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ESTABLISHING CONNECTION

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Ontornet YouTube channel

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OUTLINE

Introduction to Ontornet initiative Technical background Current situation Technologies to be soon introduced in

Lebanon Your questions

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INTRODUCTION

After a thread of more than 90 emails , initiated by @Funkyozzi, expressing the utmost frustration the “Pre ontornet phase” was in action

We are a group of bloggers, that come from different technical and media background.

Where do we stand We choose not to side with any initiative that has a

political background or a personal financial interest. Our primary interest is to provide transparency

through objective information sharing.

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TECHNICAL BACKGROUND Submarine cable : cables laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications underwater. All modern

cables use optical fiber technology. As of 2010, submarine cables link all the world's continents except Antarctica.

National network /International gateway : set of data/caching/download/gaming/hosting/video… servers that are located

inside Lebanon and to which you can connect at higher speed and lower latency. National network is built around BIX located in Berytech and to which ogero is not connected (ex:google servers in Lebanon…)

International gateway Is our door to the world wide web - by law all the Lebanese traffic has to go

through ogero PSTN The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the network of the world's

public circuit-switched telephone networks. Shared / dedicated connection speed

Bandwidth A data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second)

that can be transmitted along a channel FUP Fair usage policy – how much you can “use” the internet before being extra

charged or slowed down.

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THE CURRENT SITUATION

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25$•256 Kbps Download/64 Kbps Upload•3GB usage•Most used DSL plan in Lebanon

15$•Cable TV or•Satellite subscription•The price is approximate

20$ •Fixed telephone line•The price is approximate

Bundled•8 Mbps Download/4 Mbps Upload•3GB usage•Most used DSL plan in Lebanon

Bundled •100 Video channels including HD

Bundled •Unlimited VoIP calls

Service Package in Lebanon

Typical Service Packages

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OPINIONS ON THE LEBANESE TARIFFS

• The below are the results of a survey conducted by the TRA back in 2008 to show exactly what do Lebanese think of their Internet tariffs

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THE LOVE TRIANGLE

MoT

OgeroTRA

•Quarrels and conflicts between the 3 parties concerned in enhancing the telecom sector in Lebanon

•Back and forth press releases of blame

•Political/Financial interest

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CadmusBeirut-LebanonPentaskhinos -CyprusLength : 230 kmLebanon’s share : 38%capacity : 622 mbpsLifetime 25 years Installed 8 sept 1995

Berytar/AletarCapacity 5GbpsLength 134 kmInstalled April 1997Lifetime 25 yearsLebanon’s share 46.8%

IMEWECapacity : 120 GbpsInaugurated on : debatable

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THE MINISTER OF TELECOMMUNICATION’S PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER 2010

“As of October 2010 total international capacity (for voice and data) is 2.5 Gbps witnessing a double increase from initial capacity of 1.25 Gbps”

“Participation in the ownership of the new high capacity submarine cable system that will provide Lebanon, upon its service commissioning, with 120 Gbps of international bandwidth capacity”

“Expanding existing submarine Fiber Optical Cable (Cadmus) by adding capacity of around 210Gbps between November and December 2010, and thus increasing the current capacity by 168 times”

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Lack of national backbone network: • Currently, the PSTN transmission network topology has limited fiber optic coverage;

many suburban and rural areas Central Offices are still lacking fiber optic connection.

• MoT is planning an expansion and modernization of its national transmission network, planning is the keyword.

Outdated backbone network infrastructure for the delivery of triple play and true broadband services• The current PSTN transmission network (designed telephony, with no fiber) does not

support high speed internet access. • A minimum of a 40Gbits/s that can be provided by Ethernet backbone networks

would be required to support such services (very low Jitter, Delay, etc…)

Saturated transmission network:• Ogero has recently upgraded its national transmission network (covering only a

limited subset of Central Offices) to a 10 Gbits/s Ethernet network, however this network is getting saturated by the increase needs from ADSL subscribers, leased lines and other wired transmission services.

• DSPs and ISPs are still connected by a maximum of 100 Mbits/s network as Ogero didn't provide them with enough transmission capacity over its transmission network.

Limited international capacity distribution:• International cable capacity is still procured by MoT and distributed through E1 units

(2 Mbps)

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•The exclusivity period of Liban Telecom over basic telephony and international voice services should be defined but should not exceed a 5 year period

Liban Telecom exclusivity

•Mobility – or the ability to provide mobile services- requires a CoM decision to be included in the broadband licenses

Mobility on No Mobility

•Ensuring RoW and access to the ducts will incentivize new entrants by reducing significant the sunk costs and eliminate needless duplication of infrastructure

Rights of Way(including

access to the ducts)

•TRA has prepared a draft decree to amend the current building code to enable new buildings to be ready for Fiber access (decree to be presented to the Minister of Public Work and Transportation)

Building Code

policy issues

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Ontornet YouTube channel

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MOBILE/FIXED INTERNET Difference between mobile broadband and

DSL 3G technology constraints

Cell breathing With the increase of users

Sensitivity to congestion Everyone will be relying on 3G to get their internet

since 3G will have higher speeds Tarrifs Shared ressources

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TELL US HOW YOU CAN HELP

Ontornet is planning many upcoming actions Developing applications Online projects.

Blog action day (Mass awareness campaign on all blogs)

Offline projects. Creative art Workshops

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THANK YOU!

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