Airtel is coming up fast and closing the gap BUT they are still like 3 years behind Safcon.
You could be sitting next to someone with an Airtel SIM card and full network bars on their phone but the call will not go through due to QoS bottlenecks. Dropped calls ni kibao huko Airtel.
Airtel data ikifika 7:01 PM when entire Kenya TV zimewashwa na mobile devices pia ziko Youtube streaming NTV, CITIZEN and other local news channels, System yao inalemewa. Speeds zinaenda chini kabisa. They recover at around 7:45PM
When Safaricom signal indicates 4G it is REAL 4G the same case with 5G, crazy throughput
I recently bought an airtel sim card after being attracted by their dirt cheap bundles. Big mistake! Very poor 4G speeds, streaming on my smart TV using my phone as a hot spot rarely works. With safaricom, everything works like a charm
Airtel keeps their data in India and it is kinda hard for GoK to access Meta Data without going through CCK ya India. But they GoK can still get your info from Airtel if you are a real threat but sio petty issues kama kuitwa RUTO MBWA AMA TAKATAKA which are his other names.
Safaricom wanapenda kutupima ujinga. They Throttle speeds sana. The current 5G speed ya safaricom that they roll out cannot match unthrotled speed ya 4G LTE fast bands