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Lightning-Fast ADSL Enables Lebanese to Make the Most of the Internet
TerraNet Announces the Commission of ADSL Services in Lebanon
Beirut, May. 30, 2007 - The wait for affordable
super-fast Internet access is now over for 1000s of Lebanese families and for small businesses.
TerraNet announced today it has started provisioning ADSL, the popular high-speed Internet access
service and making it available to Internet-aware users throughout the country.
TerraNet announced plans for the largest rollout
of Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service in the country
whereby by end of 2008, TerraNet will provide ADSL services in over 90 central offices to a potential
base of 500,000
residential households and 100,000 businesses.
"always on" ADSL service will be among TerraNet’s service
offering with guaranteed connection speeds for as low as $23 per month. In addition, ADSL equipment and
installation will be available for as little as $50, said Carole Hajj, Sales Manager of TerraNet.
By reducing costs and boosting deployment and coverage,
TerraNet is making high-speed Internet access a viable option today for most households and small businesses
that would be looking for greater bandwidth, added Hajj.
Comium Group, TerraNet’s holding company is investing many
Millions of Dollars to deploy ADSL Technology and to equip 90 central offices with the DSL service.
"Got bandwidth? For the vast majority of Lebanese,
the answer is still no," said Ali Mneimneh, Business Development Director at Comium Data.
"Fortunately for the Lebanese, Comium is responding to the need for speed by undertaking the
country's largest deployment of ADSL and making it substantially more affordable.
Now, Lebanese can surf the web and connect to the office at quicksilver speeds for less than
the cost of taking a family of four to the movies."
"We are confident ADSL service from TerraNet will become
the high-speed Internet access of choice for Lebanese. We're putting ADSL within reach of millions of
Lebanese so that customers will get great value, superior service, all the speed they need and transport
provided over the highly-reliable Comium network," added Mneimneh.
TerraNet ADSL customers can simultaneously use a phone
or fax machine while getting downstream connection speeds up to 1 Mbps and upstream connection speeds
of 512 Kbps–50 times faster than today's most common 28.8 analog modems.
In addition to downloading data, graphics, audio and video,
ADSL's speed transforms e-commerce transactions by creating faster responses for on-line traders and buyers,
faster information exchanges between different business partners.
ADSL: A Better Broadband Solution
When compared to cable modems, ADSL ensures greater
reliability, better security and more consistent speeds in asymmetric mode perfectly addresses the need
of Internet users, experts say, because the service is delivered via a dedicated line from a central
office to the individual user's home or office. The ADSL2+ technology supports broadband speeds of up
to 24Mbps downlink and 3.5Mbps on the uplink enabling triple play services of voice, video and data.
Customers choosing TerraNet Broadband Internet Services, surf on one of the country's most
sophisticated Internet backbones and benefit from award-winning service and support.
"ADSL has changed the way I work and communicate via the
Internet," said Samer (early technology adopter). "Thanks to TerraNet’s ADSL, the World Wide Web is no
longer the World Wide Wait."
For more information on TerraNet ADSL and to order the service,
Call 1293 or visit the TerraNet Web site at http://corp.terra.net.lb
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