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Lebanon has the highest average price per minute for voice calls in the Arab world, followed by Morocco, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It’s probably that high because we also have the best network coverage in the Arab world.
“we also have the best network coverage in the Arab world” is that really true?
Well if u’re not Lebanese then sure we do! We’re the best at everything! Just checkout our homuss and tabouli!
And if u’re Lebanese then Dude!!!!!!!! U need to go out more!
Your conclusion made me laugh so loud
bravo for the last sentence. made my day brighter 🙂
Compared to the flat GCC countries, Lebanon, with its complex geography has the best coverage. In Kuwait we often suffer from random disconnections, failure to call, loss of signal. Better, go to Bahrain and enjoy the mediocre quality of service. But of course, that does not justify the high prices in Lebanon.
geography doesn’t change regularly, it’s pretty easy to anticipate given that it’s been there for thousands of years. if you can’t design around “complex geography”, you can’t design around jack shit.
“it’s pretty easy to anticipate”
I believe we have some of the best communication engineers, I hope if any of them could confirm this.
i understand that their jobs are made difficult by the people above them, i also understand that they have to operate with limited resources.
I never commented on the quality of the engineering resources these companies have (personally i have my doubts but i never did comment), what i commented on was the fact that although geography is difficult to work with, i don’t imagine it being hard enough to be an excuse. mountains are not unique to lebanon, neither is a mobile phone network.
people make mistakes, that’s a given, configuring this stuff isn’t easy, fine, but i think there are very valid usability tests to determine whether something was implemented with high enough quality… a good one of those tests would be driving around areas reported to have bad signal and trying to hold a conversation, you can repeat this a few times a year for quality control.
finally, if you want to see a good joke, you can always look at the coverage maps touch and alfa provide.
point is, overall, these companies are getting better, but not yet doing a good enough job. i rarely had signal issues in saudi when i was there, i still regularly have them here. on the 6th floor. in beirut. in the open-ish (lets say i can see for kilometers)
(also note that dropped signals are in their favour. if you drop a signal at 20 seconds, you paid for a whole minute and start the next when you retry (and fail again)). per-second billing will push them ahead a little.