BEIRUT: Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui said Wednesday that certain towns north and south of Beirut will today have fast speed Internet, and told users that Greater Beirut has already received upgrades.

“Greater Beirut has been covered. Today, the north, Sidon and Tyre will have fast speed Internet,” Sehnaoui told reporters Wednesday morning.

Sehanoui added that the ministry is working on providing the rest of the areas with the necessary equipment to receive faster Internet.

Lebanese Internet users expected to receive cheaper, faster services early this month, after the Telecoms Ministry announced that it would be releasing faster services at cheaper prices at the beginning of October.

A poll conducted by The Daily Star over a one-week period showed that 68 percent of those surveyed did not experience any difference in their Internet speeds. Around 16 percent said they had witnessed a marginal increase.

Lebanon’s has some of the slowest and most expensive Internet speeds in the world.