LifeEngineer wroteIf we can be proud about one thing in this country, it is this telecom sector. Don't confuse it with prices. Sky-high prices are related to politics and this corruption in Lebanon. I'm talking about quality of service.
Let's not forget people that we were still on 2g/edge some years ago and we're now rolling 4g+! I think no company/country has done that yet. Yes it's not the wisest thing to do because optimizing the network needs years.
What you don't know is that it is very normal in any country and carrier to have drop calls and issues when upgrading to a new technology! It happens anywhere! The thing we are doing here in Lebanon is more like an achievement! So what if we have some drop calls?! Or some connection issues? At least we have very decent data connection and we know anyways that phone calls are decreasing by numbers due to internet and VoIP etc... There are still big parts of France for example without any coverage! Same applies to most big countries!
Yet the problem lies elsewhere : data prices and regular internet at homes (dsl, etc...).
It is super funny and hypocrite that I still have a 1mbps connection at home while i have a 3g+ connection at home and 4g couple of hundred meters away and 4g+ at my parents house! All that while o enjoy my supersonic 1mbps!
This is the infrastructure and having 100mbps on my cellphone is useless when i have 1/100 of that home! This is a disaster!
Anyways with all that said, it is still nice to be positive about our telecom sector and be happy that we are really achieving some good stuff here and it's nice to look at the bright side of things here!
I can agree there is some progress and improvement. Speed in some spots became better, and at least people got alternative, if they are totally out of service from unreliable cable providers or DSL. But...
Sorry, but there is nothing to be proud about. Telecom sector in Lebanon lags behind for ~5 years than rest of world and lagging more and more. This progress way too slow.
The way now 3G/LTE done, it works fine, IMHO until it is expensive and metered, because most of sites are connected over microwaves (and thus have very limited bandwidth).
And at both locations i am living, unfortunately i can get barely working mobile service near window, and when i sleep i have to put my cellular phone far away, near window, just to be able to get notifications and reliable calls. Often also when i am visiting public places, i am experiencing a lot of issues as well. 4 years ago my internet worked better in the middle of nowhere, in desert in KSA, than at my home.