I always forget how terrible the Internet is in Lebanon until I get here and then I either want to throw my laptop out the window or save myself from this misery and jump out myself. I can’t live like this!
Update: Ran a SpeedTest and ended up with the results above
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Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark is a creative director at an ad agency while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull.
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It’s worse than Kuwait? Holy Smokes!!!
Hehehe! Welcome to Lebanon! What kind of a connection do u have (speed and type)?
my phoneline is fuked for week now.. been using zain ego ..sucks soo much !
its like the old Dail-up but slower
it takes you 3 days to upload one picture :)
Imagine you have a dial up connection that’s being shared by 10 users. That’s how slow my connection feels. It’s like a 256kb DSL but it’s not giving me anything close to 256kb.
Just ran a speed test and got the following
Ping: 534ms
Download: 0.17Mb/s
Upload: 0.05Mb/s
still better than nothing :)
enjoy your 10 lovely days there
In Q8 NET is really teriblle!Hate it!But what can u do?!
maybe this is a sign that you need to go out and smell the flowers.
Why u didn’t test your Internet speed using Lebanon server ?
its the same in yemen too..
Mabrook :D ..
You are no stranger to abu jawdeh man!
The best thing to do is to fly to Cyprus every hour.
Shiiiiit!!! That’s really slow man
yeah / smaell the flowers / sounds good..
By the time you have uploaded your photos you’ll be back in Kuwait
lol that’s me in the 90s.
Mark, maybe its a sign: Stay away from the internet for 10 days.
I dunno what kind of connection you have set up, but when i wnet there to visit my family they had 256KB thats better than my 512KB in kuwait ….
Zain Ego in also slow!
http://alblogy.com/?p=200
Always The Same Thing In Lebanon!
Welcome To Lebanon!
Why r u testing thru a NY server? Try a server in Lebanon or another nearby.
-Gus
Why don’t you end your trip so that you enjoy a faster internet connection here in Kuwait =)
Yeah – I know how that feels.
My VIVA Mi-Fi does worse than that. In Block 10 Bayan it goes dead with a loss of signal
The line drops even in the center of the city are frequent and unavoidable.
A tough way to live especially if the land line is not a reliable option .
I wish VIVA would put up more towers especially in Mishref / Bayan.
and i thought kuwait sucks! 7imdillah!
How come it says that your server is in New York? Are you using a VPN? maybe thats what is slowing down your connection!
I always test my connection with a New York server. It’s pretty pointless checking it with a local server or regional server since majority of the websites are hosted in the US.
i dont know why some people r bitching about the internet here in kuwait…dont be cheap, buy a high speed DSL
I used to bitch about my latency speed, not anymore, I now appreciate what I have :D
So true. And it’s costly, too! But hey, it’s better than nothing…
The internet in Lebanon has been and will always be a huge problem, I’m a student there and trust me i know how you feel. I recommend going to the restaurant B2B (Breakfast to Breakfast), they have good food, are open 24 hours a day and have a decent internet connection.
That is ridiculously slow.