Ogero on the Rebound: My Experience with Lebanon's Telecom Service Provider
This summer, we relocated to the Holiday Beach to make the most of the sea, summertime, and recreational living. Figuring out what to do about Wi-Fi, however, gnawed away at us, because Lord knows you can’t survive on the astronomically expensive mobile data packages available in Lebanon. Of course not. We needed broadband internet. But as any layman can attest, broadband establishes a connection to the internet over existing telephone wires. The chalet lacked a landline, so before we could even hook up Wi-Fi, we needed to apply for a phone line. Photo source My husband and I started to sweat bullets. Two decades ago, when my parents put in a request for a landline from Ogero , not only were registration fees horrifically high, but the time it took for the application to be acknowledged and a technician to be dispatched saw an entire season pass. And those of you who reside in Lebanon know I’m not exaggerating. In recent years, I’d learned that prices had s