Alfa website is down
I haven't been able to check my balance and 3G consumption for 3 days now. It looks like one heck of a maintenance!
Wise can’t be upgraded
When I called WISE back in October to ask about the new internet speeds and how they will be implemented, I was told we have to wait till December. I called again yesterday to see what happened and was informed that those with WISE machines can't be upgraded to more than 1M connection and that this will cost 50$. So basically the government issued a decree under which the minimum speed is 1M and WISE's…
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More internet and network problems
14 years agoInternet, 3G service, mobile network coverage, everything was down since the early morning today. The reason? Still unknonw. Now that the connection is better, you can read the article [Here]. There is an article that ...
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Who’s to blame for the internet problems?
14 years agoFew days ago, the internet went down due to a problem with the India-Middle East-Western Europe (IMEWE) cable. It seemed like a valid reason as it has happened before, even though we’re supposed to have ...
Critiques
3G or not 3G …
14 years ago[High Res] However, at a press conference on Wednesday, Nadim Khater, chief commercial officer for mtc touch, said that during the company’s month-long test phase, users in Beirut saw an average download speed of 4.3 ...
Critiques
I have 3G but I don’t want it
14 years agoBoth MTC & Alfa announced plans for 3G and officially launched it but what we all missed out is that they will be ripping us off for a period of 2-3 weeks. How is that ...
Critiques
Telecoms Ministry & Media
14 years ago[Full Image Part1 & Part2] Before I post about the new 3G packages officially announced by Alfa & MTC, I have to ask why doesn’t the Telecoms ministry update its website and share with us ...
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3G service to kick off on November 1st
14 years agoLebanese Minister of Telecommunications launched the 3G service officially today at the AUST University in Achrafieh. Aside from the babbling and the false hopes given to the Lebanese about becoming the leading Tech country in ...
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3G to be launched officially today?
14 years agoUpdate: Minister Sehanoui will hold a press conference today at AUST to explain the different phases and pricing. [Link] Update2: 3G service will be offered for as low as 19$ for 500 MB. 10$ for ...
Lebanon
BBC Report: World’s Slowest Internet
14 years agoBlogBaladi took part in the report BBC did on the internet in Lebanon as I was interviewed by Howard Johnson on that matter few weeks back. Surprisingly though, they did not include anything I said ...