Alex I don't think this response is for Surf but Safaricom getting into the space, they have gone and taken over traditionally Zuku areas (Langata, Nairobi West, Kileleshwa and going). Regards, Martin Gicheru Managing Editor at Techweez, No. 10. Cathy Flats Lenana Road, PO Box 2252-00606, Nairobi, Kenya Twitter ID:@martingicheru <https://twitter.com/martingicheru> | Telegram: @martingicheru <http://telegram.me/martingicheru> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Alex Watila <awatila@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Tell us more.
Just got a notification from ZUKU of a 66% free data upgrade and I wondered if it was related to the introduction of surf internet
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This conversation is quite an interesting one, we have a member here who has interacted with Surf <http://forums.techweez.com/t/surf-kenya-and-hai-waya-experiences/944/7?u=martingicheru> and doesn't have nice things to say about the experience.
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On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Grace B via isoc <isoc@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Is no one worried about one company being too present in many aspects of our Internet experience? If Facebook wifi becomes a big success, shall we be in the same dominance debates we are in at the moment?
On 7 Mar 2017 12:59 a.m., "Ali Hussein via isoc" <isoc@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Alex
No, that's Free Basics. Which is a different product.
https://info.internet.org/en/story/free-basics-from-internet-org/
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On 7 Mar 2017, at 7:54 AM, alex watila via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
my understanding was that the connectivity provided is only to access Facebook
On 7 Mar 2017 07:29, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
The other day someone posted this story on the list. Here's more details on this:-
Surf Internet partners with Facebook to offer affordable Internet <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Facebook-takes-on-telcos-with-low-cost-Internet-in-Nairobi/539550-3839636-ask1wt/index.html>
Here's an interesting way for Facebook to spread the love..
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