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It is well-known fact in Lebanon they have their own. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2008/05/200861423405548723.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/mi
by 616c 11y ago
It is well-known fact in Lebanon they have their own.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2008/05/200861423405548723.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2008/05/20086142340...
I hate this because it only validates USG reasons for the belief in strictly regulated communications, but this means Hezbollah runs a block whole network they cannot easily tap or monitor at the border of its interaction with regulated national companies.
Keep in mind the Internet in Lebanon is also a joke, known as WaitNet (Unter-Net in Arabic), and everyone uses 2G and 3G phones at crazy prices to do anything of value, compounded with afternoon power outages every day (especially in Beirut and major cities). So, cell phones are the best way of doing business, and Hezbollah can run its own network with impunity.
Or it gets pissy and shuts down an airport with a shit fit. Read my other post in this thread.
- cgh 11y agoInteresting, I was thinking something like OpenBTS but if internet access in Lebanon is really that slow then I guess not.
- 616c 11y agoWell, this is second-hand. I never did anything beyond quick cafe internet access. But I cannot find the joke ISP page that used to exist. But even the BBC has articles dating to 2011 about this. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-15266851 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-15266851 Even Egypt (EGYPT!) has had better stories than this, largely based to the early 2000's Zaki technocrat regime, so there is a great deal of resentment at how these telco regimes have fucked it up.
- mauricemir 11y agoI recall working for a Lebanease company in London whist the Civil war was on even getting a phone line to connect was a lottery. When we did mange to get one the Directors PA used to keep the line open so that every one who needed to talk to head office could use the line.