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babum

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Re: Internet in Lebanon - General Questions

they also claimed you needed a special internet line in order to get speeds higher than 2 Mbps. God knows what is real and what is not. Ill stick to the 4 Mbps package.

vegetaleb

Banned

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Guys its in less than 2 week and still no infos on isp websites!

A.L

Member

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i called sodetel yesterday and they told me that they may update their website on the 24th , but nothing confirmed yet.

Raficoo

Member

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Guys its in less than 2 week and still no infos on isp websites!

what do you mean?
http://www.idm.net.lb/about/news/index1.asp

will gradually implement major improvements
starting October 1st, 2011

http://corp.terra.net.lb/PressRoom/newDSLchanges.asp

In line with Government decision on DSL prices, Terranet Customers will benefit

http://sodetel.net.lb/

Lower Prices for a higher speed !
New DSL prices available soon

http://www.thisiscyberia.com/

GREAT ADSL PRICES
AND HIGHER SPEEDS coming soon

If you're talking about details(them publishing the prices) I think the reason they have not yet is because they most probably were waiting for the Decree to be published on the Official Gazette... and since this happened on Thursday, I believe they will begin listing the prices anywhere from Monday(since Friday is usually off(no work)) to the last day(hopefully that is)

MrClass

Member

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Hmm, just checked my Zhone router info:

Attainable Rate (Kbps):     6648      288

amkahal

Member

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@MrClass: This is the rate your line can attain, that doesn't mean your line speed is upgraded, anyway it is a good feature in Zhone modems.

Monkey D. Luffy

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How to check this attainable rate on Thomson routers?

MrClass

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@MrClass: This is the rate your line can attain, that doesn't mean your line speed is upgraded, anyway it is a good feature in Zhone modems.

Yes I know what attainable rate means (DOH!)

Raficoo

Member

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How to check this attainable rate on Thomson routers?

on the main page
Broadband Connection>DSL Connection>Details

Monkey D. Luffy

Member

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Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:    125 / 512
that what i got :/
doies it mean that my line cant support more?

Raficoo

Member

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Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:    125 / 512
that what i got :/
doies it mean that my line cant support more?

no... that is just to tell you your current connection speed.. what determines your maximum attainable speed is two things: Line Attenuation, and SN Margin

how much are yours?

The-MMMs

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Mine are:

Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:    46,5 / 69,0

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:    21,5 / 8,5

How much is that then ?

I tried the link on the page back but i keep getting a error.

EDIT:

Just figured it out, i can only get utmost 1mb

What a crappy infrastructure may i say so.

My SN margin thing seems to be EXTREMELY low - seriously what a joke this country is - good job i'll be spending most of my fall in a university dorm - it's already fast enough i suppose.

Last edited by The-MMMs (September 18 2011)

A.L

Member

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Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:    16,0 / 25,0

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:    31,0 / 30,5

these are my line attenuation and my SN Margin
when i put my info in this site : http://212.23.23.177/calc.htm it shows me that my line can handle at max 1024 kbps and when i putt my info here : http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/max_speed_calc.php it shows me that my max speed could reach 8128 kbps
and my connection speed on the modem is :Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:    128 / 512
and i have the 256 plan from sodetel
so plz any explanation about the connection speed and confirmation about how much my line could handle .
thanks.

Monkey D. Luffy

Member

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Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:    9,0 / 24,0

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:    21,0 / 23,0

How much can I handle?
The 2 sites stated up there gives me way different results so please help

ranibalaa

Member

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Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:    8,0 / 13,0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:    26,0 / 30,5

As well would like to know

nuclearcat

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http://www.nuclearcat.com/mediawiki/index.php/DSL

Check here and you can estimate your speed limits. Note - it is theoretical MAX limits, so maybe you will have 80% of those, depends on conditions.

Monkey D. Luffy

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http://www.nuclearcat.com/mediawiki/index.php/DSL

Check here and you can estimate your speed limits. Note - it is theoretical MAX limits, so maybe you will have 80% of those, depends on conditions.

According to you my line can support approximately between 23 and 18 Mbps! O_O

nuclearcat

Member

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Yes. But note, ISP must have ADSL2+ DSLAM. Some, i notice, post picture with RE-ADSL(Annex L). It can do only 5 DL/0.8 UP.

vegetaleb

Banned

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I am afraid of the old good message from ISP ''starting October 1st in some areas of Beirut, and gradually over 10 months for the rest of Lebanon''
So all the promises of sehanoui were bull***
Anyway we are so happy to get 2 and 4 mb speed when Europe is at 100mb right now, what a Lebanese revolution eh?

Apple Safari

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My line can handle up to 18Mbit :)

HDawi

Member

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Quick Question - Will the changes happen on October 1 or the changes gradually start from that date.

Last edited by HDawi (September 19 2011)

Lonavista

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Quick Question - Will the changes happen on October 1 or the changes gradually start from that date.

The Changes will be on October 1 for all customers of IDM , Cyberia and Ogero at the same time.

Kareem

Member

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I called Ogero today and they told me that no change before at least November.

Last edited by Kareem (September 20 2011)

kareem_nasser

Member

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I prefer not calling any ISP for any information because of some bad experience by other friends/users. Check on Flip The Switch group on FB some users asked the staff on the phone and the reply was that they didnt know if any upgrades are coming.
Another example is from a user here on lebgeeks, he called his ISP and he asked if they are going to improve the bandwidth on October 1st. He replied(Staff): "Yes we will increase everything quota, bandwidth and ping(Ouch, yes he siad that)". By the way the user was talking to the "technical staff".

Conclusion: From this we can learn that all the regular staff know (not all though) that there are internet upgrades coming but they dont know when and what the new plans are, along with the prices.

Last edited by kareem_nasser (September 21 2011)

samer

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Topic cleaned. Guys, again, please keep this for Q&A.