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888 minutes left to upload your video

  • byHabib Battah
  • Aug 2, 2013
I’ve been uploading this 1 minute 24 second video since last night. That’s over 12 hours and it…
IInternet
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Dear Hariri, where is our bandwidth?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 7, 2013
If you haven’t noticed, Lebanon’s internet is still one of the world’s worst, and once again, telecom minister…
IInternet
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Whose telecom is it?

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 9, 2013
Telecom minister Nicolas Sehnaoui is in the news every day it seems, either launching new initiatives or defending…
IInternet
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13 hours to download Skype

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 8, 2013
Six years ago, Lebanon’s telecom minister promised that the country would enter the knowledge economy “through the front…
IInternet
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When will the fiber be ready?

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 8, 2013
Lebanon Slowly Glimpses Its Blazingly Fast Future By Habib Battah For several years now, successive Lebanese telecom ministers…
IInternet
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Jordan airport internet

  • byHabib Battah
  • May 6, 2013
This is a speed test from the free wifi zone at Amman airport, provided by ISP Zain. Let’s…
IInternet
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Run out of internet? Try the park

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 15, 2013
Like many Lebanese, I’m already out of internet this month (yes that is possible) which means I’m charged…
IInternet
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Request for an explanation

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 9, 2013
Dear Mr. Hariri,  The internet has been totally pathetic lately, half as pathetic as usual that is. Though…
IInternet
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The “additional” gig money trap

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 9, 2013
One of the most interesting items in your Lebanese internet bill is the “additional consumption” or “استهلاك إضافية”…
IInternet
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Frank talk with an Ogero technician

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 1, 2013
Ogero HQ: Daily Star For several consecutive days last week, I wasn’t able to make Skype calls (neither…
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Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.
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