ان خدمة الانترنت تحسنت 40 % في اليومين الماضيين بالنسبة لسرعة التحميل والتنزيل وهي ستعم كافة الاراضي اللبنانية قريباً، مشدداً على ان هذه الخدمة ستشهد نقلة نوعية لاسيما بعد تامين 160 خط E1 لكل شركات خدمة الانترنت.

وأكد صحناوي للـ "ال بي سي" انه سيطرح في الجلسة الأولى لمجلس الوزراء تخفيض التعرفة على خدمات الإنترنت، كاشفاً انه سيقترح اعطاء الجامعات في لبنان انترنت مجاناً وانشاء بطاقات جديدة للهواتف الخليوية خاصة بالشباب.

وشدد صحناوي على ان مشروع الجيل الثالث سيستكمل في ايلول المقبل مع امكانية تاخيره محملاً لشهر او شهرين بسبب التقنيات.

Ruroken

40% improvement, well we surely didn't feel that.....

Nemesis-301

ان خدمة الانترنت تحسنت 40 % في اليومين الماضيين بالنسبة لسرعة التحميل والتنزيل

if that were true all 128kb/s accounts would become 180kb/s
all 256kb/s accounts would become 360kb/s
512kb/s would become 715kb/s
and al 1024kb/s would become 1435kb/s

Kassem

40% improvement not in speed as Nemesis-301 put it. It is 40% improvement in the quality of the connection. Haven't you guys subscribed to private resellers (IDM, Cyberia, Terranet...etc) been nagging over and over again about not getting the advertised speed and the lousy latency? Well, now you should be getting the advertised speed and improved latency. But you would be dumb to think you will be getting better data plans before the cabinet's approval of the minister's new pricing plan (which is supposed to be in the making now).

xazbrat

On a related note, we are no longer the worst internet in the world. We are 170th out of 172. http://www.netindex.com/download/2,104/Lebanon/

Only Iran and Malawi trail us.

I don't know if you can call it GOOD news though. :O

Kassem

Iran really shocks me. They could build a nuclear reactor, a space shuttle, ballistic missiles and and and... but they cannot provide their citizens with proper internet?!!

mahmoud-brk

xazbrat wroteOn a related note, we are no longer the worst internet in the world. We are 170th out of 172. http://www.netindex.com/download/2,104/Lebanon/

This is the improvement the Minister has talked about. Our speeds are still the same, but the quality and availability of the Internet service is now better.

Do you guys think that we'll have 1 mbps connection with, let's say, 8 GB down qouta for 20$ or less? Or I'm hoping too much ?

Mhmd

According to informed sources, the Telecom Ministry’s cost of the 2 Mbps international Internet feed via IMEWE is less than $30. That is why we believe there is still room for improvement, and hope the E1 price drops to $100 or less. In this scenario, the raw Internet cost per 2 Mbps subscription would be reduced to $3.3 per month and most certainly make the consumer happier!

Now with a Simple mathematical calculation, let's say that E1 price is dropped to 300$ (this is the plan) then according to what Cedarcom CEO said, the raw Internet cost per 2 Mbps subscription would be reduced to $9.9 per month

then after the reduction of price, a 2 mbps connection that costs more than $20 is an expensive one :D

and That's logic, E1 lines at the moment cost $3000 while 2 Mbps costs 200$/month, then after the 10-times cost reduction, E1 lines will cost $300 with a 2 Mbps connection of 20$/month

It would be NICE :D

dan961

We are 170th out of 172.

We're 169th Now :)

nuclearcat

It wont become reduced like this, i guess just speeds will be raised a little.
My guess and real experience, telecom's cannot invest 1 penny in reliability and new coverage now, because most of profit goes to backbone. With new prices they can start to lay their own internal fiber, provide triple play and etc, after while... they need to stack some cash first.
But first what will be improved - FUP. I'm going to change it on VISP next week.

xazbrat

Mhmd wrote
According to informed sources, the Telecom Ministry’s cost of the 2 Mbps international Internet feed via IMEWE is less than $30. That is why we believe there is still room for improvement, and hope the E1 price drops to $100 or less. In this scenario, the raw Internet cost per 2 Mbps subscription would be reduced to $3.3 per month and most certainly make the consumer happier!
Now with a Simple mathematical calculation, let's say that E1 price is dropped to 300$ (this is the plan) then according to what Cedarcom CEO said, the raw Internet cost per 2 Mbps subscription would be reduced to $9.9 per month

then after the reduction of price, a 2 mbps connection that costs more than $20 is an expensive one :D

and That's logic, E1 lines at the moment cost $3000 while 2 Mbps costs 200$/month, then after the 10-times cost reduction, E1 lines will cost $300 with a 2 Mbps connection of 20$/month

It would be NICE :D

You forgot one cost--what is going to be the implied cost of each gig to the user and the ISP. If the drop the price around the same lines, a gig of data will go from $10 to 11 cents. If those truly were the prices, it would allow both ISP's and end users some flexibility in the plans that are offered.

Hybrid

Adding speeds without more quota is like a suicide, I hope we get more quota!

Nemesis-301

I dont follow the news much, so when is the cabinet meeting going to take place?

belal

Thursday.

Kassem

Yup, it's Thursday. But it's not yet confirmed that the new pricing plan will be submitted on Thursday as there are many other issues they need to discuss which are "supposedly" more important than the internet. Moreover, it most likely depends on whether the minister gets the new pricing plan ready by that time. So, there's a good chance that it might get submitted on Thursday, if not, then it has to wait till the next meeting. But in any case, I think that starting next month, the new pricing plan will be in action.

MegaCool

2 mbps with constant latency 70~100ms and no stupid quotas for $30/month as a minimal plan should be considered. Hopefully.

HotCreep

MegaCool.. Any chance you can whisper that plan to the minister's ears? :(

xterm

If 2Mbps is the highest an end user can get, i will revolt. Each has his needs, my needs aren't quota, but speed + latency. I want to do my internet tasks quickly to get back to more important things to do.

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