I got this message from Alfa while having lunch in a nearby village (Kawlabé If I am not mistaken) to Kobayat (Akkar) during the weekend.
Noting that I was still inside Lebanese soil, how is that possible?
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Its simple really, the signal from the syrian Cell towers was strong enough to reach you and since our lebanese network is crap, if the signal from the Leb cell towers dropped it would connect to the next available network which happens to be Syrian cell network.
As a matter of fact, some time ago we used to keep receiving th Lebanese Operators signals well beyond the border into Syria, especially from the towers located on hills overlooking the area..
Some time after 2008, the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunication required these signals be redirected and attenuated in a way NOT to cover the Syrian land, and the result was not only a quasi abscence of coverage beyond the borders, but crappy service inside along the borders 🙁
as a side-effect, the neighboring countries signals are stronger than the local ones in some places..
On a clear day, if you stop along the coastal line in Batroun or a bit further north towards Chekka, and (manually) search for available GSM networks, chances are you will also read signals from cells operating in Cyprus some 150km away (Turkcell for one).. but don’t bet on placing a call though.. 😛
kamashouk ya3ne:P ntebih ma ya3mlouk 3am tottosil b 7ada there:P
No problem Najib, we are one country ma fi fari2
No, we are not 🙂
mbala fie fari2, el di2a bit seer 0.98$!! That is way too expensive!