Budgetary constraints have also contributed to the implementation delays. Based on what is planned, the Lebanese telecommunication infrastructure will be adequately modernized by the year 1998. Until then, the present local infrastructures are region specific. It is very difficult to assess the availability of adequate and reliable medium of transmission on the country and not even on the city level. Usually unreliable and very difficult to obtain.
Dial tone is erratic with significant line cross-interference and electrical noise.
Inter central office loops are of poor quality and congested during working hours. A central office may be completely isolated for long weeks if not months. Acquiring a new telephone line is a real challenge. The availability of the international lines is scarce and not adequate. The best attainable bandwidth is 1.2 Kbps.