STC, Mobily or Zain (prepaid mobile phone and internet)

Zain has an amazing offers

Stc has the best coverage

And i hate mobaily

Im talking about the phone Internet data
For me im using stc prepared  Internet data

300 for 3 months  unlimited data usage i have
Small huawei wifi

Its very coool i really recommend it

If you are uusing phone only go for zain they have some good packages

Thanks!

Doesn't it matter what city you live in? Hofuf, for example is a smaller city. It may be possible that 4G is not available there, so all these deals and packages Zain has may not even apply. I need to know form someone who lives in Hofuf to be sure

For internet, do you think it's working for you because of your location?

I was working as medical representative
So  i was coming to al hafouf regularly
Stc stc stc

OK I will investigate STC further. Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.stc.com.sa/wps/wcm/connect/e … t-packages

What do you think of Hofuf? Have you managed to find some nice vegetarian food for example (Indian, maybe)? What are the major supermarkets in the city?

What was your problem with Mobily?

So I have all 3,

2 STC 4G boxes - which are truly unlimited, 1 Mobily 4g which throttles back to 128k once your over a limit - seems like 20 GB per month and the zain box which is lightening quick when it does work.

I live in the middle of Riyadh - all three boxes I have to force to be 4G/LTE - the STC ones have the extra antenna attached.

If you want the quickest Zain then mobily, then STC if you want consistency STC, Mobily then Zain

Recommendation avoid mobily get an STC one for Netflix and a Zain for the torrents.

im getting zain today. Im from Khobar but will be based here in a month or two. so you recommend zain for speed???

Joseph

if it works

Thanks for your informative post - STC seems like what I need for occasional video skyping, daily youtube streaming and extensive tabbed browsing. These are the most important.

A lot of people have so far recommended the STC unlimited prepaid for 3 months at 300SAR. Also the Huawei Mifi has been mentioned a few times. Is this not included in the 300SAR for 3 months? I have to buy the MIFI separately for 400SAR? Can't I just lease it for the three months?

One issue is location, i am NOT going to be using internet in a big city. Instead, a medium sized city in the middle of the desert. Location and sandstorms may result in delayed or no connection. Will a STC connection be able to muddle through in these conditions?

On the issue of changing from 4G to 3G, perhaps this is a built in feature of months of service. Meaning, they offer the better service for new customers. 18Mbps is good, isn't it?

My new house is going to be a single furnished private apartment. There is already Internet there but I have been warned it's basic. I will need to supplement for personal use. I'm also not a gamer.

By 4G boxes, do you mean plugged in router?

I also download in moderate amount so I can connect to a separate Zain overnight. But for Zain, should I also use MIFI or the smaller USB stick?

Zain is the worst among the top 3 telco companies in Saudi. especially bad for expats. I got here and immediately my employer gave me a sim card for mobily, BUT I need to get a second sim card as a backup in case the main one is down. I had to choose between Zain and STC. I went for Zain because it is cheaper and offered some good data packages. Turns out those packages are only for local citizens.and they have the worst customer service online and offline. Their USSD code system is useless, and voice CS system is in arabic with no way of changing the language.

For non locals in Saudi, stay away from this brand.

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