tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post113353773489467103..comments2024-03-23T02:40:59.858-05:00Comments on The Lebanese Bloggers: Lebnanon finally gets DSLRajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133752444504783222005-12-04T22:14:00.000-05:002005-12-04T22:14:00.000-05:00Congrats! Just to note, I'm in USA and I pay $50mo...Congrats! Just to note, I'm in USA and I pay $50mo. (rural, monopoly).But,sure,it's worth it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133633744364518762005-12-03T13:15:00.000-05:002005-12-03T13:15:00.000-05:00-About time-"lost opportunity" is another name for...-About time<BR/><BR/>-"lost opportunity" is another name for Lebanon (and the Arabs)<BR/><BR/>-DSL is about as fast as cable (cable slows down with number of users<BR/><BR/>-Lebanon should be the IT hub of the whole ME and should benefit from offshoring by Arabs and others. Israel does and all you need is people (we got them) and good electronic connections.JoseyWaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107151613511099711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133586297707017472005-12-03T00:04:00.001-05:002005-12-03T00:04:00.001-05:00*ogero*ogeroLazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388532206190051913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133586275048996242005-12-03T00:04:00.000-05:002005-12-03T00:04:00.000-05:00About time!!I don't know who implemented it, but t...About time!!<BR/><BR/>I don't know who implemented it, but this has been under "research" in Ogera for the last ... ummm ... 3 - 4 years (to be on the safe side).Lazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388532206190051913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133547768890134312005-12-02T13:22:00.000-05:002005-12-02T13:22:00.000-05:00OH THANK GOD!I spent two weeks in Lebanon in Novem...OH THANK GOD!<BR/><BR/>I spent two weeks in Lebanon in November and internet access was a nightmare. Now I can plan for longer vacations and take my work with me. :)Abu Kaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05434178565498094522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133544162484596832005-12-02T12:22:00.000-05:002005-12-02T12:22:00.000-05:00No, the price still sucks. Your neighbours in Isra...No, the price still sucks. Your neighbours in Israel pay $13 per month and new deals come out all the time. <BR/><BR/>Oh and don't believe cable propoganda. It way be faster than DSL in principle but that's if no one else in your neighbourhood is online. Unlike DSL, cable users share their bandwidth which can make for some pretty slow surfing at times (I've tried both).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1133542638548181902005-12-02T11:57:00.000-05:002005-12-02T11:57:00.000-05:00Forty-fifty dollars per month is very good for fir...Forty-fifty dollars per month is very good for first-generation service. My first high-speed connection was in Germany, and I paid Deutsch Telekom about 70 dollars a month - that would be more now, considering how the dollar was stronger then (the fee was in euros, that is). In Lebanon, I routinely paid 100 dollars a month for dialup service, considering the tolls for the calls as well as the monthly subscription rate. DSL will be a better deal. <BR/><BR/>Any thoughts on why this process has been accelerated? Do you think that you could apply LP's analysis (lack of Syrian involvement in the telecoms industry) to the sudden jump in industry confidence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com