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).

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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 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:-

 

 

Here's an interesting way for Facebook to spread the love..

 

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