mobile – Eliedh’s Blog http://www.eliedh.com Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:11:00 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 My first day using Alfa 3G in Lebanon http://www.eliedh.com/2011/09/21/my-first-day-using-alfa-3g-in-lebanon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-first-day-using-alfa-3g-in-lebanon http://www.eliedh.com/2011/09/21/my-first-day-using-alfa-3g-in-lebanon/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.eliedh.com/?p=678 Today I started using the 3G service I got from Alfa, I won’t make a judgement on it yet since I was very busy and I barely managed to use it but the speeds were a little slow when I did test them. I did not use it for browsing yet and the only app I used was whatsapp so I didn’t see any improvement in this area.

I contacted customer support via mail today and they called me back, they were very helpful and I’ll make a post about that on another day.

Here’s a small list of results I got from the speedtests (using speedtest.net app for android)

  • Sin El Fil, 08h26, Down 119 kbps, Up 336 kbps, ping 131 ms
  • Sin El Fil, 09h15, Down 41kbps, Up 370 kbps, ping 211 ms
  • Sin El Fil, 09h15, Down 609kbps, Up 382 kbps, ping 211 ms
  • Naccache, 20h24, Down 311 kbps, Up 166 kbps, ping 329 ms

Reception in Sin El Fil is a little bad indoor (1-2 over 5) and good outside (3-5 over 5) but I managed to make good quality phone calls indoors and outdoors. In Naccache it’s good with a full reception outdoors and an indoor reception similar to the one I got outdoors in Sin El Fil.

I am currently using the connection to download app updates on my phone and they are downloading faster then usual so that’s a good sign! I got to go watch the latest episodes of How I met your mother and 2 and a half man now but I promise you I’ll keep updating you about the connection as I test it!

]]> http://www.eliedh.com/2011/09/21/my-first-day-using-alfa-3g-in-lebanon/feed/ 1 Alfa and Web 2.0 http://www.eliedh.com/2009/04/08/alfa-and-web-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alfa-and-web-20 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:40:33 +0000 http://www.eliedh.com/?p=588 Today i noticed a new section on Alfa’s website, a media corner. The media corner is basicly a list of links to Alfa’s pages on different Web 2.0 websites. The idea is very interesting! they currently have a Youtube page, a Twitter page and a Flickr one. The Twitter page is the most interesting one in my opinion, I checked it and they are posting information about updates and replying to user coments. I don’t have a twitter account yet and I don’t think I’ll open one any time soon but it’s nice to see Lebanese companies using web 2.0 to better reach out to customers!

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