Lebanon to get higher-speed internet

[Kingroudy]

once there is cheap bandwidth, everything will become faster, from cable to DSL not forgetting wireless and any other mean.
ur cable/wireless provider (in case u don't have DSL) will be able to get an E1 connection for something like $1000- instead of 2000+ (not quite sure about numbers)
this means everything will get a better speed.

[FBM]

what is the difference between T1 and E1?

[SISCO]

Last time i was in Lebanon, connections speed problems used to be due to the telephone infrastructure.

So basically if we increased the internet connection speed of Lebanon, we may still have the same connection speed on DSL lines, at least in some regions.

I hope that the Telephone infrastructure has been changed and specially the backbone (between "centrales").

[Kingroudy]

Originally Posted by FBM

what is the difference between T1 and E1?

T1 is 1.544 MBPS (both ways) while E1 is the European version of T1 and the speed is 2mbps.

[hiptanaka]

i dont care what we get as long as its better than the current pseudo DSL the blessed Marwan Hamade left us with. has anyone tried downloading, or using the internet at all for that matter, at around 11 30 at night? I have 512 kbps DSL, which doubles from 8-8, and at 11 30 pm, the download speed averages about 4-5 kb/s, on a good day. its putrid.

[Libnene Qu7]

Lebanon shlebanon... This country has nothing to do with technology. Give up hope!

By the way, what use is high-speed internet without electricity?

[Raficoo]

Originally Posted by Libnene Qu7

By the way, what use is high-speed internet without electricity?

what about people with generators?

[Frisbeetarian]

If you guyz want to download that much, you can always get a download dish, if u can afford it.

[hiptanaka]

Originally Posted by Frisbeetarian

If you guyz want to download that much, you can always get a download dish, if u can afford it.

nobody should have to pay more money for a download dish if they re already paying 45$ for a pseudo 512 kbps connection.

[Führer]

Any new info concerning the possible new connection speeds?